Economic Threshold
Revenue Watchdog should be approved only when the leak is obviously larger than the fee.
The buying decision is not whether Revenue Watchdog sounds useful. The decision is whether approved operating data can show enough recoverable revenue to make the installation or operating partnership irrational to ignore.
If the data cannot support at least $500,000 in annualized recoverable opportunity, do not approve the installation.
Minimum approval standard
$500,000 in documented annualized recoverable opportunity against a $67,000 installation creates a 7.46x gross opportunity-to-fee case.
Anything weaker needs more proof before approval.
Threshold Math
The fee is rational only when the documented opportunity clears the threshold.
Approve $67K installation
Use when the data can document at least $500K in annualized recoverable opportunity and leadership can keep the weekly proof cadence alive internally.
Approve $11K/month operating partnership
Use when leakage is recurring, multi-location, manager-dependent, or leadership wants Revenue Watchdog operating the function continuously.
Do not approve yet
Use when source data, executive authority, manager accountability, or the $500K documented-opportunity case is not proven.
Why the case can be approved without a case study
The revenue already exists
The case is not based on new demand. It is based on missed calls, stale estimates, unsold agreements, overdue maintenance, cancellations, lapsed customers, and follow-up failures already inside the business.
The fee is capped
The $67K installation fee is fixed. The buyer is testing whether documented opportunity is large enough to justify the recovery system.
The guarantee narrows risk
The guarantee applies to documented annualized recoverable opportunity from approved operating data, not speculative projections or collected cash in 30 days.
The proof cadence protects results
A leak is not fixed until value, owner, status, and source-backed proof are reviewed every week.
Do not approve if
The buyer wants a free audit before making a commercial decision.
The company cannot approve call, estimate, dispatch, service agreement, maintenance, cancellation, customer, and follow-up data access.
Leadership will not name an executive sponsor, data owner, and manager owners.
Managers will not be held to weekly proof of action and outcome.
The modeled or documented opportunity is below $500,000 annualized.
The buyer wants software, dashboard work, ads, CRM cleanup, or generic sales training instead of revenue recovery ownership.
Executive Proof Test
The threshold only counts when the four executive questions have proof.
Where are we losing money?
The threshold is not met by a vague concern. It requires identifiable leakage categories and source records.
How much is it worth?
The threshold is not met by optimism. It requires conservative annualized recoverable value.
Who owns fixing it?
The threshold is not met by team responsibility. It requires named owners and deadlines.
How do we know it is fixed?
The threshold is not met by discussion. It requires action proof, outcome proof, or a documented close reason.
Decision
If the threshold clears, the question is no longer price. The question is ownership.
Revenue Watchdog should be approved only when leadership is ready to inspect source data, assign owners, enforce proof, and recover revenue that should have already been earned.