Freelance missions, paid at the pace of the company’s revenue.
Companies publish their missions here. Member freelancers deliver them at an increased rate, targeting three times their usual rate. Each month, the company pays for these services with an agreed share of its collected revenue.
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Are you a company? Publish a missionOn the site, you create your account in one minute: your contact details and your password, nothing more. An assistant is then waiting for you in your intranet and guides you through five steps: your company, your contract data, the rules of the game, your contract, then the payment and the signature. Every step tells you what it asks for and why.
A simple exchange between the company and the freelancer.
The company
- Today
- I access the skills I need.
- Then
- I settle the services progressively, according to my receipts.
Work creates an amount owed.
Set when the service is approved, at the agreed rate.
Revenue sets the pace at which it is settled.
Each month, an agreed share of the revenue collected.
The freelancer
- Today
- I deliver the mission at an increased rate, targeting three times my usual rate.
- Then
- I accept waiting longer to be paid.
From mission to payment, in five steps.
The amount owed is set by the approved work. Only the payment schedule follows the revenue collected by the company.
- Mission
The company publishes a mission
Objective, maximum volume and indicative rate, on its mission board.
- Work
The freelancer delivers the mission
Through their own company, independently, at the increased rate agreed with the company.
- Approval
The company approves the work
Approval sets the amount owed to the freelancer.
- Register and balance
The work enters the Register
It creates or increases the freelancer’s balance. The balance neither fades nor grows over time.
- Payment
Receipts settle the balancesThe share is chosen between 5 and 12.5% of collected revenue and frozen when the first contract starts: it can later be raised, never lowered. The company can also set a monthly threshold: the share then applies only to the revenue above it. What comes out of it is shared each month among the freelancers, pro rata to their open balances. In a month with no revenue above the threshold, nothing is due: the balances carry over.
Each month, 5 to 12.5% of collected revenue, above the threshold set by the programme, is shared pro rata to the balances and paid directly, until everything is settled.
What is owed does not disappear. The Register keeps track of it.
An approved service does not become a mere promise. Its amount is added to the freelancer’s balance, and whatever is not paid carries over from month to month, remaining visible in the Register.
- Traceability
- Services, balances, distributions and payments are recorded.
- Continuity
- Whatever is not settled this month stays recorded for the following months.
- Common rule
- Distributions follow the programme parameters and Pacto’s common rules.
The life of a balance
- Service approved
The company approves the work delivered.
- Entry in the Register
The service is recorded and is binding.
- Balance created or increased
The amount is added to the freelancer’s balance.
- Monthly distribution
A share of collected revenue is distributed pro rata to balances.
- Payment recorded
The company pays the freelancer directly; the payment is recorded in the Register.
- Remaining balance kept
The rest carries over to the following month, until fully settled.
The Register records. It does not guarantee payment. The balance is an entry tracked in the Register, not money held by Pacto. Its settlement follows the company’s receipts.
Each receives according to their share of the total balance.
A company has entrusted missions to three freelancers, A, B and C. Their validated services form three open balances in the Register.
In a month with no receipts, or below the threshold set by the programme, nothing is due and nothing is shared. Balances stay recorded and carry over.
Illustrative example from the freelancer guide, amounts excl. VAT.
The revenue actually collected by the company.
× 12.5% agreedThe share is chosen between 5 and 12.5% of collected revenue and frozen when the first contract starts: it can later be raised, never lowered. The company can also set a monthly threshold: the share then applies only to the revenue above it. What comes out of it is shared each month among the freelancers, pro rata to their open balances. In a month with no revenue above the threshold, nothing is due: the balances carry over.The share of revenue set in the programme’s parameters.
If the programme sets a monthly threshold, the share applies only to the revenue above it.
- A · balance € 30,000
- € 6,000
- B · balance € 15,000
- € 3,000
- C · balance € 5,000
- € 1,000
The month’s payments are recorded in the Register. The rest of each balance continues to be tracked and will be settled in the following months.
- Freelancer A
- € 24,000
- Freelancer B
- € 12,000
- Freelancer C
- € 4,000
Perform your missions at an increased rate. Accept progressive payment.
- An increased rate, targeting three times your usual rate, agreed mission by mission
- No commission on your missions, invoices or balances
- Your balances tracked in the Register until fully settled
- You choose the missions that interest you
Access skills now. Settle them at the pace of your revenue.
- No payment to advance for services before receipts
- An agreed share, 5 to 12.5%, of the revenue you collect above the threshold you set
- No loan and no dilution of your capital
- You choose the freelancers you approach
A framework and a Register, not an intermediary.
Pacto provides the common framework. The contract, the mission and the payment remain a direct relationship between the company and the freelancer.
