Meena runs Shine & Co. in Mohali: four cleaners, deep cleans, weekly maintenance jobs, and an average ticket of about ₹1,200. A good month brings roughly ₹2,00,000 in bookings.
On paper, that sounds healthy. Then the platform deduction lands. At 22%, ₹44,000 leaves before Meena pays wages, cleaning supplies, travel, uniforms, replacement tools, or refunds for a job that went wrong.
₹44,000 is not a small software fee. It can be one cleaner's salary, a bulk purchase of supplies, and the buffer that keeps the crew paid during a slow week.
Why home-cleaning commission hurts so much
Home cleaning is labour-heavy. The provider's real cost is not just showing up on an app. It is the crew, training, travel time, equipment, chemicals, supervision, and customer complaints after the job.
A percentage commission takes from the full ticket, not from profit. That means the platform gets paid before the people who actually mop the floor, scrub the bathroom, carry the vacuum, and travel to the next apartment.
The platform's cost does not double because the crew cleaned two homes instead of one. The commission does.
What percentage commission does to a ₹2 lakh month
Take Meena's ₹2,00,000 month and compare common commission-style cuts with a flat monthly fee. These are examples to show the model, not a promise about any one app's latest contract.
- 10% commission: − ₹20,000 → Meena keeps ₹1,80,000
- 15% commission: − ₹30,000 → keeps ₹1,70,000
- 20% commission: − ₹40,000 → keeps ₹1,60,000
- 25% commission: − ₹50,000 → keeps ₹1,50,000
- 1MARK8 Services (₹199 flat, ₹234.82 with GST): − ₹235 → keeps ₹1,99,765
That is the part most comparison pages miss. A 10% gap between two platforms can be ₹20,000 a month. The gap between a commission model and a flat fee can be a worker's livelihood.
Run the math on your own month
Meena's numbers are only an example. Add your own average ticket, jobs per day, working days, and commission rate to see what reaches your account versus a flat fee.
On 1MARK8 Services you keep ₹1,55,765 a month — about ₹15,365 more than the next-cheapest app, and ₹4,65,182 a year more than the steepest commission. The customer pays you directly, and the fee never moves no matter how many homes you clean.
Editable estimates based on mid-2026 published and commonly-cited commission ranges (Urban Company ~18–25%, NoBroker ~25%, HiCare ~15–25%, Timesaverz ~10–20%, Housejoy ~5–15%). Actual rates vary by city, category and plan — always check the platform's current partner terms.
The repeat-customer problem
Discovery has value when a new customer finds you for the first time. But cleaning is a repeat business. If the same family books you every two weeks because they trust your crew, the relationship is no longer only the platform's.
A percentage model keeps charging the same cut on that repeat trust. A flat fee says: pay for the listing surface and tools, then keep the relationship you earned.
What flat fee changes for a cleaning crew
The ₹199 does not rise when Meena books five deep cleans instead of two. It does not rise during Diwali cleaning season. It does not rise because a customer chooses a larger apartment package.
That gives the business a clean decision: if the platform brings enough work, renew. If it does not, cancel. The fee stays visible either way.
The objections we get
But the big apps bring me the customers.
They do, especially when you are new. The question is whether they should keep taking a percentage from every repeat job after the customer already knows your work.
What if another app says it has low or zero commission?
Read the full fee structure. Sometimes the margin moves to access fees, customer-side charges, lead fees, penalties, or visibility products. Our number is published and singular: ₹199 a month, GST on top, no commission underneath it.
What about the slow months?
Pay for the month you are taking jobs and cancel the rest. Renewal is optional by design — that is the whole point of a fee instead of a commission. If we are not earning our ₹199, you should not be paying it.
How do I get paid without the platform holding my money?
The customer pays you directly. OTP-based completion confirms the job is done and triggers settlement to your account — no T+7 float cycle where the platform earns interest on money that is already yours.
What this means if you clean homes on 1MARK8
You are renting a listing surface, booking flow, trust layer, and payment rail at a fixed cost. The ticket is yours, the repeat customer is yours, and the fee does not climb because your crew had a busy month.