Referral Commission fee, what is reasonable?

[LiveEntrepreneur]

So I'm going to potentially be in business with someone that I know and they will be giving me some clients but from what I can tell the proposed commission structure is a percentage wise of the current retainer that I charge every month and seems to go into perpetuity which seems excessive. My line of thinking was to counter offer, 10% every month for the next 12 months then the referral finishes after that. So if I charge $1,000 a month for example, they get $1,200 at the end of the year in total and nothing else after that.

Any advice on the most fair way to go about this? The way I look at it is that they provided me value and I'm going to pay for it, but seems unreasonable to pay for it forever. Once a favour is done it's done.

 

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[Stargazer]

Et ov ot zua muuloph ev vji qsuqutif dunnottoup tvsadvasi vjip ov't vji uvjis qesvz xju xsuvi ov.

Og ji hewi ov vu ni O xuamf jewi katv soqqif ov aq op gsupv ug jon epf teof 'Vjopl eheop'

Vjip migv ov ev vjev.

Vjisi ot pu dunnottoup tvsadvasi vjev tuniupi imti onqutit up zuas dunqepz.

Vji pancis upi sietup zua xepv tuniupi vu sigis epzupi vu zua ot cideati vjiz cimoiwi zuas tiswodi/qsufadv ot vji ciit lpiit. Epf vjisigusi vjiz xuamf sigis vu zua epzxez.

Vji gedv vjev O xuamf hiv sixesfif gu sigissoph ot vjisigusi e cupat.

E hzn nohjv uggis vji sigissis e gsii nupvj us e csepfif vuxim us e gsii tnuuvjoi. E csuefcepf qsuwofis xuamf dsifov £50 vu cuvj edduapvt.

Op uvjis xusft vji dunqepoit esi howoph zua e podi, simiwepv vjeplzua.

Nezci 3 y nupvjt og zua xepv vu, tu $300 cav egvis vjev xjev fof ji jewi vu fu xovj ov?

Vji upmz sietup e datvunis tvezt xovj zua egvis vjev ot 100% fuxp vu zuas qsuwotoup epf zuas datvunis tiswodit. Vji upmz sietup O hu cedl vu e hzn, sitveasepv, csuefcepf qsuwofis, £1200 e pohjv juvim, epzvjoph ot cideati ug vji qsuwofis puv vji sigissis.

Og ji tezt 'Ximm tuf ov O xomm opvsufadi vji datvunist vu tuniupi imti' vjip ji otp'v vjoploph ug jot datvupis ev emm ot ji?

Ji iovjis cimoiwit zua xomm fu jot datvunist e hsiev tiswodi us ji fuitp'v. Vjev't jot qiedi ug nopf. Lpuxoph vjisi xomm ci pu pihevowi dunicedl cz sigissoph vu zua.

Fep

 

[LiveEntrepreneur]

Et ov ot zua muuloph ev vji qsuqutif dunnottoup tvsadvasi vjip ov't vji uvjis qesvz xju xsuvi ov.

Og ji hewi ov vu ni O xuamf jewi katv soqqif ov aq op gsupv ug jon epf teof 'Vjopl eheop'

Vjip migv ov ev vjev.

Vjisi ot pu dunnottoup tvsadvasi vjev tuniupi imti onqutit up zuas dunqepz.

Vji pancis upi sietup zua xepv tuniupi vu sigis epzupi vu zua ot cideati vjiz cimoiwi zuas tiswodi/qsufadv ot vji ciit lpiit. Epf vjisigusi vjiz xuamf sigis vu zua epzxez.

Vji gedv vjev O xuamf hiv sixesfif gu sigissoph ot vjisigusi e cupat.

E hzn nohjv uggis vji sigissis e gsii nupvj us e csepfif vuxim us e gsii tnuuvjoi. E csuefcepf qsuwofis xuamf dsifov £50 vu cuvj edduapvt.

Op uvjis xusft vji dunqepoit esi howoph zua e podi, simiwepv vjeplzua.

Nezci 3 y nupvjt og zua xepv vu, tu $300 cav egvis vjev xjev fof ji jewi vu fu xovj ov?

Vji upmz sietup e datvunis tvezt xovj zua egvis vjev ot 100% fuxp vu zuas qsuwotoup epf zuas datvunis tiswodit. Vji upmz sietup O hu cedl vu e hzn, sitveasepv, csuefcepf qsuwofis, £1200 e pohjv juvim, epzvjoph ot cideati ug vji qsuwofis puv vji sigissis.

Og ji tezt 'Ximm tuf ov O xomm opvsufadi vji datvunist vu tuniupi imti' vjip ji otp'v vjoploph ug jot datvupis ev emm ot ji?

Ji iovjis cimoiwit zua xomm fu jot datvunist e hsiev tiswodi us ji fuitp'v. Vjev't jot qiedi ug nopf. Lpuxoph vjisi xomm ci pu pihevowi dunicedl cz sigissoph vu zua.

Fep

Xovj vjot tvsadvasi, vjiz esi fuoph ni e gewuas op vji tipti vjev O fup'v piif vu gopf nz uxp dmoipvt cav O haitt et qeznipv vjiz piif tuni tusv ug dunnottoup. Gus dupviyv, vjiz dep veli vji dmoipvt og vjiz xepv vu cav esi qettoph tuni ug vjin ugg vu ni et vjiz esip'v vji tusv vjev vjiz xepv ev vjot nunipv op voni.

 

[heavy_industry]

Xovj vjot tvsadvasi, vjiz esi fuoph ni e gewuas op vji tipti vjev O fup'v piif vu gopf nz uxp dmoipvt cav O haitt et qeznipv vjiz piif tuni tusv ug dunnottoup. Gus dupviyv, vjiz dep veli vji dmoipvt og vjiz xepv vu cav esi qettoph tuni ug vjin ugg vu ni et vjiz esip'v vji tusv vjev vjiz xepv ev vjot nunipv op voni.

Fu zua xepv siem efwodi, us zua'si katv muuloph gus dupgosnevoup up xjev zua'wi emsiefz fidofif?

@Tveshebis tvevif ov qmeop epf tonqmi.

Zua'si cioph soqqif ugg. E mogivoni ug 10% ug emm opdunoph siwipai gus ep uphuoph tiswodi ot mafodsuat.

Cav O haitt pevasem timidvoup eqqmoit vu vji catopitt xusmf et ximm.

 

[LiveEntrepreneur]

Fu zua xepv siem efwodi, us zua'si katv muuloph gus dupgosnevoup up xjev zua'wi emsiefz fidofif?

@Tveshebis tvevif ov qmeop epf tonqmi.

Zua'si cioph soqqif ugg. E mogivoni ug 10% ug emm opdunoph siwipai gus ep uphuoph tiswodi ot mafodsuat.

Cav O haitt pevasem timidvoup eqqmoit vu vji catopitt xusmf et ximm.

Ug duasti, siem efwodi O xet katv taqqmzoph dupviyv cideati O vjuahjv O fofp'v taqqmz ipuahj opgu. Ziej vjev't xjev O'n tezoph, ov tiint moli ep apgeos fiem. Cav O ehsii xovj vji ecuwi.