What Pacto provides
- A protocol : a clear, documented framework, common to all programmes.
- Common rules : a shared foundation setting out operating principles, commitments and good practice.
- Contract templates : model contracts between the company and the freelancer.
- The software : mission board, planning, messaging, balances.
- The Register : it records services, balances and payments, and is binding.
- The members network : the directory where the company chooses which freelancers it wishes to approach.
What Pacto is not
- A party to the contract : Pacto neither signs nor negotiates the contract between the company and the freelancer, and does not perform the mission.
- A financial intermediary : Pacto does not receive, hold or transfer the payments owed to freelancers, and does not guarantee their settlement.
- A placement agency : Pacto makes its network available; the company freely chooses the freelancers it approaches.
- An employer : Pacto does not employ freelancers and has no line of authority over them; each freelancer remains independent.
- Legal or tax advice : Pacto provides a common framework, without replacing professional advice or guaranteeing the outcome of missions.
Four principles to know before you start.
The rules of the game set out how everything works. These four principles are the foundation.
Read all the rules of the gameThe rate is agreed before the mission.
It is written into the contract, mission by mission.
The freelancer remains independent.
They operate through a company, free in their methods, their time and their other clients.
The payment schedule is not guaranteed.
Payments follow the company’s actual receipts, above the threshold it has set. The amount itself remains owed.
Balances stay tracked in the Register.
Until fully settled, including in months without receipts.
Before you start.
No. The increased rate is a target, agreed mission by mission with each company and written into the contract. It is not a promise of income.
No payment is due that month. The same holds for a month whose revenue stays below the threshold set by the programme. Balances do not go down: they stay recorded in the Register and their settlement resumes with the next receipts.
Balances already open remain owed. A company leaving its programme without settling them would owe its freelancers compensation equal to their combined balances.
No. Pacto is neither a bank loan nor fundraising: it is a way of linking freelancers’ payment to the company’s receipts. The accounting and tax treatment of the balance is a matter for its accountant.
The balance is not invoiced when it is created. The company first pays the freelancer the sum due for the period, then the freelancer issues the invoice for the amount received.
Choose your door.
Make the most of your expertise with better-paid missions, and choose the ones that interest you.
Become a member and access missionsMove your projects forward without waiting for your receipts.
Access experienced freelancers right now and settle their services at the pace of your collected revenue.
Publish a missionFreelance missions, paid at the pace of the company’s revenue.
Open missions
Most recentAre you a company? Publish a missionOn the site, you create your account in one minute: your contact details and your password, nothing more. An assistant is then waiting for you in your intranet and guides you through five steps: your company, your contract data, the rules of the game, your contract, then the payment and the signature. Every step tells you what it asks for and why.
A simple exchange between the company and the freelancer.
The company
- Today
- I access the skills I need.
- Then
- I settle the services progressively, according to my receipts.
The freelancer
- Today
- I deliver the mission at an increased rate, targeting three times my usual rate.
- Then
- I accept waiting longer to be paid.
Work creates an amount owed.
Set when the service is approved, at the agreed rate.
Revenue sets the pace at which it is settled.
Each month, an agreed share of the revenue collected.
From mission to payment, in five steps.
The amount owed is set by the approved work. Only the payment schedule follows the revenue collected by the company.
- Mission
The company publishes a mission
Objective, maximum volume and indicative rate, on its mission board.
- Work
The freelancer delivers the mission
Through their own company, independently, at the increased rate agreed with the company.
- Approval
The company approves the work
Approval sets the amount owed to the freelancer.
- Register and balance
The work enters the Register
It creates or increases the freelancer’s balance. The balance neither fades nor grows over time.
- Payment
Receipts settle the balances
Each month, 5 to 12.5% of collected revenue, above the threshold set by the programme, is shared pro rata to the balances and paid directly, until everything is settled.
The share is chosen between 5 and 12.5% of collected revenue and frozen when the first contract starts: it can later be raised, never lowered. The company can also set a monthly threshold: the share then applies only to the revenue above it. What comes out of it is shared each month among the freelancers, pro rata to their open balances. In a month with no revenue above the threshold, nothing is due: the balances carry over.
What is owed does not disappear. The Register keeps track of it.
An approved service does not become a mere promise. Its amount is added to the freelancer’s balance, and whatever is not paid carries over from month to month, remaining visible in the Register.
The life of a balance
- Service approved
The company approves the work delivered.
- Entry in the Register
The service is recorded and is binding.
- Balance created or increased
The amount is added to the freelancer’s balance.
- Monthly distribution
A share of collected revenue is distributed pro rata to balances.
- Payment recorded
The company pays the freelancer directly; the payment is recorded in the Register.
- Remaining balance kept
The rest carries over to the following month, until fully settled.
