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White-Label Margin Split

White-label depth measures how much of the client relationship a builder lets an agency own: dashboard branding, billing, domain, and support desk.

By InnovaAI ResearchPublished Updated

What is White-Label Margin Split?

White-label depth → margin retention

Platform-retained vs agency-retained layers, priced at agency labor cost

White-label depth measures how much of the client relationship a builder lets an agency own: dashboard branding, billing, domain, and support desk. Every layer the platform keeps is a layer the agency cannot bill for, and every layer the agency absorbs is labor that must be priced into the retainer. The framework splits a builder's feature set into two columns, platform-retained and agency-retained, then prices the second column at the agency's own hourly cost. A builder that handles hosting, invoicing, and client billing under the agency's brand, as Lindo does, moves several line items out of agency labor. A builder with no white-label path, such as Yola, leaves branding and billing with the vendor, which caps what an agency can charge for the same site. Run the split before quoting a small-budget build.

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