Partnerships begin at $7,500 per month plus an initial system build. Most established growth companies invest $12,500–$20,000+ monthly, excluding media and software.
You are not buying a bundle of posts, ads, emails and website edits. You are buying a level of ownership, operating capacity, speed and access. Which level is right follows from the diagnosis, not from a comparison table.
The three partnership levels
Control
Establish the system
$7,500 / month
plus a $7,500 Growth System Build-In · First 30–45 days
For established businesses ready to replace disconnected marketing and follow-up with one controlled revenue system.
Typical fit Usually $1M–$3M, one primary market, a relatively simple sales motion
What this level owns
One primary growth constraint at a time
Strategy, implementation, operation and measurement
CRM, attribution, acquisition, conversion and lifecycle coordination
There is no checkout here on purpose. The right level follows from what is actually limiting your revenue — which is what the Blueprint works out, and what the first call confirms.
What you are actually paying for
Four components. Three of them apply to every partnership; the fourth is optional and only offered when it can be measured fairly.
01
Growth System Build-In
A paid, concentrated build phase at the start. It is not onboarding and it is not administrative — it is the work that has to exist before ongoing optimisation means anything.
02
Monthly Operating Retainer
Continuous strategic ownership and operating capacity. It begins at kickoff, because that is when we start supplying both.
03
Client-Funded Growth Budget
Media, software and usage costs, billed to you directly wherever practical. We do not mark these up quietly.
04
Earned Performance BonusOptional
Optional, and only offered once a baseline exists and attribution is reliable. It is upside, never a replacement for the base retainer.
The Growth System Build-In
Not onboarding. A concentrated design and implementation phase that has to happen before ongoing optimisation means anything.
Two ways to pay it
Standard
Build-in fee due at signing. The monthly retainer begins at kickoff.
Qualified split
50% at signing and 50% on day 30. The monthly retainer still begins at kickoff.
What it covers
Economics and target definition
Customer and offer analysis
Tracking and attribution architecture
CRM and pipeline audit
Lead-response and sales-process mapping
Baseline capture
Data cleanup and integration planning
Messaging and creative foundation
90-day operating roadmap
Initial builds and launch preparation
Execution Assurance
If Monastic fails to complete the mutually agreed 90-day priorities for reasons within Monastic’s control — and you have supplied access, approvals, budget, data and the participation we asked for — we keep working on those priorities at no additional management fee until they are complete.
We do not guarantee revenue, rankings or lead volume. An agency that will guarantee you a number has told you something important about the agency.
What we do guarantee
The agreed implementation milestones
Reporting and attribution visibility
Response and service levels
A documented strategic cadence
Corrective work for technical defects we created
Terms, in advance
Published here rather than discovered in a contract.
Initial commitment
Six months for Control and Command. Twelve months preferred for Dominance.
Exit checkpoint
A strategic fit review after day 90, for both sides.
Renewal
Month to month after the initial term, or annual.
Annual prepay
Up to 5% discount.
Payment
ACH or autopay in advance, on the first business day of each service month.
Notice
30 to 60 days after the initial term, depending on the resource commitment.
Price review
At renewal, or when the complexity of the work materially changes.
You fund directly
Advertising and media spend
CRM, email, SMS, phone, data and AI usage
Hosting and premium software
Stock, licensing, talent, printing, postage and production
Travel
Third-party development or specialist vendors
Major research or data purchases
Separately scoped
Full brand identity or rebrand
An entire website or e-commerce rebuild
A native application or major custom software
A major CRM migration
Data-warehouse implementation
A large video production shoot
Multi-market expansion not contemplated at signing
Acquisition integration
Trade-show buildout
Major sales-team recruiting
Work needing unusual legal, regulatory or technical specialisation
How media is handled
Ordinary media management is included in every level up to a threshold. Above it, a complexity fee of 7.5% of the incremental spend, or a pre-agreed flat capacity step.
A Command client spending $60,000 a month pays $12,500 plus 7.5% of the $20,000 above the included threshold — a $1,500 media-complexity fee.
Charging a percentage on every dollar from dollar one rewards spending more even when efficiency gets worse. We would rather not be paid for that.
The optional performance bonus
Offered only once it can be measured fairly — which means it is upside, never a replacement for the base retainer, and never a reason to argue about attribution later.
Only after all of these are true
A 60–90 day baseline exists
CRM and attribution are reliable
Response and disposition requirements are being met
The definitions are agreed in the contract
Monastic controls enough of the relevant system to be accountable for it
Milestone bonus
A quarterly bonus of 10–20% of one month’s retainer for exceeding a jointly agreed operating or revenue threshold.
Incremental gross-profit bonus
5–8% of attributable incremental gross profit above an agreed baseline, calculated quarterly and capped at one additional monthly retainer per quarter.
Gross profit rather than revenue, so low-margin sales cannot create a misleading incentive.
Questions owners ask about price
What does a Monastic partnership cost?
Partnerships begin at $7,500 per month plus an initial system build. Most established growth companies invest $12,500 to $20,000 or more monthly. Media spend, software, usage charges and separately scoped major builds sit outside the retainer and are funded by the client directly.
Why is there a build-in fee?
Because the work it pays for is real. Economics and target definition, tracking and attribution architecture, a CRM and pipeline audit, lead-response and sales-process mapping, baseline capture, data cleanup, a 90-day roadmap and the initial builds all have to exist before ongoing optimisation means anything. Giving that away would mean charging you for a system nobody designed.
How long is the commitment?
Six months for Control and Command; twelve months is preferred for Dominance. There is a strategic fit review after day 90 for both sides. After the initial term it moves month to month, or annual.
Do you guarantee results?
No, and anyone who does is telling you something important about themselves. We guarantee execution: the agreed 90-day priorities, reporting and attribution visibility, response and service levels, a documented cadence, and corrective work for defects we created. If we fail to complete the agreed priorities for reasons within our control, we keep working on them at no additional management fee until they are done.
The Blueprint works without any of this. Separately, may we measure how the site is used, and whether our advertising works? Both are optional. What each does.