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Onboarding Guide
Step-by-step reference for the Profirmo Referral Partner programme.
How professional onboarding works
- Open the dashboard and tap "Onboard professional".
- Fill in the professional's name, email, phone and a few professional details.
- Tick the consent checkbox confirming the professional has agreed to be contacted by Profirmo for verification.
- Submit — the professional is added in PENDING APPROVAL status. Profirmo admin reviews the submission.
- When the admin approves, the professional is activated AND commission is credited to you automatically.
- When the admin rejects, the rejection reason appears next to the row on your dashboard. Commission is NOT credited.
What information is required
- Name, email, phone (must be valid and not used by an existing Profirmo account)
- Professional type — Legal Consultant or Tax Consultant
- Short bio, years of experience (minimum 5), consultation fee
- License / registration number where applicable
- Address / chamber location (helps verification)
- Registration certificate or card (Bar Council, CA, or equivalent ID upload)
Confirming professional consent
- Only onboard professionals who have personally agreed to be contacted by Profirmo. Submission without consent is a breach of these terms.
- On the onboarding form, tick the consent checkbox: "I confirm that the professional has agreed to be contacted by Profirmo regarding registration."
- Profirmo may contact the professional directly to verify the details you submitted. If the professional denies consent, the onboarding will be rejected and may count as a misuse.
When commission is counted
- Commission is credited only after admin marks the professional APPROVED.
- Pending or rejected professionals do NOT earn commission.
- Re-approval after a clawback updates the same commission row — you are never paid twice for the same professional.
- Commission amount comes from the platform setting at the time of approval.
Commission clawback — when it applies
- Fraudulent submissions or any form of misrepresentation about the professional.
- Duplicate professionals — the same person was already listed on Profirmo before your submission.
- Verification failures — the professional's identity, registration, or credential verification fails after the initial approval.
- Self-referrals or onboarding immediate family / household / entities you control purely for commission.
- Clawback applies up to 90 days after the original approval. The amount is debited from your available balance; a negative balance is settled against future commission.
How payouts work
- Your dashboard tracks earned, paid, pending, and available balance separately.
- A payout request reserves the amount from your available balance until admin resolves it.
- Minimum and maximum payout amounts are configured by admin; the dashboard always shows the current values.
- You can have one in-flight request at a time. Cancel the existing pending one to submit a new amount.
- Approved payout requests are normally processed within 7 business days (excluding bank / gateway settlement time).
- Once admin marks a request paid, your available balance drops by that amount; the request appears under "Paid".
Referral Partner responsibilities
- Submit accurate, current, verifiable details for every professional.
- Do not submit duplicate, fake, or low-quality leads — they will be rejected and may lead to account block.
- Do not onboard yourself, immediate family, household members, or entities you control solely for commission. This is treated as fraud (see clawback section).
- Do not share your account credentials. Your phone number is your partner code and identifies every onboarding to you.
- Respect the professional's consent — only onboard people who have agreed to join Profirmo through you.
Approval & payout rules — quick reference
- Commission per approved professional: configured by admin.
- Minimum payout amount: configured by admin (dashboard shows current value).
- Maximum payout amount per request: configured by admin (dashboard shows current value).
- One pending payout request at a time per Referral Partner.
- Payout processing SLA: 7 business days from admin approval.
- Admin can approve, reject, hold, or mark a payout paid at their discretion (subject to the dispute-resolution process in the terms).
