Referral terms

Advanced Lead Solutions LLC, Referral Terms (standard offer, October 2026)

1. Who pays you. Advanced Lead Solutions LLC ("ALS"), a South Carolina company in Simpsonville, owned by Dereck Johnson.
2. What you earn. You earn 15% of net fees ALS collects from a business you introduced, during the 12 months after that business's first payment. Net fees means what the business actually pays ALS for its work. It doesn't count sales tax, costs passed through at cost (such as software, ad spend, and texting or phone charges), reimbursed expenses, or any amount later refunded or reversed.
3. When you're paid. You're paid within 5 business days after each client payment clears, by bank transfer or check, with a note showing the payment and the 15%. The fee is earned when ALS receives payment, not when it sends an invoice.
4. Refunds and chargebacks. If a payment you were paid on is later refunded, credited, or charged back, the 15% on that amount comes out of your next payment. If no further payment is due, ALS will ask you to repay it.
5. What counts as an introduction. First, the owner tells you it's OK to connect them with ALS. Then you connect ALS with the business by group text or email, or you send ALS the owner's name and contact information. Either way, it has to happen before ALS has talked with that business about a project. ALS confirms in writing within 5 business days whether it counts. It doesn't count if the business is already an ALS client, is already talking with ALS about work, or was introduced by someone else first. If two people introduce the same business, the first introduction ALS receives counts. An introduction counts only if the business first pays ALS within 12 months of it.
6. How you contact people. Contact only people you know, one message at a time, typed by you. Don't use mass texts, group posts, bought lists, or automated tools. Send messages between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. in the other person's time zone. If anyone says no or asks you to stop, stop contacting them about ALS and tell ALS.
7. Tell people you're paid. In your first message to each person you introduce, tell them that ALS pays you a referral fee if they hire ALS. Put it in the message itself. A link, a profile, or a later message doesn't count.
8. One level only. You're paid only for businesses you introduce. Nothing is paid for businesses they introduce later, for bringing in other referrers, or for work ALS does for your own business.
9. Your role. You may describe ALS's work and share materials ALS gives you, as they are. Say only what you know to be true. You may not quote prices, promise timelines or results, define scope, or agree to anything for ALS. ALS sets scope, price, and terms directly with each business and may decline any business. No fee is owed when ALS declines. ALS doesn't promise you any number of clients or any amount of fees. Don't write or post a review or testimonial about ALS unless ALS asks you in writing, and ALS never pays for one. Use ALS's name, logo, or client quotes only with ALS's written approval.
10. The business's price, and your choice of fee. Being introduced never raises a business's price. The fee comes out of what ALS is paid. You may instead choose no fee, or ask ALS to take 15% off the business's first project.
11. Employees and government workers. If you work for the business you introduce and help choose its vendors, ALS can pay you only if your employer agrees in writing first. If you work for a government agency, ALS can't pay you for introducing that agency or its buyers.
12. Licensed professionals. If your professional rules or your firm's policy limit referral fees or require you to disclose them, follow those rules. For CPAs, AICPA Code rule 1.520 bars commissions when your firm audits or reviews that client's financial statements, compiles statements a third party will rely on, or examines its prospective financial information, and otherwise requires written disclosure to the client. Attorneys, real estate agents, registered securities representatives, and insurance agents may also be limited by bar rules, broker or agency policy, or FINRA rules. You may choose no fee, or ask ALS to give the business 15% off its first project instead, if your rules allow that.
13. Independent status. You're independent, not an employee, partner, or agent of ALS. There's no exclusivity on either side, and no one is required to refer or accept work.
14. Taxes. Provide a Form W-9 before your first payment. If ALS doesn't have a valid W-9, ALS holds your payment until it does, or withholds 24% for the IRS when the law requires it. ALS issues Form 1099-NEC by the IRS deadline when it pays you $2,000 or more in a calendar year. That is the IRS threshold for payments made in 2026, up from $600, and the IRS may adjust it for inflation starting in 2027. You're responsible for your own taxes.
15. Ending it. Either side can stop future introductions at any time by text or email. Introductions ALS has already confirmed keep earning for the rest of their 12 months. If you break item 6, 7, or 11, ALS may end this arrangement right away, and no fee is owed on any introduction affected by that breach.
16. Privacy and law. Payment details ALS shares with you are confidential. South Carolina law governs these terms, and any dispute goes to the state or federal courts serving Greenville County, South Carolina.