Bring someone. Earn.
You do not need to know how to build anything.
You only need to know one person who needs something built. A cousin with a business, a group chat full of founders, a boss who keeps saying we need an app. Point them at us, and money follows you. There are a few ways to do it, and the easiest one asks almost nothing of you.
Way one, the easy one
Just point them at us
20 percent. Yours.
You do not have to be in the middle of anything. Send them with your name on the form, or with your link: ceoism.com/studio?ref=yourname. From there we take it: we talk to them, we agree the work, we build it. You do not chase them, you do not talk price, and you do not need to understand one technical thing. When they pay, 20 percent of what they pay is yours. Even on name-your-price deals. Paid when the client pays, no minimums, no cap.
Send one person a year or ten a week. Every one counts.
Way two
Stay in the middle
The spread. Yours.
The person stays yours the whole way. You agree your own price with them, they pay you directly, and you bring the work to us at our prices, or name yours. We build it behind you and you hand it over. We never even speak to your person unless you want us to. The difference between their price and ours is entirely yours.
This is how agencies are born. You are allowed to become one.
Way three
Something else entirely
Ask. We will talk.
Nothing has to fit one of the two above. Maybe you want to hand people over but stay on the message. Maybe you bring us a lot of people and want a different arrangement. Maybe your situation is nothing like either card. Write to us at hello@ceoism.com, say what would work for you, and we will sort out a deal that fits.
Real people read it. We are only two, and we answer.
If you only ever do the first one, that is completely fine. Most people will, and they still get paid.
Your inventory
This is what you are selling.
A hundred concrete services, a ladder of app packages, and a shelf of live apps to point at. You never have to explain us. You just have to link us.
Three of the 47 live receipts. Send anyone to ceoism.com/apps and let the shelf close the deal for you.
The pros
What this puts in your pocket.
Example of the math, not a past deal. 20 percent, every deal, forever.
A real earning medium, zero skill required
You never touch the build, never write a line of code, never design a thing. Your entire job is knowing one person who needs something made. That is now a paying position.
20 percent, forever-simple math
Example of the math: a client pays $500, you keep $100. It applies to every deal you send, including name-your-price deals, paid the moment their money clears.
No cap, no minimum
Send one person a year or ten a week. There is no quota to hit before you earn and no ceiling where we stop paying. Every deal counts, at any size.
You can start tonight
No onboarding course, no contract to print. Claim a ref word below, send one message to one person who needs something built, and your first deal is in motion.
And if you stay in the middle, the math looks like this, also an example: you agree $900 with your person for a build we price at $500. They pay you, you pay us, and the $400 spread is entirely yours. Your person, your price, your margin.
The machine is real
You are selling something that already exists.
Plain words
How this actually works right now.
This is run by 2 humans. There is no dashboard, no cookie tracking, no affiliate software. Tracking is a name on a form: your person writes your name or ref word when they reach out, and that is how we know the deal is yours. We settle person to person, when the client pays.
Simple systems have edges, so here is our rule for the edges: if a deal ever feels unfair, we would rather overpay you than shortchange you. That is not a slogan, it is how we intend to be known.
Referrals apply to the 100 services and the app packages. They do not apply to the Young Founders program, and never to CEOism itself. Becoming a CEO is free and can never be sold.
Honest questions
- How do I actually get paid?
- When the client you sent pays us, 20 percent of what they paid is yours. We settle person to person, the moment their money clears, by whatever method works for you. No minimums, no cap, and it applies even on name-your-price deals.
- Do I need any technical skills?
- None. You never touch the build. Your whole job is knowing one person who needs something made and pointing them at us with your name attached. We do everything else.
- Do I have to manage the person I send?
- No. That is the whole point of the first way. You can simply point someone at us and step back. We talk to them, agree the work and build it, and you still get your cut. You only stay in the middle if you want to.
- If I do stay in the middle, can I charge my person any price?
- Yes. The person is yours, the relationship is yours, and the price you agree with them is yours. You pay us our price, or name yours, we build it behind you, and if you want us invisible, we stay invisible.
- What if neither way suits me?
- Then write to us at hello@ceoism.com and say what would work for you. Nothing here is fixed. We would rather find an arrangement that fits your situation than lose you to a rule we made up.
- What can I refer, and what can I not?
- Anything in the 100 services and any of the app packages. Two things are off the table: the Young Founders program, and CEOism itself. Becoming a CEO is free and can never be sold.
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