For builders
Build systems. Keep 98%.
You keep 98% of your build price. NW's 2% fee is the operating fee.
Founding cohort · no graduate yet · no marketplace build delivered yet
The first cohort is being recruited. No builder has completed NW’s process and taken a marketplace build yet, so there is no rating, ranking or placement on this page.
The money rule — 98 / 2
Inside the price, not on top of it.
Builders keep
98%–99%
Of the build price. The range is 98–99%: the standard quote is 98%.
You keep 98% of your build price. NW’s 2% fee is the operating fee.
NW operating fee
1–2%
Not charged on top to make “100%”. It is the cost of the platform.
Entry ranks
- Basic$500.00
- Platinum$600.00
- Gold$800.00
One time. A credential, not a barrier.
Diamond
Earned — not sold
Five completed builds, a 4.9 average, no failed audit and a turnaround at or under the trade median. There is no price, no shortcut and no upgrade. The bar is computed from rows, not awarded by a person.
Worked example — not a quote
#FEE-98- Build price$10,000.00
- Builder keeps (98%)$9,800.00
- NW operating fee (2%)$200.00
The fee is inside the build price, not on top of it. The requester pays the build price; it splits 98 / 2.
The requester pays the build price. It splits inside that price: 98% to the builder, 2% to NW as the operating fee. The fee is not charged on top to make “100%”.
A build priced at $10,000.00 pays $9,800.00 to the builder and $200.00 to NW. The number is the standard quote; a quoted build is not repriced.
The Nimos Web Certificate is NW’s own credential after assessment — not an accredited certification, licence, or government qualification.
How to qualify
Three doors. One standard.
The certificate is not the entry barrier — it is a credential. You come in with a degree, with experience, or with a portfolio. Entry does not require the $500 if you bring the experience.
Degree
A computer-science degree or equivalent, with a transcript or a detailed work history. NW validates the experience behind the paper.
A degree is evidence, not an automatic pass.
Experience
Real production work — shipped systems, on-call history, past client builds. NW checks it against the same standard.
Entry does not require the $500 if you bring the experience.
Portfolio
A URL and a short note on what you built, what you shipped, and what happened after launch. NW reviews the work itself.
A rejection comes with a reason.
No portfolio yet? Join the developers waitlist below and work with NW now — the apprentice path is the portfolio.
The framework
A tool, not a toll.
The six steps exist to take a developer from nothing to a delivered build. If you already have a way of working that ships, being made to use ours would make the platform slower without making the work better.
Standard certification
THE SIX STEPS REQUIRED
The six steps and the platform's architectural patterns. This path's promise is that you were taught the method and can run it, so the method is the curriculum and the delivery.
A certificate that did not require the method would be a certificate in nothing.
Degree, experience or portfolio review
YOUR METHOD, YOUR STACK
Your own stack, your own language, your own method. No framework is imposed and none is taught.
You already have a way of working that ships. Imposing ours would make the platform slower without making the work better.
Diamond
YOUR METHOD, YOUR STACK
Complete autonomy, and priority matching above every paid rank.
It is earned on delivered work, so there is nothing left to teach.
Whichever path you came in on, the delivered build passes the published audit against the Contracted Baseline. Autonomy over the method is not autonomy over the result.
The ranks
Three you can buy. One you cannot.
A paid rank buys reach and tooling, and it buys the same thing for everyone at that price. It never buys placement above a builder who earned their place, and it never reaches Diamond.
Basic
$500.00 ONE TIME
The certificate, the toolkit, the stack, the design system, and matching on the standard queue.
Not: Priority in matching. That is what the two ranks above it buy.
Platinum
$600.00 ONE TIME
Everything in Basic, plus the training library and earlier sight of incoming requests.
Not: A different fee. The operating fee is the same on every paid rank.
Gold
$800.00 ONE TIME
Everything in Platinum, plus priority matching and featured placement in the directory.
Not: Diamond. No amount of money reaches it, and a Gold builder is not ranked above a Diamond one on price.
Diamond
EARNED · NO PRICE
Top of the ladder: priority matching above every paid rank. No amount of money reaches it, because a rank that can be bought is not a rank — it is a price list.
- 5 or more completed builds
- An average rating of 4.9 or better
- No failed audit, ever
- Turnaround at or under the median delivery time for the same trade
NW provides
- The stack, the accounts and the patterns.
- The methodology: six steps, five stations, repeatable scopes.
- The design system: Motion Menu, 597 patterns.
- The audit before handover.
- The matching: NW finds and qualifies the requester.
- The paperwork, designed for Stripe Connect.
NW does not provide
- Employment. Independent contractor, not staff.
- Guaranteed work, leads, or income.
- Your tax, insurance or tools — those are yours.
- An NW title on a business card.
- Control of your calendar. NW controls the standard, not your schedule.
- A rating before a requester rates a finished build.
Matching
You do not bid. NW matches.
NW proposes one builder for the work. You can reject the match; NW proposes another.
The audit is the gate
No pass, no payout.
NW audits every build before handover. Fail → fix at no extra charge → re-audit. Payout waits for a pass.
The twelve checks →In development — gather leads
Which list are you on?
The cohort has not run yet, but interest is real. Inquire here please — no email is sent, a person reads the queue in order.
The first cohort is the evidence.
There is no builder directory to browse and no rating to compare, because no marketplace build has been delivered. If you want to be in the first group, inquire on a list above.
You keep 98% of your build price. NW's 2% fee is the operating fee. · BASIC $500.00 · PLATINUM $600.00 · GOLD $800.00 · DIAMOND EARNED