How PayGenie makes money
Short version: providers pay PayGenie, you never do, and payment cannot touch the recommendation. Here is the whole model, in plain language.
Providers pay PayGenie a referral fee when a match is sent to them. Routing rules don't change based on who pays, and some results route to options that pay PayGenie nothing.
How PayGenie gets paid
Per-lead fees. Providers in PayGenie's network pay a fee for each qualified introduction.
A commission when a match closes. When a business PayGenie matches becomes a provider's client, the provider pays a percentage of that relationship, typically 10 to 15%, for as long as it lasts. That means the money is made when a match sticks, which is the incentive a matchmaker should have. A match that falls apart in six months earns PayGenie almost nothing. A match that lasts earns it for years.
What the money cannot do
- No provider can buy a match. Ranking and routing are never for sale. PayGenie's matching engine does not know what any provider pays it.
- Payment never changes a recommendation. The quiz routes on your answers and published rules: headcount, states, benefits, compliance, co-employment comfort. That is the whole input.
- PayGenie routes by fit even when it earns less. Small, simple businesses get routed to software, the option that pays PayGenie least. Refuse co-employment and no PEO will ever appear in your results.
What you pay
Nothing. The quiz, the benchmarks, the guides, the calculators, and the introduction are free to you, always.
What happens to your information
PayGenie sends your contact details and quiz answers to up to three matched providers so they can reach you directly. That is the entire list. PayGenie does not sell contact lists, and it does not send your information to a call sheet of competing salespeople.
Why this is published
Because the entire value of a matchmaker is neutrality, and neutrality you cannot inspect is just a claim. If anything on this page ever stops being true, PayGenie has failed at its one job, and you should treat it accordingly.