Questions, answered straight.

Yes — permanently. We never charge consumers for using the platform, submitting an inquiry, or anything else. Our revenue comes from listed agents (subscriptions plus disclosed referral fees), never from your transaction.

The agents — or their brokerages — set their own fees. We do not set, recommend, or guarantee any agent's pricing. Our job is to make their published fees easy to compare. Final pricing is always subject to the agreement between you and the agent you choose.

Four common ones: flat fee (a fixed dollar amount), percentage commission (the traditional 2.5–3% model), hybrid (a small flat plus a low percentage), and performance-based (a base fee plus an outcome bonus). Each agent profile shows which model they use and includes example math at three reference home prices.

Yes — filtering by pricing model, by total cost on a specific home price, by years active, and by service area are all part of the v1 platform. You always choose the criteria; we do not generate "best match" rankings.

Listing-side and buyer-side commissions are now separately negotiated. Agent profiles show how each agent quotes buyer-side fees — fully covered, partially covered, or paid by the buyer directly. The comparison engine surfaces this clearly so you can see the full cost.

We are currently in waitlist phase. Greater Seattle goes live with an initial agent cohort later in 2026. Waitlist members get early access. Sign up on the homepage.

Only the agent or agents you explicitly select. We do not auction your inquiry, sell it as a lead to multiple agents, or share your contact information with anyone other than your selected agent(s).

No. We send your inquiry once, to your chosen agent, and we step out. We will email you only about your account and the platform — never to promote agents you did not choose. We do not sell consumer data.

Manaky Homes takes no compensation contingent on the closing of your transaction from the consumer side. If a referral arrangement exists between us and the agent's brokerage, the fee is paid by the brokerage out of the agent's commission, and the existence and structure of that fee is disclosed to you before you submit the inquiry. See our referral disclosure.

Yes. Once we introduce you, we step out. You and the agent decide how to engage. We do not require agents to route their work through the platform.

No. Manaky Homes is a real-estate-fee transparency marketplace and information platform. We do not represent buyers or sellers, do not negotiate transactions, and do not set agent fees. The agents listed on the platform are independently licensed Washington brokers operating under their own brokerages.

Operating a brokerage that also runs a marketplace creates a structural conflict — every quarter the brokerage wants to win against the marketplace. We made the deliberate design choice not to have that conflict, so the platform stays neutral.

Every listed agent is checked against Washington State Department of Licensing public records to confirm active license status, brokerage affiliation, and any disciplinary history. License numbers are published on each profile so you can verify them yourself.

Selling rankings is the original sin of every "neutral" platform — it turns a directory of best-fit agents into a directory of biggest spenders. We do not sell paid placement in v1, and any future revenue from agent visibility tiers will be plainly labeled and never affect organic search results.

Yes. Every listed agent's fee will be part of a free, public dataset — for consumers, journalists, regulators, and academic researchers. The dataset commitment is part of our founding constitution.

Email hello@manaky.com. We investigate every report. Agents who misrepresent their pricing, scope, or credentials are removed from the platform.