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Switch from Fiverr
Fiverr takes 20% from sellers. Good Circles takes 1% of profit.
Fiverr keeps a flat 20% of what you earn on every order. Good Circles charges a 1% fee on profit, so you keep about 89% of your profit while your customer saves ~10% and a local nonprofit gets funded. No ad spend, no merchant card cost. Free to join.
A $100.00 sale, side by side
A $100.00 sale that costs you $15.00, at a 25% tax rate. Full accounting, all the way to after-tax profit and the total local value of the sale.
| Per $100.00 sale | Good Circles | Fiverr |
|---|---|---|
| Customer pays | $90.00 (saves $10.00) | $100.00 |
| Platform fee · ads · card | $0.75 · $0 · $0 | $20.00 · $0 · in fee |
| Donation to a local nonprofit (deductible) | $7.50 | — |
| Pre-tax profit | $66.75 | $65.00 |
| After-tax profit (25%) | $50.06 | $48.75 |
| Customer saves / community funded | $10.00 / $7.50 | $0 / $0 |
| Total local value created | $67.56 | $48.75 |
On this example you keep more in your own pocket after tax on Good Circles ($50.06 vs $48.75) — and create about $18.81 more in total local value, with your customer saving $10.00 and a local nonprofit funded.
Fiverr terms verified 2026-06-22 (fiverr.com (Payment Terms of Service)); Flat 20% commission on the freelancer's earnings (including tips); buyers pay an additional ~5.5% service fee. Good Circles takes a 1% fee on profit, with no ad spend and no merchant card cost (the customer pays credit card processing if they use a card). Illustration, not tax advice.
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Run your own numbers
Your price, cost, tax rate, and current ad spend. This uses your numbers — not a sales pitch — to show your after-tax profit on each platform and the total local value of every sale.
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your after-tax profit + your customer's savings + community funding
Line-by-line, per sale
| Per sale | Platform | Good Circles |
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| Revenue (list price) | ||
| Less: customer savings (10%) | ||
| Less: COGS | ||
| Less: platform fee | ||
| Less: ad / marketing | ||
| Less: card processing | ||
| Less: donation (deductible) | ||
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| Less: income tax | ||
| After-tax profit | ||
| Memo: customer saves | ||
| Memo: community funded | ||
| Memo: your after-tax cost to deliver that value | — |
Illustration only — not tax advice. Deductibility depends on your entity, income, and how the arrangement is characterized; confirm with your CPA. Competitor "fee" is the typical published all-in rate (verified 2026-06-22); set the fee and your ad spend to your real numbers.
A fifth of everything you earn
Fiverr's flat 20% comes off the top of every order, including tips, and you compete in a race-to-the-bottom marketplace where buyers expect rock-bottom prices. For a service with low hard cost, that 20% is almost entirely your margin.
Good Circles charges 1% of profit instead of 20% of your earnings, your customer saves about 10%, and a local nonprofit gets funded - and you're serving your own community, not bidding against the world. Run your own numbers in the calculator below.
Questions
Fiverr vs Good Circles — FAQ
How much lower are Good Circles' fees than Fiverr's?
Fiverr keeps a flat 20% of your earnings (plus a buyer-side service fee). Good Circles charges 1% of profit - so on a $100 service Fiverr keeps $20 while Good Circles' fee is pennies on your profit, with no ad spend and no merchant card cost.
Will I keep more on Good Circles?
For most services, yes - 20% of your earnings is far more than 1% of your profit, even after you pass ~10% in savings to your customer. On a $100 service with $15 of cost you keep about $50 after tax on Good Circles, plus your customer saves ~10% and a nonprofit is funded.
Is Good Circles for service providers, not just products?
Both. Good Circles is a local marketplace for goods and services - tradespeople, creatives, and service providers can all sell to their local community with customer savings and nonprofit funding built in.
Keep more of what you earn
Free to join. A 1% fee on profit only when you sell. The first 200 Mississippi businesses are Founding Merchants.