A group, not a directory
Ten local businesses, one per trade. Nobody else in your group does what you do, so the work that comes up in your trade comes to you.
Opening groups in Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose
The work you want, from people who already know you.
A local referral network for trades, property managers and real estate agents. Our team makes every introduction by hand - so you stop cold-calling, and start every conversation already vouched for.
One business per trade
Private until you both say yes
No cold-calling, ever
Introduction madeBy your matchmaker
Both said yesNow you can talk
Your first introduction1 of 4
We drafted an introduction to a large property company
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A large property companyApartments and offices near you
APARTMENTSOFFICESONGOING
✓What we do: approach them for you about future opportunities.✕Not a project invitation, and not a promise of work.
SkipSubmit
Your first match2 of 4
We can introduce you to a property management company near you
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Property management companyName shared once you are introduced
SAME CITYHIRES ELECTRICAL
Why you match
They manage apartment buildings. Property managers like this typically bring in electricians for planned work and emergencies.
Not for meYes, introduce me
Your group3 of 4
Would you take referrals from these businesses?
SkipYes, take referrals
Last step4 of 4
Book your 30-minute call
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Your matchmakerVideo or phone, your choice
Pick a day
TueWedThuFri
Now pick a time
9:0010:301:003:30
Book Wed at 10:30 AM
All setDone
You're booked
WhenWed · 10:30 AM
Length30 minutes
WithYour matchmaker
AboutA property manager
Open your dashboard
Your circleDashboard
Who would you like in your circle?
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Property management companySacramento · Not yet in your circle
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Real estate agencySacramento · Requested
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Plumbing companyIn your group · Connected
MatchesIntrosChatsGroupYou
Step 1 · The introduction we wrote for you
What this is
A circle of local businesses that send each other work.
Not a directory, not a lead list, and not a pile of names to ring. A small group of businesses in your city who each hold one trade, and a team whose whole job is introducing the right two of you to each other.
Introductions, not leads
A matchmaker writes to both sides and waits. Nothing reaches the other business until you have both said yes - so no one is ever cold-called out of the blue.
A coach and a rhythm
Your group meets regularly with a business coach. Meetings, notices and the businesses holding each seat are all on one screen.
How it works
Your first visit takes about two minutes.
You arrive on a private link - no password, no forms to fill in. Four short steps, and nothing is sent anywhere until you press the button yourself.
1
We draft your introduction
To a large property company in your area, written for you. Read it, change anything you like, and submit it - or skip it.
2
Meet your first match
A business near you that works with your kind of customer, with the reason you were matched written out plainly.
3
Choose your referral partners
The kinds of business you would happily take referrals from. Untick any you would rather skip.
4
Book a 30-minute call
Pick a day and a time that suits you. Your matchmaker learns what you do, then sets up your first introductions.
Then your dashboard does the rest
Your matches, the introductions waiting on you, your conversations and your group - one screen, built for a phone. Open your link and it is there.
What an introduction looks like
Nobody is cold-called. Ever.
You ask. A matchmaker writes to the other side. Only when you have both said yes does anyone learn who the other one is.
You ask to meetOne tap. Nothing has left yet.
We make the introductionYour matchmaker writes to both sides.
They answerA yes, or a no. Either is fine.
Both said yesNow you have names, numbers and a conversation.
4steps to join
2minutes, start to finish
10businesses in a group
1seat per trade - yours
Who it is for
Trades, the people who hire them, and the agents in between.
If you are a trade
Meet the property managers and building owners who hire your trade all year - planned work and emergencies - and the trades who are already on those jobs.
If you manage property
Build a bench of trades you can call on standing terms, each one vouched for by the group rather than found on a search page at 6pm.
If you sell real estate
The managers and trades your buyers and sellers need before a listing goes up - and people who send owners back your way.
Electricians
Plumbers
HVAC
Roofers
Painters
Flooring
Cleaning
Landscaping
Tree services
Pool services
Property managers
Real estate agents
Your group
One seat per trade, and it is yours while you hold it.
A group is ten businesses in one city, each holding a different trade. That exclusivity is the point: when someone in your group is asked for your trade, there is only one name to give.
What a seat gets you
- ✓The only seat for your trade. No one else in the group competes for the same call.
- ✓Introductions made for you. Our matchmakers write to both sides and set the meeting up.
- ✓A coach who runs the group. Regular meetings, notices, and a push when a seat sits empty.
What we ask of you
- ✓Answer your introductions. A yes or a no, either is fine - silence is what hurts.
- ✓Turn up as you would for a customer. The group's name rides on the referral you accept.
- ✓Pass work back when you can. A network works in both directions or not at all.
Plain dealing
What we do, and what we will never claim.
You will be asked to trust us with your name and your reputation, so here is the honest shape of it, in the same words we use inside the app.
- ✓We make the introduction. Our team approaches the other business for you, in your words.
- ✓Both sides have to say yes. Until then the other side does not even have your name.
- ✓You are always in control. Nothing goes out in your name until you press send.
- ✕We do not promise work. An introduction is not a job, a contract or an invitation to quote.
- ✕A match is not an endorsement. It is a fit on trade and city - you decide after meeting them.
- ✕We are not a lead-selling site. Your details are not sold, and nobody buys their way past a group member.
Your details
Private until the moment you both agree.
Hidden by default
Other members see your trade and city. Your name appears once you have both accepted an introduction.
Contact details last
Phone and email are shared only once a conversation is open between you.
The team can help
Introductions and conversations can be read by the Project Referral team, so they can step in and keep the network safe.
No password to lose
Your private link is how you get in. If it ever goes astray, we replace it and the old one stops working at once.
Questions
The things people ask us first.
How do I join?
Ask below. Someone from Project Referral calls you, goes through what the network is and what a seat involves, and answers anything you want to ask. If your trade is open in your city, they send you your own private link and you are in.
What does it cost?
We go through membership properly on the call, including the cost, what a seat includes and how you can leave - before you are asked to decide anything.
Do I have to install an app?
No. You get a private link. Open it on your phone and that phone remembers you, so the next time you tap it you land straight on whatever is waiting for you.
What happens to the details I send?
They go to the person who recruits for the network, so they can call you. They are not sold or passed to other members. If you ask us to stop contacting you, we mark it and stop.
Can I say no to a match?
Always. Every match has a "Not for me", every introduction has a "Pass", and neither is ever shown to the other business as a refusal.
What if my trade is already taken?
Then that seat is held by someone else, and we will tell you so plainly. We keep you on the list for the next group in your city, or for a nearby one that still has your trade open.
Which cities are you in?
Groups are running in Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, and we open a new one whenever there are enough businesses in a city to fill the seats. Ask anyway - being on the list is how a new city starts.
I am already a member. Where do I sign in?
Open the private link we sent you - that link is your way in, and there is no password to remember. If you have lost it, ask us and we will send a new one.
Ask to join
Tell us who you are, and we will call you.
No commitment, and nothing is sent to anyone else. One of our team goes through it with you first, and you decide after that.