{"id":"res-free-platform-net-payout","audience":"freelancers","category":"research","technique":"verification","title":"Compare what you'd actually take home on three freelance platforms","free":false,"task":"You're quoting a $2,000 design project and could run it through one of 3 platforms. You want exactly 3 numbered lines, one per platform, each showing the math from $2,000 to your take-home after all fees (like \"$2,000 - $200 - $25 = $1,775\"), then a final line \"Highest:\". Use each platform's current fees from your notes and only those numbers, plain text, nothing else.","materialLabel":"Your notes on platform fees (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PLATFORM FEES - for the Hollins Bakery rebrand ($2,000 fixed price)\n\nWorkloom\nService fee: 10% of the project. Withdrawal fee: $2 per transfer (1 transfer).\nFee update email (Oct 1, 2026): \"Our service fee is now 12% for projects under $5,000.\"\n\nGigNest\nService fee: 8% of the project. Payment processing: 3% of the project. No withdrawal fee.\n\nCraftHire\nFlat $50 per project. Withdrawal fee: $1 per transfer (1 transfer).\nA freelancer forum says CraftHire \"drops the flat fee for new users,\" but nothing on their site says that.\n\nMy notes: client found me on Workloom originally.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old fee","why":"Workloom's 10% is listed first, and the AI may miss the Oct 1 update.","fix":"Say: \"Use each platform's current fees, including updates.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Counting a forum rumor","why":"The forum says CraftHire waives its fee, and the AI may take it off.","fix":"Add: \"Use only fees confirmed in my notes.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not showing the math","why":"The AI gives totals without the steps, so you can't spot a missed fee.","fix":"Say: \"Show each fee being subtracted from $2,000.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Getting advice","why":"The AI weighs your client relationship instead of just the numbers.","fix":"Say: \"Output only the 3 lines and Highest.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many","why":"The AI decides the length itself and usually returns more lines, one per platform than you can use.","fix":"Be exact: \"exactly 3 numbered lines, one per platform.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which show up as stray symbols in your pricing notes.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for take-home pay","patterns":["take.home","net","after (all )?fees","payout"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?math","subtract","calculat"]},{"label":"Uses current fees","patterns":["current","latest","update","12%"]},{"label":"Says exactly how many","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}(line|platform)","exactly \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Platform fees stack and change. Ask the AI to subtract every current fee from the project price and show each step.","rubricLabels":["Take-home amounts are correct: Workloom $2,000 - $240 - $2 = $1,758 (using the new 12%, not 10%); GigNest $2,000 - $160 - $60 = $1,780; CraftHire $2,000 - $50 - $1 = $1,949 (flat fee not waived)","Each line shows its math, and the Highest line names CraftHire","Outputs only the 3 numbered lines and the Highest line: no intro, no advice about which platform the client prefers"]}