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Sales employment umbrella and BIG: two blocks that add up

A sales employment umbrella is a legal and administrative structure. BIG is a matching and scoring platform. They are not competitors: you can use an umbrella AND BIG.

We are not comparing the same thing

A sales employment umbrella answers a status question: how do I invoice my missions and benefit from an employee framework without creating a company. BIG answers a different question: where do I find missions and how do I prove my experience. One handles admin, the other handles matching. This page clarifies the complementarity rather than a false rivalry.

Sales employment umbrella vs BIG

Two distinct blocks. Most of the time, they coexist without getting in each other's way.

Sales employment umbrella
BIG
Nature
A legal and administrative structure
A matching and scoring platform
What it solves
Status, invoicing, an employee framework without a company
Finding missions and proving your experience
Pay
A salary drawn from invoiced revenue, after management fees
Missions found via the platform, a 3% commission
Experience evaluation
Not applicable
BIG Score on 6 weighted criteria
Compatibility
Compatible with a mission found elsewhere
Compatible with an umbrella to invoice the mission

How the two combine

1

BIG finds the mission

The platform connects you with companies and surfaces your experience via the BIG Score.

2

The umbrella invoices the mission

If you choose an umbrella, it carries the administrative framework and pays you a salary drawn from invoiced revenue.

3

You do not have to choose

You can use an umbrella for the status and BIG for the missions. The two blocks stack.

4

You stay free on status

Sole trader, company or umbrella: BIG does not impose a structure to access missions.

What each is for

Status

You want an employee framework without a company

A sales employment umbrella gives you that administrative and social framework, regardless of where the mission comes from.

Missions

You want missions and proof

BIG connects you with companies and objectivises your experience via the BIG Score.

Both

You want both at once

Find the mission on BIG, invoice it through your umbrella: the combination is natural.

Verdict: BIG comes out ahead

Join the platform, keep your status

BIG does not replace your umbrella: it connects you with missions and surfaces your experience via the BIG Score. You freely choose how to invoice.

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Frequently asked questions

Are an umbrella and BIG competitors?

No. An umbrella is an administrative status; BIG is a matching and scoring platform. You can find a mission on BIG and invoice it through your umbrella.

Do I need an umbrella to use BIG?

No. BIG does not impose a status. Sole trader, company or umbrella: you choose what suits you to invoice your missions.

What does BIG add that an umbrella does not?

Matching with companies and the BIG Score, which objectivises your sales experience on 6 weighted criteria. The umbrella, for its part, handles the administrative framework.