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What is the difference between Premium and Standard referral coverage?
Standard is the pay-at-closing door: a realtor signs the network's standing agreement once, receives referrals, and at closing pays 25% of their side to the sending agent plus a 5% finder's fee to the network, with no cap. Premium is $250 a month or $1,995 a year: while it is current, it holds one open metro, requests for that metro route to the Premium holder first, and no per-closing 5% finder's fee is owed. Premium carries the delivery guarantee: no leads, no charge — a month the desk sends you nothing does not bill, it slides.
Side by side
- Cost to start: Standard — nothing up front; you sign once and pay only at a closing. Premium — $250 a month, or $1,995 a year (paying yearly instead of 12 monthly payments of $250 saves $1,005 over the year).
- At a closing: Standard — 25% of your side to the sending agent plus the 5% finder's fee. Premium — the 25% to the sender still applies, but the 5% does not while coverage is current.
- Routing: Standard — you are on your metro's bench and can claim needs as they are teased. Premium — requests for your metro route to you first.
- Territory: Standard — a metro is claimed at 25 counted points and kept by producing. Premium — holds one open metro while coverage is current.
- The guarantee: Premium only — "No leads, no charge." If a month passes and the desk sent you nothing, that month does not bill; it slides.
Which door fits whom
Standard fits a realtor who wants referrals with zero fixed cost and is happy paying the full split only when a deal actually closes. Premium fits a realtor who wants first position in one metro and a predictable cost instead of a per-closing finder's fee — and who wants the month to slide in any month the desk sends nothing.
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