Now that you've found the agency - regardless of whether it was with or without our help - you will ask yourself two questions: 1. How do I define the co-operation and 2. What should I pay the agency?

The agency contract
A great many agency-client relationships end because the parties did not agree on a common framework in sufficient detail at the beginning of the co-operation. The scope of services, fees for the costs of outside services, subrogation of rights or exclusivity stipulations are just a few of the many points which sound simple but which often cause problems in practice.

cherrypicker helps you in evaluating the content of and formulating agency contracts which clearly minimize the risk for both sides. The large number of tasks in checking and drawing up agency contracts qualifies us to make cross-sector and interdisciplinary comparisons. In most cases we work closely with our client's internal lawyer. We are additionally pleased to support you with contractual negotiations, conduct half-yearly and annual audits for you or assist with follow-up negotiations and contract optimisations.

Auditing the agency costs
Agency services differ in terms of quality, so appropriate and fair payment is not a matter for the materials purchaser of a company. By bringing in the cherrypicker benchmark system we can help you to negotiate an acceptable and fair price at current market rates - without the agency having necessity to withdraw its good people from your projects.