How a contractor referral partner network works
A contractor referral partner network is built in three steps. Contractor Referral Partners lists the local businesses that already serve a contractor's ideal customer, contacts them for the contractor and introduces those who reply. Partners get one dedicated line with an AI receptionist behind it, and automated messages keep each partner in touch.
You bid the jobs and do the work. We do the chasing.
Last updated 10 October 2026
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We find the businesses and contact them
We build a list of every qualifying business in your metro from public sources. Qualifying means three things: they see hundreds of your ideal customers a year, their work comes right before yours, and they do not offer your trade.
Then we contact the owner or project manager for you. We do not ask "want to partner?"
Nobody answers that. We ask whether they have a project that needs a bid for your trade. A specific question about a live job gets a reply.
Follow-up runs for seven days and stops the moment they answer. Our team phones every reply at once, says it works with you, and names our company. Nobody is told they are talking to you when they are talking to us.
On that call we qualify the project:
- Type of project
- Location
- Scope
- Size
- Timing
- Bid requirements
- Who decides
Then we introduce you to the partner on a call. You approve every message before it goes out, and each one has to be true for your company. If you have no gap in your schedule, we do not say you do.
Who contacts whom -
Our team
Contacts the owner or project manager for you
asks about a project that needs a bid -
A local business
A builder, remodeler or property manager replies
we phone them at once -
Our team
Qualifies the project: scope, timing and who decides
we introduce you on a call -
You
Speak to the partner, then bid the job
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No partner's lead gets missed
You get one dedicated line. Partners are given it at the introduction. It rings you first.
When a partner calls with a lead and you cannot pick up, an AI receptionist answers at any hour. It records the details and alerts you, so you can call back fast. That is speed to lead, handled while you are on a job.
Here's the thing. A partner who sends you a customer has put their own name on the line.
If that customer waits until evening for a call, you lose the job and the partner thinks twice next time. Voicemail is where referrals go to die.
Where a partner's call goes -
Your partner
Calls your dedicated line with a lead
the line rings you first -
You
Pick up if you can
if you cannot pick up -
AI receptionist
Answers at any hour and records the details
you get an alert -
You
Call back with the details in hand
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Partners keep hearing from you
A partner who never hears what happened to their referral has little reason to send another. So plain messages go out for you at the moments that matter:
- A referral is received
- You win the job
- The job is scheduled
- A referred customer has gone quiet, and the partner could nudge them
- You send a referral back the other way
- A thank-you gift at a revenue milestone
- A weather or season check-in
- A sudden opening in your schedule
- 90 days of silence
- A year-end thank-you
- The anniversary of the partnership
You do not write them or remember to send them.
What your partner hears from you -
Referral received
The partner is thanked
you win the job -
Job won
The partner is told their referral became a job
the work is booked -
Job scheduled
The partner knows when the work starts
after 90 days of silence -
A check-in
Goes out for you, so the partner does not drift away
Two kinds of partner, two kinds of work
Some partners hire you. Others hand you a homeowner. The price you can charge is different, so you choose which kind you want before we build your list.
| Partner | How the work reaches you | Your customer is |
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| Builders, general contractors, remodelers, restoration companies, property managers | They have live projects and hire you as a trade partner on their job. | The partner |
| Insurance agents, real estate agents, home inspectors, public adjusters | They have no project to bid on. They pass a homeowner to you. | The homeowner. You quote and bill them. |
| Interior designers, architects | Either one, depending on how they run their projects. | The partner or the homeowner |
The bid question fits the first group only. Agents and inspectors get an introduction and a question about customers who need your trade now.
What you do
Three things. Answer when a partner or a referred customer calls.
Bid fast. Do good work.
In numbers: speak to each referred customer within one business day, and send a bid within three business days of seeing the job. The guarantee depends on it.
When it starts
Setup takes 7 days from the day the setup fee is paid. Outreach starts when setup is done. How fast the first project arrives depends on your trade and your area, and we give you our current figures on a call.
Questions about how it works
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How do you contact potential referral partners?
We contact the owner or project manager of each business directly for the contractor, with a short question about projects that need a bid. We follow up over seven days and speak to everyone who replies before introducing them.
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Will I be working for the partner or for the homeowner?
It depends on the referral partner, and the contractor chooses. Builders, general contractors and remodelers usually hire a contractor as a trade partner on their own job, so the builder is the customer. Designers, real estate agents and insurance agents usually pass the homeowner to the contractor, who quotes and bills the homeowner. We ask which kind of work a contractor wants before we build the list.
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What does the AI receptionist do?
The AI receptionist answers calls from a contractor's referral partners 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When a partner calls with a lead, it records the details and alerts the contractor, so the lead is not lost while the contractor is on a job. It is included in the subscription.
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Does a referral partner network work for HVAC and plumbing companies?
A referral partner network works for the planned side of HVAC and plumbing: new construction, remodels and property management contracts, where a builder, remodeler or property manager chooses the contractor. It does not replace advertising for emergency calls, because a homeowner with a burst pipe searches online and calls the first company that answers.
Check if a place is open for your trade
Tell us your trade and metro. If a place is open, the next step is a call.