{"answer":"The parties should agree who owns the client relationship, whether the referrer receives payment or gives a discount, what project type is being discussed and how follow-up will be handled. Commercial terms should always be agreed clearly before a client is approached, so the relationship stays clean and the expectations stay realistic. In other words, the goal is to give the client a controlled first AI layer instead of leaving the whole topic vague and undefined.","category":"Commission Or Client Discount Options","category_slug":"commission-or-client-discount-options","created_at":"2026-04-18T21:45:27+00:00","daily_publish_cap":2,"date_published":"2026-04-18","display_date":"2026-04-18","drip_status":"published_seed","id":"qa-0038-what-should-be-agreed-before-a-referral-is-made","image_ids":["supplyonly-category-image-005","supplyonly-general-image-036","supplyonly-general-image-042"],"last_updated":"2026-06-30T14:35:30+00:00","publish_status":"published","published_at":"2026-04-18T21:45:27+00:00","question":"What should be agreed before a referral is made?","question_intent":"partner_education","rss_enabled":true,"rss_pub_date":"Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:45:27 +0000","schema_enabled":true,"site_key":"supplyonly","slug":"what-should-be-agreed-before-a-referral-is-made","source_record_ids":["80d55c95b9dce99c","3e818622a2bc10ab","ba750a12e004f801","7fd65089b89f8a08","4627281830afc625"],"source_type":"supplyonly_seed_brain","source_urls":[],"tags":["Commission Or Client Discount Options","Supply Only","AI Digital Twin"]}