Vench Success Fee Terms

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Listings, browsing and direct conversations are free. Free accounts receive five credits per calendar month for offers and job/project applications. Confirmed warm introductions are optional: $199 on Free when payments are enabled, included with Pro and Scale. There is no fee merely for making a connection. Optional support contributions are voluntary.

When a fee applies

A success fee applies only when a completed transaction results from a connection or referral originating through Vench and the applicable terms have been accepted by the party responsible for paying. A recorded click or introduction is evidence of a referral, not proof that a transaction occurred or that a fee is owed. A pre-existing relationship or unrelated transaction can be disputed.

• Business Sale: the seller pays 2% of the final completed sale price.
• Funding: 3% of capital actually received through the Vench-originated connection, paid by the business receiving it. Not active. This proposed funding fee is subject to confirmation of the appropriate regulatory structure; it is not currently payable.
• Project Connection: the business winning the project pays 5% of the first contract awarded through the connection, capped at $10,000.00. Later contracts and renewals are excluded. If the connected professional wins the work, their business is the payer, not the business hiring them; the payer must accept the applicable terms.

Membership success-fee waiver

For new connections, Vench records whether either party has Pro or Scale access. Success fees are waived for that eligible party if they become the payer. The waiver stays with that connection after a downgrade or cancellation. Connections established before eligible membership keep their original terms. Payment does not guarantee listing approval, investor interest or funding.

Attribution period

The attribution period is 12 months from the original meaningful Vench connection. A transaction must complete within that period and result from the referral. Later clicks do not restart this period. The period is configurable for future terms after legal review; changing it does not rewrite terms already accepted for existing connections.

Continue the conversation wherever you want

You can negotiate by email, phone, WhatsApp, through lawyers or on another platform. Moving communication off Vench does not automatically remove attribution when the transaction originated through Vench. Public business information remains visible.

Connection records and reporting

Vench records meaningful actions such as offers, requests, profile downloads and outbound website visits, including the business, action, source page and timestamp. Signed-in activity is associated with your account. Signed-out referrals use a first-party browser identifier; this does not verify a person's identity. These records are private to the relevant parties and Vench administrators.

Either party can report an outcome in connection history. Report only completed transactions and the relevant value: completed sale consideration, capital actually received, or the first awarded contract. Use the full first-contract value when reporting a project, not each instalment. Provide a USD equivalent agreed with the team for non-USD deals; no automatic foreign-exchange rate is assumed.

Review, invoicing and disputes

Vench calculates the fee and records it for review and invoicing. No card is charged automatically. The fee is payable after a qualifying successful transaction; the team confirms the transaction, responsible payer and applicable terms before invoicing. Tax treatment and invoice payment instructions are confirmed on the invoice. Pending means reported for review, not independently verified.

If the value, attribution, payer or outcome is incorrect, use “Dispute / request correction” in connection history. A disputed fee is flagged for manual review. An anonymous referral or missing payer acceptance does not automatically establish liability.

Terms and changes

Your acceptance is stored with your account, business, date, time, version and fee structure. You do not need to accept again for every introduction. Existing connections keep their original recorded terms. New versions require fresh acceptance before they apply; funding fees are never activated retroactively on connections made while funding fees were disabled.

Funding regulatory review

The funding-fee feature is separately controlled and starts disabled. Activation requires Vench to confirm the appropriate regulatory structure for investment and fundraising activity. These terms do not establish that Vench is licensed or exempt in any jurisdiction. Vench provides introductions and does not hold transaction funds or execute investments.