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Send us a client.
Keep 10% of the build.

If you know a company that needs software built, introduce us. When they sign, you keep 10% of the first project, paid as we collect.

What a referral pays

Your fee

$3,000

10% of a $30,000 build, paid as we collect from the client. CAD, one time, on the first project.

Who refers us

You Are Probably Already Having This Conversation

Almost nobody sets out to refer a software agency. It comes up because someone you already advise mentions they need something built, and you know the answer. This just means you get paid for knowing it.

Fractional execs and consultants

You sit in strategy conversations where the phrase 'we need to build something' comes up, and you are already the person they trust on it.

Design and marketing agencies

Your client approves the brand, then asks who builds the product. Sending them to us keeps the project moving without you staffing engineers.

Accountants and lawyers

Founders tell you things before they tell anyone else. When one of them is about to spend on a build, you already know.

People we have worked with

You know exactly what working with us is like, which makes your introduction worth more than any pitch we could write ourselves.

Freelance developers

You get asked for work you do not take: the mobile half, the full rebuild, the piece that needs a team. Pass it here instead of turning it down.

Founders and operators

You have been through a build before, so other founders ask you who to use. Answer the question and get paid for it.

How It Works

One Email. That Is the Entire Process.

Step 1

Make the introduction

Email your contact, CC amirali@devtodollars.com, and say why you think we are a fit. That email is the referral. There is nothing to sign up for and no form to fill in.

Step 2

We take it from there

We reply within one business day, run the scoping call, and write the proposal. You are welcome to stay on the thread, but nothing further is expected of you. You are not selling anything.

Step 3

You get paid

If they sign, you earn 10% of the first project. We pay 10% of each client payment within 30 days of it landing, against an invoice from you.

Write the intro email

Opens a draft with us already on CC and the wording started. Put your contact in the To field and edit whatever you like.

  • Free to join
  • No minimums
  • Unlimited referrals
  • Nothing to sign
  • We do the selling

The fine print, in plain English

What Counts, and What Does Not

Short enough to read in full, which is the point. If anything here is unclear before you make an introduction, ask us and we will answer it in writing.

A referral qualifies when

  • The intro reaches us before we have had any contact with that company.
  • You have a real relationship with them, and they know the intro is coming.
  • They meet with us within 90 days of your introduction.
  • They sign within 6 months of your introduction.

It does not when

  • They are already in our pipeline, or a current or past client.
  • Someone else introduced the same company first. First valid intro wins.
  • You work at the company you are referring. That is a conflict, not a referral.
  • Your profession restricts accepting referral fees and you have not cleared it.

The fee is 10% of the first project's contract value, excluding taxes, third party licences, and pass through costs. Paid within 30 days of each client payment we receive, against your invoice. Renewals and follow on projects are not commissioned. If two people introduce the same company, the first valid introduction is the one we pay.

For agencies

Subcontracting Is a Different Conversation

If you run an agency and you are looking to hand off overflow, or to put a development team behind your own brand, the referral fee is the wrong instrument. You would be taking 10% of work you could be marking up, and you would be giving up the client relationship to do it.

What usually fits better is a white label arrangement: we build, you stay the agency of record, and the commercial terms get worked out against your margin rather than a fixed percentage. It is a real conversation rather than a page, because the right structure depends on how much of the delivery you want to own.

If you would rather just make the introduction and take the 10%, that option stays open. Both are fine. It is worth ten minutes to work out which one actually suits you.

Book a call about white label work.

Referral Program FAQs

The tax and invoicing notes above are general information, not tax or legal advice. Confirm the details that apply to you with your own accountant.

Know Someone Who Needs Something Built?

One introduction, with us on CC. We handle the rest, and you keep 10% of the first project. If you would rather ask a question before you introduce anyone, here is who you would be sending them to.

  • Free to join
  • No minimums
  • Unlimited referrals
  • Nothing to sign
  • We do the selling