A referral is one homeowner with one job.

Not a list of names. Not an introduction to someone who might need work eventually. A referral is a specific person with a specific thing that needs doing — a failing AC, a leaking roof, a window that will not close — who is happy to hear from a Pro about it.

Two different things, two different words

We used to call both of these “referrals”, which made it look like inviting people might pay. It does not. Here is the split:

A referral is a job. It pays.: You send a homeowner who needs work. When that job is completed and paid for, you earn half the success fee.
An invite is a person. It does not pay.: You send someone to apply to the beta. That moves you up the review queue and unlocks founding status — but no money changes hands, ever, for bringing people in. How invites work.

Two ways to send one

Send them your link

Your link opens a short form where the homeowner describes the job themselves. Text it, email it, or paste it into a message. This is the one to prefer.

The homeowner agreeing to be contacted, in their own words, is a much stronger record than you ticking a box on their behalf — and they can add detail you would not have known to include.

Submit it for them

Already on the phone with them? Fill the job in yourself from your portal — trade, area, and how to reach them.

Faster when you are mid-conversation, but only do it with the homeowner’s say-so. You are asserting they agreed to be contacted.

What happens after you send it

1
We match exactly one Pro
One job, one Pro, never resold. The homeowner is not about to get five calls, and the Pro is not racing four other shops — which is why they can afford to pay only when it closes.
2
They do the work
The Pro and homeowner deal directly from there. You are not managing the job or holding any liability for it.
3
You get paid when it closes
Payment follows the completed job and the Pro’s cleared invoice — not the introduction. On a $10,000 job at an illustrative 10% success fee ($1,000), your half is about $500. Nothing is owed if the job never happens.

What does not count

A name with no job attached. A contact list. Anyone who has not agreed to be contacted about the work. Sending those does not earn anything, and it burns the trust that makes a Pro willing to take the call at all.

One good referral is worth more here than fifty names, because the Pro pays only when the job closes — so a job that was never real costs them nothing and earns you nothing.

Apply to send referrals

Phoenix, AZ only, while the beta is running.