# LinkedIn Post 07 — RateRight: $50. Once.
**Campaign:** The Receipt | **Tier:** 🟢 Green | **Platform:** LinkedIn  
**Audience:** Contractors + Workers | **Status:** EDITED — ready for Michael's review  
**Original:** `2026-02-07-four-week-schedule.md` (Post 7)  
**Edited by:** Herald (Opus) | **Date:** 2026-02-17

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## Post (174 words)

$50. Once. That's the whole fee.

RateRight is a construction hiring platform built on one idea: the people doing the work should keep the money.

Here's how it works:

→ Contractor posts a job. 2 minutes from your phone.  
→ Workers apply at their own rate.  
→ Contractor picks who they want.  
→ $50 flat fee. Paid by the contractor. Once. Done.

Workers keep 100% of their earnings. Not 80%. Not 90%. All of it.

No percentage. No ongoing margin. No weekly invoices full of fat.

The old way:  
Agency — $25/hr × 2,000 hours = $50,000/year.

The new way:  
RateRight — $50. Once.

We didn't reinvent hiring. We just removed the part where someone takes a massive cut for doing bugger all.

Same workers. Same contractors. Minus the middleman.

$50. That's the receipt. 🧾

rateright.com.au

#RateRight #constructionaustralia #labourhire #tradie #fairpay

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## Edit Notes

**What changed from original:**
- Cut from 249 → 174 words (30% reduction)
- Removed the preamble ("We've spent the last two weeks talking about the problem...") — this post needs to stand alone, not assume the reader saw posts 1-6. In a feed, any post might be someone's first impression.
- Removed "Not $50/hr. Not $50/day. $50 total for the connection." — the line above already says "Once. Done." Don't over-explain.
- Added "rateright.com.au" — this is the solution reveal post. It needs the URL. Posts 1-6 don't mention RateRight; this one does, so give them somewhere to go.
- Added "2 minutes from your phone" — specificity. Tradies live on their phone. This tells them it's not a desktop-only thing.
- Kept "doing bugger all" — passes the Michael Test. That's how he'd say it.
- Cut hashtags from 7 → 5

**Format change from Post 1:**
- Post 1 was pure numbers (receipt format, escalating maths, no editorializing). 
- Post 7 is a how-it-works explainer (step-by-step, direct comparison, CTA via URL).
- Different structure prevents fatigue. Reader who saw both gets new information in a new format.

**What stayed:**
- "$50. Once." as opening and closing — bookend structure, memorable
- The side-by-side comparison ($50,000 vs $50) — the single most powerful line in the campaign
- "That's the receipt. 🧾" — campaign sign-off, consistent across all posts
- "bugger all" — real language, Michael's voice

**Michael Test:** Direct, no waffle, explains the product in plain English. "Doing bugger all" is Michael. The step-by-step is how you'd explain it to a mate at the pub. ✅ Passes.

**Visual:** Attach receipt graphic. This post is the payoff — the graphic matters most here.