You keep their entire first month.
Every dollar of it, paid to you. Then 25% of each of the next eleven months. No tier to climb before the good rate starts.
The deal in three lines
The customer's entire first payment goes to you, earned once they stay a second month.
A quarter of every month after the first, on top of the up-front payment.
Commission runs for the customer's first twelve payments, then ends. We say so up front.
Most programs pay a slice of month one and make you wait out the rest. This pays month one in full, then a recurring rate for eleven months behind it.
What one referral pays
| Plan | Price | Month one | Months 2–12, each | Most it can pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $47/mo | $47.00 | $11.75 | $176.25 |
| Business | $197/mo | $197.00 | $49.25 | $738.75 |
| Managed | $547/mo | $547.00 | $136.75 | $2,051.25 |
Standard is the software on its own. Business adds a GoHighLevel account with appointment booking and follow-up sequences, set up for them. Managed is a person running the whole thing.
The last column assumes the customer stays all twelve months.
Ten customers
$470 in month one, up to $1,762 across the year.
$1,970 in month one, up to $7,387 across the year.
$5,470 in month one, up to $20,512 across the year.
Yearly figures are ceilings and assume all ten stay twelve months. Month-one figures are paid once each customer reaches their second month.
How this compares to other payout models
A flat fee per sale and that's the end of it. No upside if the customer turns out to be a good one.
A quarter of every month, including the first. Pays something even on a customer who leaves after a month.
The whole first month plus eleven at 25%: 375% of a month's price, against 300% from a flat 25% over twelve months.
We pay more for a customer who stays, and nothing for one who leaves after a month. Send real businesses and you come out ahead. That's the trade, and we'd rather say it than bury it.
Your 25% is a bet on whether they stay
A month of posts arrives as one batch. The owner reviews and approves once, and it runs.
Approved posts go out on schedule to Facebook and Instagram, with more platforms on the way. Nothing to export or paste.
A disconnected account is flagged, and posts that failed while it was disconnected are re-sent once the owner reconnects.
Customers usually leave quietly: a login expires, posting stops, nobody notices, and the owner cancels something they'd stopped seeing work. Closing that gap is your month-seven commission.
Nothing it writes is invented
Every claim in a post comes from something the owner told us during setup. No invented awards, no made-up founding dates, no specials that were never running. For a plumber or a dentist that's a liability question, not just a quality one, and it's why you can recommend Trellis without wondering what it'll say in your name.
Who to tell
Plumbers, electricians, HVAC, roofers, landscapers. Booked solid and posting nothing.
Salons, studios, restaurants, shops. Posting is the owner's job and the first thing to slip.
Agents, coaches, photographers, trainers. One person doing every job in the business.
Content that works
- 01The screen recording: answer the setup questions on camera, then scroll through the posts it hands back.
- 02Run it for a local business you know and show the owner their month. Their reaction is the content.
- 03The fabrication test: ask a generic AI tool for captions, count what it made up, then run the same business through Trellis.
- 04Film a real approval session, start to finish, unedited.
- 05The agency comparison: price a month of posts from a local agency, then show the Managed plan.
What you get
Clicks, sign-ups, paid conversions and pending commission in your partner portal.
You can't sell this from a screenshot. Use it on your own business first.
A direct line for product questions before you put your name on it.
Free to join, no minimum audience, no exclusivity.
Terms
What we pay, and when
| Commission | 100% of the first month's payment, then 25% of months two through twelve |
| Duration | Twelve payments per customer, then commission ends |
| Trigger | A successful payment, not a trial or a sign-up |
| When month one is earned | When the customer's second payment clears. A customer who leaves after one month earns no commission. |
| Payment timing | NET-45 from the 1st of the month after the commission is earned |
| Minimum payout | None. Whatever you've earned is paid each cycle. |
| Paid via | PayPal or bank transfer. You add your payout details in the partner portal. |
| Refunds | A refunded payment's commission is reversed. |
Who gets the credit
| Cookie window | 90 days. A click on your link credits you for any sign-up in the 90 days after it. |
| Attribution | Last click wins. If two partners' links are involved, the most recent click before sign-up is credited. |
| Self-referrals | Not eligible: your own business, any business you own or control, or an immediate family member's. You get a free account instead. |
| Returning customers | Back within 90 days: the original twelve-payment count continues, with no second first-month payment. After 90 days, whoever's link brings them back starts a fresh twelve months. |
| Paid search | Don't bid on "Trellis" or "Power Media AI" brand terms. |
| Changes | We give 30 days' notice before changing these terms. Commission already earned is never reduced. |
Run a business you know through it before you say a word about it.
If it's not good enough to put your name on, don't promote it, and tell us why.
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