[positive helpful] You're not really competing against just 'pay people to speak to recruiters though'. You're competing against any recruiting platform or professional network (e.g linked in).

You have to consider them for many reasons -- e.g. if you have any success, your more established competitors are well positioned to add that functionality.

Doing a keyword search for 'recruiting platform' and 'professional network' turns up plenty of potential competitors. [/positive helpful]