How to price your first listing

Most people setting a price for the first time do the same two things: they guess, and they guess low. It is worth a few minutes of thought instead, because the number you publish is the single biggest lever on whether this is worth your evening.

First, the unit

Saathum prices everything in tokens, with 100 Tokens = $1 as the rate is fixed, both directions — it is what a customer pays to buy tokens, and what an unused token is worth on the way out. Checkout may be shown in local currency using a server-owned FX quote; there is no promised withdrawal or redemption rate. Full detail is in Tokens & Wallet.

Price the outcome, not the minutes

"X tokens per hour" is the instinctive framing, and it is usually the weakest one. People are not buying an hour; they are buying the thing that is true afterwards — the doubt resolved, the thing they finally understand, the evening they did not spend alone. A session that gets someone there in twenty minutes is worth more to them than one that takes ninety, not less.

Start where you can raise it

Set a price you would be content to be booked at ten times this month, then raise it when you are. Raising a price on a listing that is filling up is easy and nobody resents it. Cutting a price you announced too confidently is harder, and it teaches the people who already paid that they overpaid.

Know what you actually keep

The customer pays your listed price. Saathum deducts a platform commission, which is shown to you before you publish a listing or accept a booking — we do not spring it on you afterwards. What remains is credited to your wallet in tokens. Withdrawal semantics are not yet available, so no payout fee, tax, minimum, or timeline is promised. See Pricing & Fees and Payouts & Withdrawals for the rules in full.

Then get the calendar right

A good price on hours you resent is still a bad deal. Open the slots you actually want to work — see how bookings work.

Saathum is still evolving. We are an early-stage Delaware corporation, business, access is invite-only, and our payment gateway application is under review, so payments are not yet live to the public. Prices shown on the site are indicative during this period. Read our full status.

Publish your first listing — it is free — or see how other creators have priced theirs.