- Traceability
- Services, balances, distributions and payments are recorded.
- Continuity
- Whatever is not settled this month stays recorded for the following months.
- Common rule
- Distributions follow the programme parameters and Pacto’s common rules.
The Register records. It does not guarantee payment. The balance is an entry tracked in the Register, not money held by Pacto. Its settlement follows the company’s receipts.
One month, in figures
A company has entrusted missions to three freelancers, A, B and C. Their validated services form three open balances in the Register.
- 1 · What comes inRevenue collected by the company this month€ 80,000
- 2 · What is calculated× 12.5% agreed
= the amount to share this month€ 10,000The share is chosen between 5 and 12.5% of collected revenue and frozen when the first contract starts: it can later be raised, never lowered. The company can also set a monthly threshold: the share then applies only to the revenue above it. What comes out of it is shared each month among the freelancers, pro rata to their open balances. In a month with no revenue above the threshold, nothing is due: the balances carry over.If the programme sets a monthly threshold, the share applies only to the revenue above it.
- 3 · What is shared, and with whom
The € 10,000 is shared between the three freelancers pro rata to their balances: the larger the balance, the larger the share.
- Freelancer A · balance € 30,000€ 6,000
- Freelancer B · balance € 15,000€ 3,000
- Freelancer C · balance € 5,000€ 1,000
Paid directly by the company, without going through Pacto.
- 4 · What carries over
The rest of each balance stays recorded in the Register and will be settled in the following months.
- Freelancer A
- € 24,000
- Freelancer B
- € 12,000
- Freelancer C
- € 4,000
In a month with no receipts, or below the threshold set by the programme, nothing is due and nothing is shared. Balances stay recorded and carry over.
Illustrative example from the freelancer guide, amounts excl. VAT.
Two profiles, one shared Register.
Perform your missions at an increased rate. Accept progressive payment.
- An increased rate, targeting three times your usual rate, agreed mission by mission
- No commission on your missions, invoices or balances
- Your balances tracked in the Register until fully settled
- You choose the missions that interest you
Access skills now. Settle them at the pace of your revenue.
- No payment to advance for services before receipts
- An agreed share, 5 to 12.5%, of the revenue you collect above the threshold you set
- No loan and no dilution of your capital
- You choose the freelancers you approach
A framework and a Register, not an intermediary.
Pacto provides the common framework. The contract, the mission and the payment remain a direct relationship between the company and the freelancer.
What Pacto provides
- A protocol : a clear, documented framework, common to all programmes.
- Common rules : a shared foundation setting out operating principles, commitments and good practice.
- Contract templates : model contracts between the company and the freelancer.
- The software : mission board, planning, messaging, balances.
- The Register : it records services, balances and payments, and is binding.
- The members network : the directory where the company chooses which freelancers it wishes to approach.
What Pacto is not
- A party to the contract : Pacto neither signs nor negotiates the contract between the company and the freelancer, and does not perform the mission.
- A financial intermediary : Pacto does not receive, hold or transfer the payments owed to freelancers, and does not guarantee their settlement.
- A placement agency : Pacto makes its network available; the company freely chooses the freelancers it approaches.
- An employer : Pacto does not employ freelancers and has no line of authority over them; each freelancer remains independent.
- Legal or tax advice : Pacto provides a common framework, without replacing professional advice or guaranteeing the outcome of missions.
Four principles to know before you start.
The rules of the game set out how everything works. These four principles are the foundation.
The rate is agreed before the mission.
It is written into the contract, mission by mission.
The freelancer remains independent.
They operate through a company, free in their methods, their time and their other clients.
The payment schedule is not guaranteed.
Payments follow the company’s actual receipts, above the threshold it has set. The amount itself remains owed.
Balances stay tracked in the Register.
Until fully settled, including in months without receipts.
Before you start.
No. The increased rate is a target, agreed mission by mission with each company and written into the contract. It is not a promise of income.
No payment is due that month. The same holds for a month whose revenue stays below the threshold set by the programme. Balances do not go down: they stay recorded in the Register and their settlement resumes with the next receipts.
Balances already open remain owed. A company leaving its programme without settling them would owe its freelancers compensation equal to their combined balances.
No. Pacto is neither a bank loan nor fundraising: it is a way of linking freelancers’ payment to the company’s receipts. The accounting and tax treatment of the balance is a matter for its accountant.
The balance is not invoiced when it is created. The company first pays the freelancer the sum due for the period, then the freelancer issues the invoice for the amount received.
Choose your door.
Make the most of your expertise with better-paid missions, and choose the ones that interest you.
Become a member and access missionsMove your projects forward without waiting for your receipts.
Access experienced freelancers right now and settle their services at the pace of your collected revenue.
Publish a mission