Profit Margin
"Agencies mark up creative work 2–3x. A designer who charges €600/day freelance gets billed to you at €1,500/day."
"You're Overpaying ... and here's Why."
Account Managers
"Agencies staff projects with people who don't create anything. You're paying €800/day for someone to forward your emails."
Overhead & Bloat
"Office rent. Internal tools. HR. Legal. All of it gets billed to you as 'agency costs.' You're funding their infrastructure."
On a €50,000 project, only €20,000–25,000 goes to the people actually doing the work. The rest?
Overhead and profit.
"What If You Could Skip All of That?"
Creative Database connects you directly with vetted, professional creatives—designers, filmmakers, strategists, copywriters—without the agency markup.
1. You brief us on your project No RFPs. No pitch meetings. Just a clear conversation about what you need.
2. We curate the right talent or team From our network of 200+ vetted Swedish creatives. You get portfolios, not a sales deck.
3. We manage delivery Scope, timeline, feedback, revisions—handled. You stay in the loop without doing the PM work.
4. We guarantee payment (for creatives) and quality (for you) Creatives get paid on time. You get work that meets the brief. Simple.
How it works?
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The real cost structure of a typical agency (and where your money goes)
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How to calculate what you're actually paying per hour of creative work
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The 3 biggest red flags that you're overpaying for creative
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How to structure freelance engagements that don't turn into chaos
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Why "managed freelance networks" (like CRDB) are replacing agencies for smart companies
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A pricing comparison tool: agency vs. freelance vs. Creative Database
Content:
What's inside the CRDB Guide?
Inside the Guide: The Agency Tax Breakdown
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The real cost structure of a typical agency (and where your money goes)
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How to calculate what you're actually paying per hour of creative work
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The 3 biggest red flags that you're overpaying for creative
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How to structure freelance engagements that don't turn into chaos
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Why "managed freelance networks" (like CRDB) are replacing agencies for smart companies
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A pricing comparison tool: agency vs. freelance vs. Creative Database
Content:
Stop Overpaying for Creative Work
Download the guide. See where your budget is going. Make a smarter decision next time you need creative firepower.
The Agency Tax:
What You're Actually Paying For - And How to Stop it!
Most companies waste 40–60% of their creative budget on overhead, admin, and profit margins that have nothing to do with the quality of work. This free guide shows you exactly where your money goes—and how to get better results for less.