
Roman Palii
Founder
Audit the base, not the rate
Use this skill when a percentage in a commercial term is being set, questioned, or is producing a number nobody expected — sales commission, revenue share, affiliate and creator payouts, channel margin, agency fees, referral fees, rebates. Triggers: "reps are hitting quota but margin isn't moving", "what does this promo actually cost us", "our partner payouts are higher than the model", "is 15% a fair rate", "we're renegotiating the split", "the comp plan is paying out on deals we lost money on". It finds what the percentage multiplies, identifies the condition under which that choice starts to matter, quantifies the gap at that condition, and identifies the clause to revisit.