Short · checked 29 September 2026
Linkency's commission marketplace, launched in 2014 and rebuilt in 2026.
A Phoenix-area marketplace for negotiating real estate agent commissions, launched in late 2014 and relaunched from scratch in 2026 after the NAR settlement, under a founder whose surname differs between the two launches.
Linkency's card on Stompstart's browse pages, first captured in February 2016, made a direct offer: "Negotiate commissions with multiple real estate agents in one place." Listed in public beta from Scottsdale, Arizona, it described a free marketplace where a home buyer or seller "finds, connects and negotiates terms and commissions with real estate professionals in their area," on the argument that open competition between agents would bring better service.
The idea had been announced a year earlier. A press release dated 31 December 2014 launched Linkency LLC of Phoenix, serving the Phoenix metropolitan area first and expecting to expand nationally. There were no fees for buyers and sellers, it said, and no upfront or monthly costs for agents. It named the founder and chief executive as Constantin Graur. The site, archived in February 2015 in beta with a Scottsdale address, carried the footer "© Copyright 2014. Starling International Realty," and the company's Fundable profile named Constantin Starling as founder. An August 2018 copy shows linkency.com still running under the tagline "Real Estate Simplified."
The original linkency.com address no longer resolves. In 2026 a rebuilt Linkency went live at linkency.co under the name Linkency, Inc. and the same tagline, inviting buyers and sellers to "compare licensed agents and negotiate your commission before your transaction begins." Its About page names the founder as Constantin Starling and dates an earlier attempt to 2015: "Constantin built an early version of this thesis with a co-founder. The product worked; the partnership did not." It presents the 2024 National Association of Realtors settlement, under which buyers now sign a written agreement on their agent's pay, as the opening for a second try, and describes the new company as "rebuilt from scratch as a single-operator company, rolling out market by market."
The 2014 release names the founder as Constantin Graur; the 2015 footer, the Fundable profile and the 2026 About page carry the name Starling. None explains the difference, and we have not established whether the two names refer to the same person.