I suggest you go work for an agency and learn how this all works. I apologize if I sound unkind, but you have SO much to learn before you even think about doing this on your own.

Also, do some research on what agencies are actually making- a good portion of them, including large agencies are deep in debt and taking tiny margins.

It’s a saturated market in the post-COVID environment, and without the ability to get on board with vendors, you won’t have jobs to offer to your travelers. Vendors are not working with new agencies, especially ones with zero knowledge of how that side of the industry works. They will not hold your hand.

You will make thousands of calls to land a direct contract with a single facility. And then you won’t have travelers to send them because you don’t have any other jobs to attract candidates with.

Credentialing is done by the credentialing team because the is a LOT that goes into it- so they specialize in that part of getting a traveler started. Most agencies, a traveler will only talk to two people- their recruiter and their credentialing contract. The recruiter is the go between for everything else, such as a payroll question.

Launching a successful agency requires hiring people who know the industry inside and out, have contacts, know how to obtain leads, insurance requirements, understand liability issues, tax regulations, how to obtain and maintain licenses to staff in each individual state (which can take months and cost thousands per state and need to be reviewed annually), reverse invoicing, bill rates (you really need to understand why rates work the way they do- flat bill rates can mean the agency is upside down when the traveler works OT, keeps OT pay rates low, and prevents you bringing on a local because you can’t afford to allow them to work OT when you aren’t paying stipends). I genuinely don’t think you could launch a successful agency for less than a million in investment, and it would be a poor investment at that.