[consulting] Referral Fees?

[Sam Cohen]

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.

Sam


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On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Don <donald at fane.com> wrote:

>  Hi Marc,
> 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.
>
> -Don-
>
>
>
> On 4/29/2013 5:56 PM, Marc Elliott Levy wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Is it common to ask for referral fees when pointing someone to a qualified
> developer? I referred someone today without having set up any kind of
> referral fee system. 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. 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?
>
>  I am a Washington, DC-based developer myself. I lean towards site
> building over module coding. I'm new to the business side of Drupal. Just
> trying to understand: What are the norms here?
>
>  Thanks in advance for your input,
>
>  Marc
>
>
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