You went self-employed for the freedom. Not for the admin.

Self-employed agency is a brilliant deal on paper. Higher commission splits, no branch politics, you keep what you earn. The trade-off is that everything operational — every listing description, every vendor email, every social post, every pipeline update, every compliance form — lands on your desk, not someone else's.

A working week as a self-employed agent looks like this: an hour on a listing description that should take twenty minutes, an afternoon chasing solicitor updates, three evenings writing follow-ups, a Saturday morning posting on Instagram, a Sunday catching up on AML paperwork. The actual selling — the vendor meetings, the viewings, the negotiation calls — is squeezed into whatever's left.

The top-performing agents in self-employed networks aren't there because they're better at admin. They're there because they delegate it. Vela is that delegation, without hiring anyone.

Built for self-employed agents at eXp UK, The Avenue, Keller Williams UK, Yopa, and independents running their own brand. Sales, lettings, or both. Solo operators or small teams of two to five. Typically earning between £40k and £200k+ in personal commission.

What these agents share isn't a price point — it's a problem. Every hour spent on admin is an hour not spent winning instructions, viewing properties, or progressing offers. The ceiling on what you can earn as a self-employed agent is set by how much of your time you protect for actual selling.

Vela isn't an agency network. It doesn't compete with eXp, KW, Avenue, Yopa, or wherever you hang your licence. It sits underneath whatever brand or platform you operate inside, handling the operational layer so you can spend your time on the things that close deals.