Pricing

Start free. Step up only as far as the work needs.

Every price is published, in Australian dollars and inclusive of GST. A clear, low-risk path: a free call, then a paid strategy call, then larger engagements if and when they make sense.

01

Free intro call

20 minutes, no charge. Understand who Prox is, how it works, and whether it can help. No pressure.

02

Strategy call

A paid 60 or 90 minute working session on your biggest product, cost or sourcing question.

03

Engagements & retainers

The larger, hands-on work for brands that want Prox to build the plan or run it with them.

Step 1 · Free

The intro call.

Twenty minutes on video to see if Prox is the right fit. Always free.

Intro Call

Free · 20 min

A straight answer on whether Prox can help, which piece of work fits, and what it will cost. No deck, no follow-up sequence.

Book the free call
Step 2 · Paid strategy call

Get senior input on one real decision.

Pay by card, then pick a time. Choose the length that fits the problem.

Strategy Call

$300

60 minutes, on video, paid

  • A focused session on your single biggest product, cost or margin question
  • Costing, pricing, sourcing or range planning, your choice of topic
  • Practical answers you can act on straight away
  • Recorded, with a short written summary the next day

Best for
Founders who want senior input on one clear decision, quickly.

Strategy Call, extended

$450

90 minutes, on video, paid

  • Everything in the 60-minute call, with room to go deeper
  • Time to work through your numbers or a supplier decision live
  • A clear set of next steps and priorities
  • Recorded, with a written summary the next day

Best for
Founders with a larger decision or several linked questions.

Step 3 · Engagements

When you want Prox to do the work.

Defined, fixed-price pieces of work for founders and growing brands.

The Margin Check

$690

90 minutes, plus review before and a written plan after. Delivered inside a week.

  • A review of your costing sheet, factory quotes and sales data before we speak
  • A 90-minute working session on your actual numbers, recorded
  • A rebuilt landed cost for up to five styles, in AUD
  • Your intake margin and achieved margin, calculated properly
  • A written action plan naming the three changes worth making first
  • A 30-day email window for follow-up questions

Best for
A founder about to place a first order, or a brand that suspects the margin is wrong but cannot prove where.

The First Run Sprint

$2,400

Three sessions across four weeks.

  • Everything in the Margin Check
  • A landed cost model for your full first range, built with you
  • A first-buy quantity plan by style, colour and size, on a test-and-scale rule
  • A cash flow view across deposit, balance, freight and landing
  • A sourcing route recommendation: country, factory type, realistic MOQ
  • A critical path calendar working back from your on-sale date
  • A written risk list with the cheapest protection for each
  • A 30-day email window

Best for
First-time founders with a product decided and a stock budget of roughly AUD $20,000 to $150,000.

Supplier Search

$3,900

Four to six weeks, per product category.

  • A written product specification factories can quote against
  • A long list built from first-hand relationships across six countries
  • Qualification on company type, capability, capacity, compliance and real MOQ
  • One quote round, same specification to every candidate
  • Negotiation on price, MOQ, payment terms, sampling cost and lead time
  • Five ranked factories with direct contacts, quotes and a recommendation
  • Video walk-throughs of shortlisted floors where available

Best for
Brands paying too much, carrying single-supplier risk, or moving volume out of one country.

The Category Rebuild

$9,800

Six to eight weeks.

  • Sell-through and margin analysis of your existing range
  • A rebuilt range plan: style count, depth, size curve and price ladder
  • A full landed cost model across the range
  • A supplier shortlist with quotes for the lines worth moving
  • A markdown and exit plan for aging stock
  • A buying budget by month with a reorder reserve
  • Written reorder and markdown rules
  • Weekly working sessions and a final presentation to your team
  • A 60-day email window

Best for
Brands at AUD $1M–$20M+ where revenue is growing and gross margin is not.

VIP Day

$3,200

One day, 9am to 4pm, remote or in Melbourne.

  • One day on one problem: a range review, a costing overhaul, a supplier decision or a markdown plan
  • The artefact finished by the end of the day
  • A written summary the next morning

Best for
Teams that already know the problem and want it solved this week.

On-site outside Melbourne is available; travel and accommodation are billed at cost and agreed in writing beforehand.

Ongoing

Category Partner

from $4,500 per month, three-month minimum

Retainers begin after a project, never before one. Three-month minimum, then month to month with 30 days' notice. Two retainer clients at a time, so the person you hire is the person doing the work.

Advisory

$4,500 / month

Two working sessions, unlimited email and voice notes within business hours, review of all costings and quotes before they are committed, monthly margin and sell-through read, reorder and markdown calls.

Operating

$7,500 / month

Everything in Advisory, plus one day a week of hands-on work: running the range plan, managing supplier negotiations, chasing the critical path, and sitting in your team's product meetings.

How Prox is paid

Only by you. There is no commission on your FOB price, no markup on supplier quotes, no referral fee from any factory, freight forwarder or software provider, and no share of savings. You receive every factory quote exactly as the factory sent it. Every price on this page is in Australian dollars and includes GST.

Money

The questions about fees.

Full FAQ

Because a price tells you faster than a sales call whether we should be working together. Only five of the thirteen consultancies reviewed in this market publish anything at all.

Yes. Every figure on this site is in Australian dollars and includes GST.

No, never. Prox is paid only by the client. No commission on FOB, no markup on quotes, no referral fees from factories, freight forwarders or software vendors.

Sessions are paid in full before the session. Projects are 50% to start and 50% on delivery. Retainers are invoiced monthly in advance, with a three-month minimum.

Reschedule free with more than 48 hours' notice. Inside 48 hours, the session is treated as delivered.

Start with the free call.

Twenty minutes to work out which step fits, and what it will cost.

Book the free call