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The ask nobody ever remembers to make.

Word of mouth already brings you work. It just arrives at random, because the ask depends on somebody remembering to make it while the customer is still standing there. This puts the ask on a trigger, so it happens every time instead of the times you thought of it.

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The price

One number, published.

Referral program

Monthly

$149 /mo

That is the published price for this service. Buy it on its own, or fold it into a monthly plan — plans start at $297 a month and the pricing page builds any combination you like and shows the total before you commit.

What it is

What you are actually buying.

Referrals are not really a mystery. A customer has a good experience, somebody they know needs the same thing within the next few months, and whether you get that call comes down to one variable: did anybody ask, and did they ask while the good experience was still fresh. Owners know this. They ask on the days they remember and not on the days the shop is busy, which is most days.

So this is not a poster by the till. It is a trigger. When a job is marked finished, or a second visit is logged, or a customer leaves you a good review, a short message goes to that person — in your words, by text or email depending on what your customers actually answer — with a link they can forward in one tap. No explaining, no code to remember, no form for their friend to fill in and then never hear back from.

The honest limit is worth saying out loud: a referral program does not make people recommend a business they would not recommend anyway. It removes the friction and the forgetting. If the work is good and the asking is the missing piece, this fixes the missing piece. If customers are leaving unhappy, this will find that out faster than it finds you new work, and you would want to know.

What is included

Everything in the price.

How it works

What happens after you say yes.

1. We pick the moment

The point in your process where a customer is most pleased with you. In most trades that is the handover, not the invoice.

2. I write the ask and build the link

Two or three lines, your voice, one clear action. Long referral emails do not get forwarded.

3. It fires on its own

Every qualifying customer, every time, including the weeks you are too busy to think about it.

4. You get told who to thank

A running list of who sent whom. That thank-you is what turns a one-off referrer into a repeat one.

What this normally costs

The comparison, honestly.

A single-purpose SaaS tool

$300–$600/mo per tool

Priced per seat, per contact or per location, and you are the one who logs in and does the work.

Referral program

$149/mo

One published price, one invoice, and the work is done for you rather than handed to you as software.

Figures are typical market ranges shown for illustration, not quotes from named providers. Many vendors price by seat, contact or location and keep pricing behind a sales call.

Questions

Frequently asked

How does a small business referral program actually work?

Something in your process marks a customer as finished and happy. That triggers a short message asking whether they know anyone who needs the same thing, with a link they can forward. Whoever comes in through that link is tagged back to the person who sent them, so you can see where your word of mouth is really coming from.

Do I have to pay people to refer me?

No, and plenty of businesses run this without offering anything at all — people refer tradespeople and salons they like because it makes them look good to their friend. If you do want to thank referrers with something, you decide what it is and I build it into the flow so it happens automatically rather than when somebody remembers.

Will my customers think this is pushy?

That depends entirely on when it is sent and how it is written. Asking a stranger who has not been served yet is pushy. Asking somebody an hour after you fixed their car, in two lines, with an easy way to say nothing, is not. If a message is getting complaints it is the wrong message and we change it.

How is this different from asking for reviews?

A review is public and works on strangers who find you later. A referral is private and works on one specific person who needs you now. They come from the same happy customer and they do not compete — plenty of businesses run both, usually with the review ask first and the referral ask a little later.

What do you need from me to set this up?

A way to know when a job is done — your booking system, your CRM, or you marking it off. Then twenty minutes on what you would actually say to a customer you like, so the message sounds like you and not like software.

Is there a contract?

Not on this. Growth, marketing and website services — including the website care plan — are month-to-month with no long-term commitment, and you can prepay annually for up to two months free. Payment processing is a separate thing: it is a merchant account and it has its own terms, which I go over with you personally on the free review so everything is clear before you decide.

Can I cancel?

Yes, any month. There is no cancellation fee and no notice period to argue about on the month-to-month services — I would rather earn the next month than hold you to a term you regret. If you cancel a website plan the domain is yours, registered in your name, and you can take the site elsewhere.

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