10% of the first engagement
Calculated on fees collected, not fees invoiced. A further 5% if the same client engages us again within twelve months.
Referrals
Send us the teams you'd vouch for.
If you introduce us to a team that becomes a client, we pay you 10% of the fees we collect on their first engagement. The terms are short, the same for everyone, and published here in full — including the part about how a referral never changes what we charge or what we report.
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Introduce us
The strongest referral is a short email connecting us with the team: write to [email protected] with your contact on CC. If you'd rather share a link, we'll issue you a personal code — anyone who visits through dakara-research.com/?ref=YOURCODE will have it carried into the contact form automatically, or they can simply mention it when they write.
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We scope it honestly
From there it's our normal process: a scoping conversation, then a written proposal with scope, timeline, and price. If we're not the right fit, we say so — to them and to you. Your introduction never changes the price, the scope, or what ends up in the report.
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The work happens
The engagement runs exactly as it would have without you: same review, same evidence standard, same fix verification. We tell the client, in the proposal, that the introduction came through a referral partner who receives a commission from our margin. In this business that sentence costs nothing and is worth a lot.
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You're paid when we are
10% of the fees we actually collect on that first engagement, net of any refunds, paid within 14 days of the money reaching us. Contracts billed in milestones pay out pro-rata as each invoice clears. If the same client comes back within twelve months, the second engagement carries a further 5%.
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90-day window
Your introduction counts if the proposal is signed within 90 days of it. One referrer per client — whoever made the introduction first.
Bank transfer or USDC
Your choice, stated once when you join. We confirm each payout against the ledger, in writing, with the invoice it relates to.
The fine print, in plain language
What doesn't qualify
- Referring yourself, or a company you work for or hold a decision-making role in. Paying someone to steer their employer's audit spend is a kickback, and we don't do kickbacks.
- Existing clients, or teams we're already in conversation with when your introduction arrives.
- Introductions that don't lead to a signed proposal within the 90-day window.
The housekeeping
- Approved referrers sign a one-page agreement: non-exclusive, either side can end it, taxes are yours, and it grants no authority to negotiate for us or represent yourself as Dakara Research.
- We may decline any application or any engagement without owing anything. A referred lead is an introduction, not an obligation.
- Terms can change for future referrals; they never change for introductions already made.
Independence
Commissions are paid out of our margin. They are never added to a client's price, and they have no bearing on scope, findings, or severity ratings. We disclose the referral relationship to the client proactively, in the proposal. If any of that ever stopped being true, this program wouldn't be worth having.