<div dir="ltr">Payment of referral fees need not conflict with the interests of the client. I've been paid for referrals, but I only give referrals that I believe are a good fit. Because a bad referral will reflect on my reputation with both the customer and the referred vendor, and I'd like them to say good things about me and keep them both as potential future customers or business partners.<div class="gmail_extra">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Bill Fitzgerald <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill@funnymonkey.com" target="_blank">bill@funnymonkey.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p dir="ltr">I would never accept or give a referral fee.</p>
<p dir="ltr">If I refer a shop/person, it is only because they are a fit for the project. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Likewise, if someone refers us, it's for the same reason.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Referral fees feel more like Amway than web development. A referral should be made in the interest of the client. Referral fees can create an appearance of allowing a business interest to have an outsize interest in the decision making process. </p>
<p dir="ltr">YMMV, but thats my .02</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers, </p>
<p dir="ltr">Bill</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 29, 2013 3:14 PM, "Sam Cohen" <<a href="mailto:sam@samcohen.com" target="_blank">sam@samcohen.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I would say it's bad form to ask for a referral fee after the fact. If you set something up in advance with this person, that's different. <br><br>Sam<br clear="all"><div><br><br><i><a href="http://new-media-solutions.com/drupal-training" target="_blank"></a></i><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Don <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donald@fane.com" target="_blank">donald@fane.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Hi Marc,<br>
Personally, as a developer, I've always given a referral fee to
someone that sends me a new customer on successful close of a
contract. I've never had anyone complain but i have gotten more
referrals.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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-Don-</font></span><div><div><br>
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On 4/29/2013 5:56 PM, Marc Elliott Levy wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hi,</font>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Is it
common to ask for referral fees when pointing someone to a
qualified developer? </span><span>I referred
someone today without having set up any kind of referral
fee system. </span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If
it matters, I previously hired this person myself as a
consultant for some more advanced work than I was prepared
to do at that time. </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Should
I have set up a referral system, or is etiquette within the
community to just give business to people and hope they give
some back to you? Or both? </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I
am a </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Washington,
DC-based</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">developer
myself. I lean towards site building over module coding. </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I'm
new to the business side of Drupal.</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Just
trying to understand: What are the norms here? </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thanks
in advance for your input,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Marc</span></div>
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