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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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.<br>
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-Don-<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 style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hi,</font>
<div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="">Is it
common to ask for referral fees when pointing someone to a
qualified developer? </span><span style="">I referred
someone today without having set up any kind of referral
fee system. </span></font><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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>
<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
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<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I
am a </span><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Washington,
DC-based</span><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">developer
myself. I lean towards site building over module coding. </span><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I'm
new to the business side of Drupal.</span><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Just
trying to understand: What are the norms here? </span></div>
<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
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<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thanks
in advance for your input,</span></div>
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style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
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<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Marc</span></div>
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