CORE is paid through one transparent, agreed fee — never a markup on what you spend. Every rebate, allowance, and discount CORE negotiates is passed back to you in full. There's no hidden margin, so CORE only wins when your costs come down.
A fee for the work — not a cut of your spend.
- One transparent, agreed fee. CORE360 runs on a fee you agree to up front — never a markup on your purchases.
- 100% rebate pass-through. Every rebate, allowance, and discount CORE negotiates lands on your books, not CORE's.
- No hidden margin. CORE doesn't profit from how much you buy, so its incentive is to drive your costs down.
Paid to manage procurement — not to inflate it.
A group purchasing organization (GPO) earns its keep by negotiating better pricing across a large, pooled volume of buyers. The question that matters to an operator is simple: who keeps the savings?
With CORE, the answer is you. CORE360 is built on a transparent, agreed fee for managing your procurement — not a margin layered on top of your spend. Because the fee is fixed by agreement rather than tied to volume, CORE has no reason to steer you toward buying more or paying more. Its only job is to lower what you pay.
"We pass 100% of every rebate and allowance back to you. CORE360 runs on a transparent, agreed fee — never a markup on your spend."
Three ways a procurement partner can get paid.
Not every intermediary is paid the same way — and the difference decides whether the savings end up with you or with them.
Markup on spend
The partner adds a margin to what you buy. The more you spend, the more they make — an incentive pointed the wrong way.
Keeping the rebates
Suppliers pay rebates and allowances on volume; the partner quietly keeps some or all of them, so you never see your full savings.
CORE's way: a transparent fee
An agreed fee for the work, 100% of rebates passed back to you, and no markup on spend — incentives aligned with your bottom line.
CORE's advisory and consulting work follows the same principle: transparent fee structures scoped to the work in front of you, defined up front, with no surprises.
See the numbers for yourself.
A short conversation lays out exactly how the fee works and what CORE could save you — with every rebate and allowance kept on your side of the ledger.
Frequently asked questions
How does CORE Insights Group get paid?
CORE360 runs on a single transparent, agreed fee — not a markup on what you spend. CORE is paid for managing your procurement, and that fee is agreed up front, so the savings it negotiates stay yours.
Does CORE mark up my purchasing spend?
No. CORE is explicit that it never adds a markup to your spend. Its fee is separate from and independent of how much you buy, which keeps CORE's incentive aligned with lowering your costs rather than growing them.
Who keeps the rebates and allowances?
You do. CORE passes 100% of every rebate, allowance, and discount it negotiates back to you — they land on your books, not CORE's. There is no hidden margin.
How is this different from a broker or middleman?
Some procurement intermediaries are paid by marking up your spend or by keeping a share of the rebates suppliers pay. CORE's model is the opposite: a transparent fee for the work, full rebate pass-through, and complete visibility into what you actually pay.
Are CORE's consulting engagements priced the same way?
CORE's consulting and advisory work uses transparent fee structures scoped to the work in front of you — defined up front, with no surprises.