What the ConnectClub Pro program is, and what a member is paid.
This page exists so a professional can show their employer exactly what they are participating in, on one sheet, before they make an introduction. The governing terms are the published ConnectClub terms at cobbledworks.com/refer/terms/. What follows is a plain-language summary of them.
What ConnectClub is
ConnectClub is the single-tier referral program of Cobbled Works, a studio that builds and hosts websites and small-business software. It is single-tier in the sense that matters to a compliance review: a member is paid only on the business they introduce themselves, never on the referrals of anyone they recruit, and there is no downline, no recruitment bonus, and nothing to buy. A member introduces a business owner to us. We do the selling, the building, and the servicing. If that owner becomes a paying client, the member is paid for the introduction.
There is no fee to join, no purchase requirement, no inventory, and no quota. A member never quotes prices, signs anything on our behalf, or handles client money. Membership is by application and can be ended by either side at any time.
What a member is paid
| Path | What it requires | Cash per signed referral | Share of the build fee | Service share on every payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Nothing signed. No W-9 until a commission is payable | $100 website, $50 tracking | 5%, or 8, 10, 12% once a W-9 is on file | 10%, for as long as they stay |
| Partner | The signed agreement, and the same W-9 | $100 website, $50 tracking | Identical, and locked for the term | 10%, and locked for the term |
A Form W-9 opens the higher percentages; signing does not. This is the distinction most often gotten backwards, so plainly: signing the Referral Partner Agreement locks a member's rates for their term, and that is what it buys. A valid Form W-9 on file is what raises the build-fee share from 5% to 8, 10 or 12%. A member with fifty closed referrals and no W-9 stays at 5%. The count runs the whole time, so the raise lands the day the form does, forward only. The obligations a Partner takes on, principally deal registration and its 30-day window, non-circumvention, and confidentiality, are what the rate lock is consideration for.
The percentage applies to the build fee only. A plan sold without a build fee pays no percentage and still pays the $100 and the service share in full. A member's level is counted over all time, not a trailing window, on closed referrals of 1 to 3, 4 to 9, 10 to 14 and 15 or more, and it counts referrals that closed before they signed. A level once reached is never lost: there is no dormancy reset and no step-down for a quiet year. The service share has no term at all; it ends when the client stops paying us and at no other time. A change to the program reaches only referrals that close after its effective date and requires 30 days' notice, and referrals already closed keep the rate they were stamped with.
About the paper. The schedule above is the published program as revised on August 13, 2026. The signable agreement is still on the previous schedule and is being updated, because a rate schedule inside an executed contract is a question for counsel and not an edit. Anyone comparing the two will find that gap, so it is named here rather than left to be discovered.
Tax paperwork. A W-9 is required before a first payout, because the IRS requires one past $600 a year. It is collected by the payment processor as part of its own payout onboarding, at the point a first commission becomes payable. Cobbled Works does not request or store a member's Social Security number or EIN.
The program is self-funded and nothing is owed until a customer has paid. No cash, percentage, or residual comes due before Cobbled Works has received that client's first payment, and a commission is returned if the client cancels within 60 days of the close. An introduction that does not become a client pays nothing. Separately, our own sales team keeps their full commission on every deal regardless of where the lead came from, so a referred prospect is never the least-wanted lead in the room.
Disclosure obligation (FTC)
A member has a material connection to Cobbled Works, and that connection is disclosed to every referred prospect before they give us any information or agree to anything. The disclosure is made on the registration page a member's referral link opens, where it is stated plainly and in full, above the form.
A member is never permitted to deny or downplay the connection. Asked directly, in any words, a member answers straight and says they are paid. The member tools carry a prepared answer for exactly that moment.
An introduction is not a point of sale, and a first message is not required to carry the disclosure. Nothing a member sends may state or imply that they are unpaid, disinterested, or a mere customer.
Members are also required to follow their own employer's policy and any professional or licensing rules that apply to them.
Tax treatment (1099 / W-9)
Members are paid as independent contractors, not employees or agents. A completed Form W-9 is collected before the first payout, and Cobbled Works issues a Form 1099-NEC to any member paid $600 or more in a calendar year. Referral fees are non-employee compensation, not wages, and no taxes are withheld.
Not a multi-level program
Joining costs nothing, and nobody earns anything for recruiting members. Every dollar paid traces to a real client buying real services. This is a referral program, not a multi-level opportunity, not a franchise, not an investment.