Referral program
Introduce us. Get paid every month they stay.
BevMatrx AI sells to a buyer who is almost impossible to reach through advertising and easy to reach through someone they already trust. You are that person. This program simply puts a price on the introduction.
20% of everything a referred account pays us in their first year. Paid monthly, for as long as they stay.
The schedule
Published rates. No negotiation, no favourites.
Most referral programs will not print the numbers. Printing them is the point.
| Component | Rate | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Base commission | 20% | First $100,000 of Year-1 collected revenue, per account |
| Enterprise band | 8% | Year-1 collected revenue above $100,000 |
| Renewal tail | 5% | Months 13 to 24 on the same account |
| Minimum per closed account | $500 | Whatever the deal size, including a single Vision location |
Excluded everywhere: setup and implementation fees, hardware, professional services, taxes and discounts. Paid monthly as BevMatrx AI collects, not at signature. Stops on churn.
What a referral actually pays
| Deal | Year-1 revenue | You earn |
|---|---|---|
| 1 location, Vision | $4,200 | $840 |
| 3 locations, Vision | $12,600 | $2,520 |
| 8 locations, Vision | $33,600 | $6,720 |
| 12 locations, Vision | $50,400 | $10,080 |
| 35 locations, average deal | $147,500 | $23,800 |
A single-location Trace account is free, so it produces no commission. The $500 minimum applies from the second location onward, and to any Vision or Insight account.
How it works
Four steps, and one of them is getting paid
Register before you make contact
Apply, sign the agreement, send a W-9. Then register the account before you introduce us. Registration precedes contact. Retroactive claims are declined, and every declination comes with a reason inside five business days.
Send a calculator, not a pitch
You get a tracked link to the pour cost calculator. They move a slider and see their own number. No demo, no pricing, no feature promises. The agreement prohibits all three, which is what keeps you out of trouble.
They qualify themselves
Your contact lands on the same six-question form every inbound lead uses, stamped with your referrer code. Nothing about the sales process changes because a referral came through the door.
You get paid monthly, as we collect
A statement each month showing what was invoiced, what was collected, and what you are owed. Payment follows collection. If they churn, it stops.
Who this is for
Three kinds of people, one kind of introduction
Operators and former operators
GMs, beverage directors and regional leaders whose peers ask them what they use. The single highest-converting group, and the one most likely to be Track B, so read the conflict policy.
Distributor and supplier reps
You already sit across the desk from the buyer every week. Structurally the best channel in this business, and every rep is Track B. We will not enrol one until counsel has reviewed that specific case.
Bar and beverage consultants
You are already fixing pour cost by hand. This pays you for the part of the work you were doing for free, and gives you a measurement layer your clients keep after the engagement ends.
Read this before you apply
The conflict policy
The most commercially attractive referrer is a beverage director inside a thirty-venue group who can champion a six-figure contract. That person is also the one who can create criminal exposure, for themselves first.
Paying an employee a personal cut of a purchase their employer makes, without the employer’s knowledge, is commercial bribery in several states. New York treats it as a crime under Penal Law §§180.00 to 180.08. California Penal Code §641.3 turns on payments over $1,000 made without the consent of the employer. That consent element is exactly what the two tracks are built to satisfy.
No employment, ownership, contractor role, family connection or purchasing influence at the referred group.
Standard cash commission, 1099-NEC, self-certification plus a warranty in the agreement.
Employee, contractor, officer, owner or immediate family at the referred group, or anyone who participates in the purchase decision.
Same rate, but no cash until a signed Employer Acknowledgment is on file, executed by an officer senior to you, disclosing the rate and the estimated amount.
If no acknowledgment arrives within 90 days of contract signature, you elect in writing: convert the commission to an account credit against the group’s invoices, or forfeit it. Cash is never released on a Track B referral without a countersigned acknowledgment, regardless of deal size. The large deals are precisely the ones somebody looks at later.
Every public endorsement carries an FTC disclosure (16 C.F.R. Part 255). One sentence, costs you nothing, and keeps both of us clean.
Nothing on this page is legal or tax advice. The conflict policy, the referral agreement and the payment terms are subject to review by qualified counsel, and the signed agreement governs in every case where it differs from this summary.
Your toolkit
A bar manager cannot demo software. They can forward a number.
Every referrer gets the full asset library, tracked to their code. Match the asset to the person you are talking to.
Pour Cost Recovery Calculator
The default opener. They move a slider, a number appears, and the number does the selling.
Beverage Margin Leak Checklist
For a bar or beverage manager who suspects something is off but cannot name it.
Live Beverage P&L Template
For an ops director or CFO. Anyone who downloads this is an economic buyer.
Dead Stock Recovery Playbook
For an account visibly sitting on a corporate promo allocation nobody can move.
Vendor Evaluation Scorecard
For someone already shopping vendors. Names competitors fairly, including where we are weaker.
2027 Beverage Operating Plan
For January, when everyone is building next year’s budget.
Questions
Before you apply
When do I get paid?
Monthly, as BevMatrx AI collects, never at signature. If the customer pays us in March, you are paid in March. If they churn, the commission stops. This is deliberate: it means we can afford to pay a rate this high, and it means nobody is chasing a signature that will not stick.
Do I have to sell anything?
No, and the agreement prohibits it. You do not demo, you do not quote pricing, and you do not promise features. You make an introduction or send a calculator link. That protects you as much as it protects us.
What if the account was already in your pipeline?
Registration precedes contact, and we check. If we were already working the account we decline the registration and tell you why within five business days. Retroactive claims are declined. A declination without a reason loses a referrer permanently, so you will always get the reason.
I work for a group that might buy this. Can I refer them?
Possibly, but you are Track B, and no cash moves until a signed Employer Acknowledgment from an officer senior to you is on file, disclosing the rate and the estimated amount. Paying an employee a personal cut of their employer’s purchase without the employer knowing is commercial bribery in several states. We will not do it, at any deal size.
What paperwork is involved?
A referral agreement, a W-9, and, if you are Track B, the employer acknowledgment. Everything is electronic.
Is there a portal?
Not yet, and that is on purpose. Partner management software costs $500 to $1,500 a month and we are not paying it to administer six referrers. You get a monthly statement and a person who answers email. We will add tooling when ten referrers are actively producing.
Your network is worth more than you think.
One introduction, made to someone who already trusts you, can pay more than most people earn from a month of consulting. Apply in about two minutes.