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For employers
Hire in front of people already looking.
Zip makes ~75% of revenue from monthly job slots and ~25% from boosts. Seekers stay free. Callboard lists the same bands: Standard $299, Premium $449, Pro $799 — unlimited applies, no per-click.
How a promoted role reads
$299
Standard slot / month — Zip’s number
$449
Premium slot. Talent index included
$799
Pro slot. Boost + featured + Recruiter
0¢
Per application. Unlimited applies.
Job slots — Zip’s model
One price per open role. Unlimited applications.
Then organic · 3 days
3-day trial
$0
$0/day
- Zip starts with a short trial. So do we.
- Full Hire desk: screens, invite to apply, distribute
- After day 3 the listing stays in organic search
- Unlimited applications — we never bill per click
Zip Standard · per month
Standard slot
$299
~$10/day
- One job slot. Unlimited applies — no Indeed-style CPC
- Invite to apply, knockout screens, Hire insights
- Google for Jobs + LinkedIn, Indeed, X, Facebook
- Cancels at month end. Same band Zip quotes ($299–$399)
Most teams · per month
Premium slot
$449
~$15/day
- Everything in Standard
- Talent index (titles, years, certs, recency) — Zip’s resume-database idea
- Invite all 70+ matches in one tap
- Promoted label on the listing for the month
Zip Pro · per month
Pro slot
$799
~$27/day
- Everything in Premium
- One TrafficBoost included ($299 value)
- Featured employer strip + Recruiter kit
- Zip Pro sits ~$719–$899. We list $799.
Performance — the other 25%
Boosts when a slot is not filling.
Performance · one push
TrafficBoost
$299
- Zip’s ~25% of revenue is performance, not the slot
- Pushes one live role to the top for 7 days
- Works on a Standard or Premium slot
- Same $299 Zip quotes for TrafficBoost
Performance · one issue
Newsletter sponsor
$890
- One sponsor per Friday issue
- One job plus 80 words
- Lands with people who asked for roles
- Sold as advertising, never as a story
Exclusive · 30 days
Category takeover
$1,190
- Exclusive strip on one category (nursing, trades, engineering…)
- Two promoted roles included
- Named as the category sponsor
- One buyer per category per month
How Zip gets paid — how we do
Same mix. Listed prices.
~75%
Monthly job slots
Zip’s core: one price per open role, unlimited applications. Standard $299, Premium $449, Pro $799 — the same bands they quote.
~25%
Performance boosts
TrafficBoost, newsletter, category takeover. Extra reach when a slot is not filling. Not a CPC auction.
Seekers
Always free
Search, save, easy apply, alerts. Zip does not charge the people looking. Neither do we.
Competitor pricing
Four ways the market charges. We picked Zip’s, with listed prices.
Indeed auctions clicks. Zip sells a monthly slot. LinkedIn sells a seat plus a job. Monster sells days and resume credits. Figures are 2026 published or commonly quoted ranges — not a contract.
Indeed
CPC auction
$150–$800 / role
Entry: Free post, then $5/day+ · Risk: Invoice grows with clicks
Lowest barrier. Organic posts, then sponsored jobs bid $0.10–$5 per click. Cheap to test, expensive when a title is hot. They win on volume, not a flat bill.
ZipRecruiter
Slot subscription
$299–$899 / slot / mo
Entry: 2–4 day trial · Risk: Pay even if nobody applies
One price per open role, unlimited applies. Invite-to-apply is the product. ~75% of their revenue is this slot. Callboard copies the model and lists the same bands.
LinkedIn
Job slot + seats
$7–$10/day; Recruiter ~$9k–$11k/yr
Entry: 1 free post / 14 days · Risk: Sales-led, unpublished list prices
Promoted jobs plus Recruiter seats over the graph. Highest brand, highest floor. We point Recruiter InMail at a Callboard listing instead of replacing the seat.
Glassdoor
Brand + jobs bundle
Custom, often with Indeed
Entry: Sales quote · Risk: You buy reviews, not just a post
Recruit Holdings owns Glassdoor and Indeed. Employers pay for branding next to salary and reviews. Not a small-board fight.
Monster / CareerBuilder
Day rate or credits
$219–$349 / mo
Entry: ~$8/day or $299/mo · Risk: Resume-view overages
Merged stack. Monster+ Pro ~$299/mo matches our Standard. Credits for resume views. Legacy volume in trades and clerical.
Handshake
Campus SaaS
Pro ~$450 / mo
Entry: Free basic posts · Risk: Only works if you hire grads
Unlimited free posts into 1,400 campuses. Paid Pro is branding and messaging. We send campus roles there; we are not a career center.
Callboard
Slot + listed boosts
$299 / $449 / $799
Entry: 3-day trial, then organic · Risk: Smaller traffic than Indeed
Zip’s slot math, Indeed’s honest free post, LinkedIn Recruiter as a kit not a $10k seat. Prices on the page. Money to the owner. Seekers never pay.
Why employers buy
The board is already at work.
Slots, not clicks
Zip makes most of its money on a flat monthly job slot so invoices do not explode with volume. Callboard bills the same way.
Boosts when you need them
The other quarter of Zip’s revenue is performance — TrafficBoost and similar. We list those as add-ons, never as a surprise CPC.
Pay the person who runs the board
Checkout and Connect pay the owner. Seekers stay free. Every paid slot is labeled Promoted.
LinkedIn Recruiter
Source there. List here.
Recruiter finds people who are not looking. Callboard finds people who are. The kit builds a boolean and InMail from your posting so the seat you already pay for points at a live, labeled job.
Open Recruiter kit- Boolean from title, skills, and city — paste into Talent search.
- InMail that links the Callboard listing, including pay.
- A local pipeline so you do not message the same person twice.
Secure checkout
Pay on Stripe, PayPal, or Wise.
Card numbers never sit on Callboard. Stripe charges the card and emails the invoice.
We accept
Cards never touch Callboard
Stripe collects card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, Cash App, and bank. We never see the number.
Wallets and rails you already use
PayPal, Wise, Venmo, Zelle, Revolut, Payoneer, Flutterwave, MTN, Airtel, M-Pesa, Bitcoin, USDT.
Invoice still on the ledger
Placement goes live when Stripe confirms or the owner records the receipt.
Buy a slot
Sign up, pick a package, and pay. Nobody has to approve it. Stripe emails you an invoice and sends a copy to the owner.
Typical terms: net 7 days, paid by transfer, Wise, PayPal, or mobile money.
- Promoted listings go live on search and home.
- Featured employers keep the column for 30 days.
- Newsletter sponsors own one Friday.
- Questions: ads@callboardjobs.com
Sign up to buy
Create an account, then pay for the slot. No request sits with the owner.
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