ISSUE: We need a way to market referrals and affiliates better. This week alone, 7-8 clients asked for some sort of sponsor code or link they can share with family members, coworkers, friends, etc. I always say "just tell them to mention your name and we'll credit your account". Let's be honest, this is impssible to keep up with, most new clients never mention someone else's name as they're focussed on their own credit details during consultations, plus it's too hard for us CRC users to remember who referred who! Also, too many affiliates refuse to partner with us because of our current affiliate program. So many realtors, social media influencers and loan officers stated "it feels like a part time job" having to create an account and manually type referrals one by one. No one is doing this is 2026! This method was maybe worth doing in 2016-2020 maybe.... All affiliates should have their own link to add to their website OR sponsor code, so it's easy for CRC to automatically track them and we already see who referred them. IDEA to start: We need to start with sponsor codes. When clients enroll into crc self checkout feature, it should instantly ask for a sponsor code when asking for the client's name on the very first page of the sign up form. This sponsor code needs to be displayed next to the client's name or somewhere on the dashboard, so we know how to credit them and/or who to give a payout/discount to. We also need to add "sponsor code" to the sort list for clients, so if we ever needed to count how many clients is under one sponsor code, we can check. This is the easiest way to start, offer sponsor codes and we can at least modify things on the back end. In the future, maybe we can focus on automating these sponsor codes or referral links, to automatically credit clients, etc. But for now, we just need something to alert us that they were referred by someone, so we can make affiliates or clients feel like its stress free and no work to refer someone. REMINDER: Referals/affiliates is our BIGGEST pipeline to new leads!!! Let's make their job easier! View attachment for an example!