proposal for asphalt kingdom · prepared by launchcodex

Paid on Results

attribution · what we bill on live
organic · googlebilled
ai · chatgptbilled
paid · google adsnot billed
organic · bingbilled
email · newsletternot billed
$0retainer
5%of incremental revenue
Per MQLon qualified leads

SEO and AI search for asphaltkingdom.com, billed only on the incremental leads and revenue our work produces above your baseline.

the short version

You don't pay for effort. You pay for what sits above your baseline.

A performance-based partnership on the two engines that drive your business: qualified leads and ecommerce revenue from organic and AI search. Nothing is owed for activity.

01 / the model

Two
Engines

Each side of your business earns its own way, matched to how it actually makes money.

engine 01

Lead
Generation

Fee per MQL

A set fee for each marketing-qualified lead from organic or AI search, counted above baseline. Never raw form fills.

engine 02

Ecommerce

5% of revenue

Five percent of incremental revenue above baseline, net of refunds and returns. Small enough to stay margin-safe on any order in the catalog.

A fee that only moves when your numbers move.

the whole idea, in one line
5% the same slice on a pallet of supplies and on a ride-on sealcoater

Bill on qualified leads, or you end up paying for newsletter signups.

why the MQL definition comes first
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what counts

We
Bill On

Only the traffic our work drives. Each source is tagged the same way in your baseline and in the monthly measurement.

  • Organic search, Google and Bing
  • AI and LLM search, by referrer
  • Referral from our backlinks
never billed

We
Don't

If we did not drive it, it does not enter the invoice. AI visits landing as referral or direct are counted by their source, not by the GA4 bucket.

  • Paid traffic
  • Email
  • Direct
  • Any other referral
02 / lead generation

What counts as an MQL

A new, de-duplicated contact from organic or AI search who takes a high-intent action. Any one of these. The definition is the most important line in the agreement, so we set it precisely and agree to it up front.

action 01

Quote request

or “talk to an expert”

action 02

Financing application

high intent, every time

action 03

Booked consultation

calendar confirmed

action 04

Coaching signup

start or scale, with a phone number

action 05

AK DASH demo

product demo requested

the filter

New and de-duplicated

from organic or AI search only

Excludes calculator email captures, blog and newsletter subscriptions, free resource downloads, existing customers, and duplicates. Spam and bot filtered. Valid contact information required.

Fee per MQL  ·  $__________ per qualified lead above baseline · set together with the definition above, once we confirm your lead value and volumes
04 / the baseline and the rebuild

Only the shaded area is billable

baseline vs measured · illustrative12 month window
your baseline, fixed incremental, billable
Shape is illustrative only. Your actual baseline is set from your trailing 12-month data at signing.
the baseline

A trailing 12-month, seasonally adjusted figure, set separately for qualified leads and for ecommerce revenue, and fixed for the life of the agreement. Everything we bill on is measured above it. It does not ratchet up as the work succeeds, since holding those gains against competitors is ongoing work in itself.

the rebuild carve-out

Because your site is mid-rebuild, the baseline locks and the performance clock starts once the rebuilt site is live and measuring cleanly. Neither side is rewarded for a rebuild bounce-back or penalized for a rebuild dip. After that, we only revisit the baseline for changes outside our work, like a market-wide shift or a product line you add or retire.

run the numbers

Move the sliders

Set the inputs to your own figures and watch what the model costs at any level of performance. Nothing here is a quote.

monthly · at steady stateillustrative
$24,000incremental revenue you gain
$1,920what launchcodex is paid
$22,080net gain you keep, plus 12 extra qualified leads
Illustrative model for discussion. Revenue is gross, before cost of goods. The value of the extra qualified leads is not counted in the net figure, so the true return sits above what is shown.
05 / attribution and measurement

Sources we
count

Last non-direct click, the GA4 default. AI and LLM visits tagged by referrer so they count consistently. The exact same model applied to the baseline and to the monthly measurement, so the numbers are never in question. GA4 plus your backend order and lead data on a shared dashboard, reconciled monthly.

Google OrganicBing OrganicChatGPTPerplexityGeminiCopilotAI OverviewsOur Backlinks Google OrganicBing OrganicChatGPTPerplexityGeminiCopilotAI OverviewsOur Backlinks
Paid SearchPaid SocialEmailDirectOther ReferralAffiliate Paid SearchPaid SocialEmailDirectOther ReferralAffiliate
06 / term and payment

Short term,
then rolling

Because you only pay on results, the term carries no fixed cost. It simply gives the work a fair window to compound.

01 · start

Rebuild goes live

The baseline locks and the performance clock starts once the rebuilt site is stable and measuring cleanly.

02 · term

Months 1 to 6

A full, clean measurement window. Since you pay only on results, the commitment carries no fixed downside.

03 · billing

Monthly in arrears

On measured results, with a quarterly true-up for returns and any disqualified leads.

04 · after

Rolling 3-month terms

With 30 days notice before any renewal to end or adjust it.

working together

Bring the mid-rebuild analytics mess. That's the interesting part.

07 / to finalize

The inputs that turn this into real numbers

01

Your MQL baseline and current organic and AI lead volume, plus the value and close rate of a qualified lead, to set the fee per MQL.

02

Your ecommerce baseline: current organic and AI revenue per month, and confirmation your platform can expose organic and AI attributed orders.

03

Whether AK DASH subscription revenue is in scope.

04

Your analytics setup through the rebuild: GA4, cross-domain tracking across the store and the start, scale, and info properties, call tracking for phone-closed sales, and backend access.

05

The rebuild timeline, so we set the baseline lock and start date.

06

What a successful year looks like to you, so we aim the model at your target.