Online settlement negotiation
Negotiate without a room, a date, or a first offer.
Each side submits its range whenever it is ready. There is no call to schedule, no order of play, and nothing to reveal in order to begin.
Negotiating in your own time
Nobody has to go first.
A negotiation that starts with an offer starts with a disadvantage. Here both sides submit privately, so the order in which they respond changes nothing about the outcome.
No calendar, no call.
Each participant opens the settlement from an emailed link and submits when it suits them. The comparison waits until the last invited participant has responded, however long that takes.
One round, not a sequence of them.
The ranges are compared once. There is no counter, no next offer, and no interval in which either side can read the other's movement — because there is no movement to read.
If it does not settle, nothing has been given up.
A settlement that does not resolve closes without an amount and without revealing either side's figures. Both sides are exactly where they were, minus the calls it would have taken to find that out.
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From invitation to result
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Start a settlement
The host enters a title and a description of the matter.
Whoever starts the settlement becomes its host. The title and description are what both sides see on the settlement page; they are not used in any calculation.
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Pay for the settlement
One payment of $19.99, made by the host.
Payment is taken once per settlement, through Stripe, before invitations are sent. The host pays it; participants who are invited pay nothing. Until the payment completes the settlement sits at Awaiting payment and no invitation goes out.
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Invite the other side
Each participant gets an emailed link.
The invitation link opens the settlement directly. Someone who already has an account logs in; someone who does not registers from the same link. An invitation can also be declined, which ends that person's involvement.
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Each side submits three amounts
Acceptable, Good and Ideal — a range, not a single number.
Acceptable is the least favourable figure you would still agree to. Ideal is the most favourable. Good sits between them. Neither side sees the other's numbers at any point, including after the settlement resolves.
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The amounts are compared
The comparison runs once the last invited participant has responded.
The two sides' ranges are compared for overlap. If they overlap and each side has one of its three figures inside that overlap, the settlement resolves to an amount within it. If they do not overlap, the settlement completes without an amount.
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See the result
Both sides see the same outcome on the settlement page.
A settlement that resolved shows the amount, and — where there is more than one paying party — how it is apportioned between them. A settlement that did not resolve shows that it did not, and no figures from either side.
Common questions
Can the other side see my amounts?
No. The three figures you submit are never shown to the other participants, before or after the comparison runs.
What happens if we don't reach an amount?
The settlement completes and is marked as not settled. Neither side's figures are revealed, and the payment is not refunded.
Can I cancel a settlement?
Yes, up until it completes. Cancelling notifies the other participants and closes the settlement. It does not issue a refund.
What does it cost?
$19.99 per settlement, charged once, to the person who starts it. There is no subscription and invited participants are not charged.
Who pays — and when?
The host pays, once, before any invitation goes out. Until the payment completes the settlement sits at Awaiting payment and nobody is contacted.