Terms of Service

1. What middleman is

middleman is a marketplace operated under Purcell Ventures LLC (Georgia) that connects companies offering commission-based sales work with independent sales representatives. The platform hosts offers, playbooks, lead management, activity logging, deal review, dispute resolution, and commission record-keeping.

middleman is a neutral venue and paying agent. It is not a party to, nor a principal under, any commission agreement between a company and a rep, it is not an employer, staffing agency, or broker of either side, and it does not guarantee any volume of leads, deals, or income.

2. Accounts and eligibility

You must be at least 18 and able to form a binding contract. You are responsible for your account credentials and for the accuracy of what you submit. One person per rep account. Companies must be lawfully organized businesses and designate authorized members.

3. Independent contractor status

Reps are independent contractors of the companies whose offers they accept. Reps choose their own hours, methods, and words, may work for multiple companies on or off the platform, and provide their own equipment. The platform never sets commission rates, quotas, or mandatory scripts, and never deactivates a rep for sales performance. Playbooks are company guidance, always advisory.

4. Commissions and the ledger

Commission terms live in a written commission schedule generated per offer and signed by both the rep and the company before deals can be submitted. When a company marks a deal won, the commission and its fund-by date are recorded on the platform ledger. Companies agree to fund earned commissions punctually; earned, unpaid commissions are payable within five business days of termination of the underlying agreement.

Platform fees are charged to companies. Reps are never charged fees to join, apply, claim leads, or get paid.

5. Conduct on the platform

Activity logs must be truthful. Prohibited for everyone: falsifying logs or deal outcomes, contacting suppressed numbers, ignoring do-not-contact requests, soliciting off-platform payment to avoid the ledger, and dishonest loss-marking. Reps must follow the compliance guardrails shown in the product (calling hours, required disclosures, state gating). Companies must review deals and applications honestly and fund what they owe.

Enforcement is conduct-based and two-sided: a ladder of warning, strike, cooldown, suspension, and ban, with strikes lapsing after six months of clean conduct. Sales performance is never a strike.

6. Leads and data

Lead contact information belongs to the company that provided it (or the rep who self-generated it, subject to the offer terms) and may be used only to work that lead for that offer. Harvesting, reselling, or contacting leads outside the platform's purpose is prohibited. Do-not-contact requests are honored platform-wide, immediately.

7. Disputes

Attribution and payment disputes between a rep and a company are first resolved on the platform: the lead's logged activity trail is the primary evidence, and the platform administrator issues a written ruling. Either side may pursue other lawful remedies afterward; the platform ruling determines only what happens on the platform (records, standing, and ledger entries).

8. Termination

You may close your account at any time; obligations already earned survive (companies still owe earned commissions, and records of completed deals are retained). The platform may suspend or remove accounts for conduct violations per section 5.

9. Disclaimers and limits

The platform is provided as is. To the maximum extent permitted by law, middleman and Purcell Ventures LLC are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for the acts of companies, reps, or prospects. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the platform fees paid to us in the six months before the claim arose.

10. General

Georgia law governs these terms. We may update them with notice inside the product; continued use after notice is acceptance. Questions: elijah@purcell-ventures.com.