Setup, running cost, rate card, payout bands, expansion economics and a twelve-month model. Rates shown are the current partner rate card and are confirmed in Schedule A of the service agreement.
Per unit delivered and verified. Not per seat, not per FTE, not per chair — in either direction.
| Unit | Partner rate | Counted from |
|---|---|---|
| Managed seller account | ₹9,600 / month | Allocation record |
| Order processed | ₹3.50 | Panel timestamp on confirmation |
| Catalogue action | ₹14.00 | Listing pipeline completion |
| Support contact handled | ₹7.00 | Channel log, resolved state |
| Return processed | ₹17.50 | Returns workflow closure |
| Quality incentive | up to 8% | Composite score 90+ on the monthly scorecard |
| Worked example — standard band, 10 agents | Volume | Rate | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Managed seller accounts | 8 | ₹9,600 | ₹76,800 |
| Orders processed | 6,000 | ₹3.50 | ₹21,000 |
| Catalogue actions | 800 | ₹14.00 | ₹11,200 |
| Support contacts | 1,800 | ₹7.00 | ₹12,600 |
| Returns processed | 500 | ₹17.50 | ₹8,750 |
| Gross payout before incentive | ₹1,30,350 |
Gross bands quoted elsewhere — ₹80,000 ramp, ₹1,30,000 standard, ₹1,83,000 extended — are this same calculation run at the ramp, standard and extended volume sets in the proposal. Arithmetic, not a promise.
Most proposals hide this. A partner who discovers their cost base in month one is a partner who leaves in month three, so it is on the page and it is already taken out of every income figure we quote.
| Line | 10 agents | 25 agents | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform & panel licence | ₹9,500 | ₹19,500 | Fixed, by fleet size |
| Workspace VPS | ₹5,200 | ₹12,000 | 8c/16GB at entry, upgraded at scale |
| AI consumption, prepaid | ₹16,000 | ₹44,000 | Varies with volume, visible in panel |
| Compliance & audit retention | ₹3,300 | ₹12,500 | Fixed |
| Reviewer | Your TL, part-time | ₹35,000 | Full-time from agent 16 |
| Total running cost | ₹34,000 | ₹1,23,000 | Excluding GST |
| Income after running cost | ₹96,000 | ₹3,01,000 | At standard band for that fleet size |
Five more agents when allocated volume justifies them. A block adds about ₹80,000 a month after its own running cost and repays itself in a little over two months, so growth is funded by the operation rather than by you.
From agent 16 onward a full-time reviewer is required. That cost is shown in the ladder, not left for you to discover.
| Fleet | Cumulative setup | Gross payout | Running cost | Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 agents | ₹3,45,000 | ₹1,30,000 | ₹34,000 | ₹96,000 |
| 15 agents | ₹5,20,000 | ₹2,28,000 | ₹52,000 | ₹1,76,000 |
| 20 agents | ₹6,95,000 | ₹3,26,000 | ₹1,05,000 | ₹2,21,000 |
| 25 agents | ₹8,70,000 | ₹4,24,000 | ₹1,23,000 | ₹3,01,000 |
Reviewer cost enters at 20 agents, which is why income flattens there before rising again.
Ten agents, no expansion, allocation ramping to standard band by month three. Every income figure below is net of running cost. We will send the same sheet in Excel so you can change the assumptions yourself.
| Month | Band | Gross payout | Running cost | Income | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Setup | — | ₹3,45,000 | −₹3,45,000 | −₹3,45,000 |
| 1 | Ramp | ₹80,000 | ₹30,000 | ₹50,000 | −₹2,95,000 |
| 2 | Ramp | ₹80,000 | ₹30,000 | ₹50,000 | −₹2,45,000 |
| 3 | Standard | ₹1,30,000 | ₹34,000 | ₹96,000 | −₹1,49,000 |
| 4 | Standard | ₹1,30,000 | ₹34,000 | ₹96,000 | −₹53,000 |
| 5 | Standard | ₹1,30,000 | ₹34,000 | ₹96,000 | +₹43,000 |
| 6 | Standard | ₹1,30,000 | ₹34,000 | ₹96,000 | +₹1,39,000 |
| 7–11 | Standard | ₹1,30,000 / mo | ₹34,000 / mo | ₹96,000 / mo | +₹6,19,000 |
| 12 | Standard | ₹1,30,000 | ₹34,000 | ₹96,000 | +₹7,15,000 |
The setup is recovered in month 5 — roughly 3.6 months of trading — leaving seven further months of income inside the initial 12-month term, approximately ₹7,15,000 net across year one. Reach extended band earlier, or add a block of agents, and it moves in. Miss the quality threshold and it moves out.
Akontec allocates billable volume to your workspace within 45 days of go-live, or the setup fee is credited back on a pro-rata basis against the shortfall. This is a service-level commitment on our side of the contract, written into the agreement.
It is not a guaranteed return and we will not describe it as one. It commits us to giving you work, not to a number on your bank statement.
We will send the twelve-month sheet in Excel so you can change the volume, the rate and the ramp yourself. A number you cannot test is a number you should not trust.