# LinkedIn Post #14 — The Airtasker Numbers
*Herald — 2026-02-27 | Status: DRAFT — Awaiting Michael approval*

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**Campaign:** Receipt Campaign (maths-first)
**Angle:** Public company financials prove the commission model is broken — for workers AND investors.
**Timing:** Time-sensitive. HY26 results just dropped. Publish within 2 weeks of results for relevance.
**Note:** Does NOT name Airtasker directly. Leads with the model, not the brand. Per SOUL.md: "Competitors are context, not targets."

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## Post

Twenty-nine million dollars.

That's how much one Aussie marketplace made last half — by taking a cut of every worker's pay.

And they still lost $16.5 million.

Share price? 52-week low.

Think about that. They charged workers on every single job. Took a piece of every tradie's sweat. Made record revenue doing it.

And the business is STILL going backwards.

The commission model doesn't just hurt workers. It doesn't even work as a business.

We built RateRight the opposite way:
→ Contractor pays $50 flat. Once.
→ Worker keeps 100% of their rate.
→ No commission. No margin. No clip of the ticket.

$50. Not 10%. Not 15%. Not "we'll take a piece of every hour you work for the next 6 months."

Fifty bucks. Done.

If your business model needs to take money from workers to survive — and you STILL can't make it work — maybe the model's the problem.

#construction #hiring #rateright #australianbusiness

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## Notes
- Numbers sourced from ASX half-year results (public record)
- No company named — "one Aussie marketplace" is sufficient. Anyone in the industry knows.
- Michael Test: ✅ Reads like something he'd say at smoko. "Take a piece of every tradie's sweat" is site language.
- Pairs well with Post #1 (The Receipt) for a one-two punch.