Admissions
We run your entire admission funnel and charge 15–20% of the course fee — only for students who actually enrol and pay. No retainer. No cost per lead. No invoice for empty seats.
A complete admissions team, without a single new salary on your books
An in-house admissions cell costs you counsellor salaries, a tele-calling setup, CRM licences, a marketing budget and a manager to run it — all fixed, all payable whether seats fill or not. AcademicNest converts that fixed cost into a variable one tied to results.
- Multi-channel lead generation — Meta and Google campaigns, school-fair presence, referral programmes, local partnerships and database reactivation.
- Trained education counsellors — not generic call-centre agents. Briefed on your curriculum, faculty, results, fee structure and USPs.
- Five-minute first response during admission season, with structured follow-up sequences over WhatsApp, call and email.
- Campus visit and demo scheduling, including reminders and no-show recovery.
- Application and document handholding so parents don't drop off at the paperwork stage.
- Closure support — fee counselling, scholarship and instalment options, objection handling.
- Live dashboard showing enquiries, contacted, visits, applications and confirmed admissions.
Six stages, all owned by us
You see every stage in the dashboard. You are billed only at stage six.
Attract
Paid campaigns, organic content, referral drives and offline activations sized to your seat target and catchment.
Qualify
Every enquiry is scored on grade sought, location, fee fit and intent. Junk is filtered out before it reaches your team.
Counsel
A trained counsellor calls within minutes, explains your programme honestly, and answers parent objections.
Visit or demo
We schedule the campus visit or trial class, send reminders, and re-book no-shows rather than writing them off.
Apply
Form filling, document checklists and follow-ups until the application is complete.
Enrol
Fee counselling and closure. Once the student pays you, our invoice is raised — and not a day before.
What determines 15% versus 20%
| Engagement model | What AcademicNest owns | What you own | Revenue share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Engine | Campaigns, qualification, first call, appointment setting | Counselling, campus visit, closure | 15% |
| Managed Funnel | Everything above plus counselling, follow-up and application support | Campus visit hosting and final fee decision | 18% |
| Full Admissions Cell | End-to-end funnel including closure, plus dedicated counsellors and ad budget funded by AcademicNest | Deliver the education | 20% |
Share is calculated on the first-year tuition or total course fee, excluding refundable deposits, transport, uniform and third-party examination fees. Overseas engagements are quoted separately.
Admissions FAQ
When exactly is your invoice raised?
After the student's first fee instalment has been received by you and the admission is confirmed in your records. For multi-instalment courses we can either invoice on the first instalment against the full fee, or pro-rata as instalments come in — your preference, fixed in the agreement.
What if a student drops out or takes a refund?
If a student withdraws within the agreed cooling-off window (usually 30 days) and you refund the fee, our share on that student is reversed or credited against the next invoice. We don't earn on admissions that don't stick.
How do we know a student came from you and not our own walk-in?
Every lead we generate is logged in a shared CRM with a timestamp and source at the moment of capture. Only students first recorded by AcademicNest are billable, and you can audit the log any time. Walk-ins and existing-database students that we never touched are never counted.
Do you guarantee a number of admissions?
We commit to activity — spend, contact rates, response times and visit bookings — and we forecast admissions from historical conversion data. We do not guarantee a number, because conversion also depends on your fee, faculty, facilities and reputation. What we do guarantee is that you never pay for an admission you didn't get.
Can you work alongside our existing admissions team?
Yes — that's the Lead Engine model. We feed qualified, appointment-ready enquiries to your counsellors and stay out of their way. Many institutions start here and expand our scope once they see the conversion data.
Tell us your seat target for the next cycle
We'll model the enquiry volume, ad spend and counsellor capacity it takes to hit it — and tell you if it's realistic before you commit to anything.