For senior designers and small studios.
Run real client work.
Skip the agency machinery.
ModelMerge brings the brief, the build engine, and the client. You bring the craft. Paid on launch and every month after.
- 80% of build fee, at launch$2k–$8k+
- 70% of retainer fee, monthly$175–$700 / project
- Zero platform fee at <$5k MRR$0
How it works for operators
Three steps. No agency theater.
- 01 · Match
We bring the brief, you decide.
Every client comes through our intake. You see the brief, the scope, the budget, and the spec before you commit. Pass on anything you don't want.
- 02 · Build
You run it end-to-end.
Design, copy decisions, deploy. AI does the busywork — we provide the Claude Code prompts, the build engine, the QA scaffolding. You ship the way you'd ship anyway, just faster.
- 03 · Earn
Get paid on launch and every month after.
Build fee at handoff, retainer share monthly. We invoice the client, take our cut, and pay you out. Stripe handles the money.
What we provide
The leverage. You bring the craft.
The engine
Claude Code prompts wired to every project. Pre-built component libraries. Deploy, domain, analytics, monitoring already configured. Skip the scaffolding, get to the design.
The brand
ModelMerge does the marketing. Clients come pre-sold on the model — operator-led, AI-powered, two-week build cycles. You're not pitching yourself from zero every Monday.
The clients
Vetted small businesses with real budget and a written spec. We screen the tire-kickers. If a client's a bad fit, we route them somewhere else before you see them.
Revenue share
The split, in plain numbers.
| Item | Operator | ModelMerge | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build fee | 80% | 20% | At launch |
| Retainer | 70% | 30% | Monthly |
| Platform fee | — | $0 / $99 / $299 | Tiered by MRR |
Requirements
We're picky. Honestly.
We turn down most applications. Not because the work is bad — because we'd rather scale carefully than burn out clients.
Senior, shipped, on time.
We're not the place to learn the craft. Show us three pieces of work you owned end-to-end and we can talk.
Comfortable with AI as a power tool.
You don't have to ship daily with Claude Code. You do need to be willing to. We'll train you on our prompts and workflow.
Can hold a calendar.
Clients hear back within 24 hours on a retainer. You don't need to be online 9–5, but you need to keep the loop closed.
Want autonomy, not management.
We hand you the brief and the budget. You make every call inside that envelope. We don't review your design choices.
Asked often
Questions from operators.
Apply to operate.
Five-step application. Mostly numbers and links. We reply within five business days.
Start application