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How the commission actually works

You are paid a percentage of what your customers pay Estimark, every month, for as long as they stay. There is no salary and no draw against commission. This page explains exactly how the number is worked out.

The percentage depends on two things

First, how much your customers pay us in total each month. That total is your book, and a bigger book puts you in a higher band, and the band is reviewed every month, so a good month moves you up rather than waiting for a yearly review.

Second, how long each customer has been with us. The rate is highest for a customer’s first three months, lower for the rest of the first year, and settles to a long-run rate from month thirteen onward.

That taper is deliberate and worth understanding before you start: the big number you earn when someone signs is not the number you earn from them in year two. The long-run rate is the one that builds a stable income, and it only works if customers stay.

When you get paid

On the 10th of every month, by bank transfer through Stripe. Not "monthly" in the vague sense. The 10th, and you can see the date and the amount in your portal before it arrives.

The money paid on the 10th is commission on subscriptions collected two months earlier. That gap is deliberate: it covers the refund window, so nothing is paid to you and then taken back. It means your first payment comes later than you might expect and every one after it arrives like clockwork.

Every payment comes with a self-billed commission statement, emailed to you with the payment, listing each customer, what they paid, which band you were in and the rate applied. That is the document your accountant wants, and it means you can check our arithmetic rather than take it on trust.

What happens if a customer leaves

You stop earning from them. There is no clawback on commission already paid unless the customer never paid us in the first place (for example a card that failed on the first invoice), which is set out in the agreement.

This is the honest downside of recurring commission: churn reduces your income without you doing anything wrong. It is also why looking after customers is part of the work rather than an optional extra.

What we do not do

No basic salary. No retainer. No advance against future commission. No expenses.

We are not going to dress that up. If you need predictable money next month, take a salaried job. That is a reasonable choice, and this is not the right opportunity for you.

Questions people ask

How much can I actually earn?
That depends on how many customers you sign and keep, which we cannot know. What we can do is show you the sum: the calculator on the earnings page applies the real contractual rates to a book of whatever size you choose, and shows both the first-months figure and the settled one. The rates are also in the agreement before you sell anything.
Is there a cap?
No. The top band is open-ended, and you keep earning from every customer who stays.
Do I get paid for leads that do not convert?
No. Commission is on revenue, so nothing is paid until a customer is paying us.
When is the first payment?
The 10th of the second month after your first customer pays their first invoice. Customers start on a free trial, so there is a gap between signing someone and them paying us, and then the refund window on top. Sign somebody in January and their first commission reaches you on 10 April.

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