The Vector Guild is a private, vetted referral network for founder-led service providers. We deliver pre-scoped work — and turn your non-fit leads into revenue — so you can spend your time on the craft.
One happens at the top of your funnel. The other happens because you're heads-down delivering. Both quietly cost you clients every month.
Six things that happen the day you become a member. Most of them keep happening, whether you're on calls or on vacation.
When a prospect isn't your ICP, refer them in and earn a share of the deal value — instead of walking away with nothing.
Discovery and scoping are handled before a lead reaches you. You receive a scoped project brief — say yes or no without wasted time.
The Guild runs outbound prospecting against your ICP as part of its own marketing engine — and routes matching leads straight to you.
Tap into a curated pool of ethos-screened service providers across disciplines — without having to maintain every relationship yourself.
If a client engagement goes sideways, you have recourse. A mediation protocol is built into every Guild engagement from day one.
Preferred pricing on Vector SMB OS, the Opportunity Leads service, and other vetted tools and tech — rates you can't get outside the Guild.
Most referral networks are passive — you show up, hope your name gets dropped, and wait. The Guild is actively managed. Here's how it works differently.
Most referral networks require you to show up, maintain relationships, and hustle for leads. The Guild runs outbound prospecting against your ICP as part of its own marketing engine and routes matching leads to you. You don't have to do anything to receive them.
Even the best referral networks send you a name and a warm intro. You still have to run discovery, qualify the prospect, define scope, and set expectations. The Guild does all of that before the lead reaches you. You receive a pre-scoped project brief and say yes or no. That's it.
Most referral fees require a pre-existing relationship. The Guild removes that. If you encounter a prospect outside your ICP, refer them in. We handle intake, discovery, matching, and deal management. You earn your referral fee when the deal closes — without ever needing to know the prospect personally or stay involved.
Most vetting processes check work quality. We screen for values fit too. The goal is practitioners who refer because they care about client outcomes — not just to earn a fee. That changes the culture of the network, and the caliber of the people you're in it with.
Your ICP profile is refined based on what actually converts. The longer you're a member, the more precisely we can match inbound leads to your business. Early members benefit the most from this compounding effect — later members inherit the engine they helped build.
Every member's success generates better referrals and better clients for the whole network. Our incentive is aligned with every member's growth — not just placing any lead with any provider. Your peers aren't your competition; they're your pipeline.
Onboarding is deliberately short. The Guild is designed so the work happens around you — not from you.
Screened for quality of work and ethos fit. Invitation only — we're not trying to be big; we're trying to be the right people.
Tell us exactly who you serve and what you deliver. This is what tunes the matching engine — both the inbound briefs you receive and the outbound prospecting we run on your behalf.
You receive scoped briefs and decide yes or no. When you spot a non-fit prospect, you refer them in. Everything else — discovery, scoping, matching, tracking, payouts, mediation — happens in the background.
Optional for every member — and the part most members say changes their business. A curated working group of vetted peers, sharing what's working in real time.
Approved applicants start with a free 90-day membership. How you continue after that is up to you.
Get vetted, define your ICP, and turn on the engine. No card, no commitment — a real window to see what the Guild actually sends you.
Refer 3 projects into the Guild during your 90-day window and your annual membership is on us — every year you keep earning it.
If you'd rather not refer, continue as a paid member after day 90. Same access, same engine, same rates.
Traditional referral groups are peer-to-peer and passive — you attend, you share, you hope. The Guild is actively managed: staff run discovery, scope projects, and route leads. You don't attend meetings to get value; the infrastructure works for you between sessions.
The vetting process evaluates whether you refer because you care about client outcomes, or because you want a fee. We want members who would make a referral even if there were no financial upside — and then we reward them financially for doing so. Members who are purely transactional don't pass the screen.
When you refer a prospect into the Guild and that prospect closes a deal with a matched member, you receive a portion of the deal value. The exact structure is defined in the membership agreement. The Guild handles tracking and payment — you don't have to chase anything.
No. You simply need to refer a prospect you've encountered who isn't a fit for your own business. You don't need a prior relationship with them, and you don't need to stay involved after the referral. The Guild handles intake, discovery, matching, and deal management. Your referral fee is paid when the deal closes.
You say no. There's no obligation to take the work. The Guild's goal is to only send you briefs that match your stated ICP and offer — but if one doesn't, declining it helps refine the matching engine for future leads.
No. The working group component is optional. Some members join purely for the referral pipeline and lead list. Others buy in for the peer community. Both are valid — the membership fee is the same either way.
Once your application is approved, you're in — no card, no commitment. For 90 days you get the full membership: scoped briefs, outbound prospecting on your behalf, community access, and member-only rates on the Vector stack. It's a real window to see what the Guild sends you before you decide how to continue.
One of two things. If you refer three qualified projects into the Guild during your trial, your annual membership is free — and renews free every year you keep referring at least three. If you'd rather not refer, you continue as a paid member at $1,500/year. Either path gets you full access; the revenue share on any referrals you do make applies regardless of tier.
A referral counts when the prospect is in-scope for the Guild (real project, real budget, reasonable timeline) and makes it through intake. You don't need the deal to close for the referral to count toward your three — that just earns you the revenue share on top. We'll confirm the count with you during your trial so you always know where you stand.
Paid membership is annual. The Guild is designed for compounding value, not short-term participation — members who stay longer get materially better results as the matching engine learns their ICP. That's true on either the earned or the paid tier.
Apply for membership. If there's a fit on both sides, we'll onboard you and turn on the engine.
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