Share and refer

Your invite link

Your invite link looks like colby.ing/join/ followed by your own code. Send it to owners you know. When an owner opens it and leaves a phone number, Colby calls them and they count as yours.

• Copy link copies it. The button says "Copied" for a moment.
• Text it opens your phone's texting app with a short message and the link filled in. You choose who to send it to.
• Email it opens your email app with the same message.
• The message it sends shows that message, signed with your first name.

Until Colby sets up your fee terms, the panel says your invite link will appear here once it does.

What the owner sees

The link opens a page that says Invited by and your name, explains that Colby pays companies whose crews do accepted tasks for video of that work, and says there is nothing to sign that day. The owner fills in:

• Their name and phone number (required).
• Company name, email, and city and state.
• What work their crew does, up to 8 from the accepted tasks (optional).
• How many people are on their crew (optional), and anything Colby should know.

They choose Have Colby call me. The page thanks them and says Colby will call soon from (480) 542-7526, and to call or text that number back if they miss it. The owner then shows up in your People list and in Recent activity on Today.

If a link was turned off, the page says "This invite link isn't active" and asks the owner to get a new one from you.

Make a link with your own rate

A link with a rate tells the owner up front what Colby pays their company for every accepted hour. The owner sees it on the page as Your rate, with a note that you are offering it and that Colby confirms it in the Order Form the company signs.

1. In Links with your rate, type a rate in Rate per accepted hour. The line under the box shows the lowest and highest rate you can set and the standard rate.
2. Check the line under the box. Inside your limit, it says what you would earn per accepted hour at that rate. Above your limit, it says the most you can offer and to ask Colby for more.
3. Choose Make link.
4. The new link shows with "Link ready. Copy it or text it to an owner." Use Copy link, Text it or Email it as above.

Each rate gets one link. Asking for a rate you already have gives you the same link again. Your links are listed highest rate first, each with how many owners signed up through it and what you earn per accepted hour. The message for a rate link names the rate.

When you later request that company's contract, it uses the rate the owner signed up with. Colby checks every contract before it goes out.

Send Colby a company's details

Use Refer a company when you have an owner's details and they are happy to hear from Colby, or after Send to Colby in People (the form then fills in their details).

Choose Send to Colby. The form tells you what happened:

Guides to send owners

At the bottom of Share, three short reads are ready to send: their first two weeks, where the video goes and the common questions owners ask. Paste the link in a text after a first call.

Questions

Read next

• Your first conversationFive minutes is enough: who you are, what Colby pays for, what the crew does and whether the work fits. Then send your link. The owner leaves a number, Colby calls, and there is nothing to sign that day.
• What you can promisePromise only what Colby's contract and review will back up. Here is what you can say, what you must not, and why each rule protects your business.
• PeoplePeople is your own list of the owners you talk to. Each person has a status, a next step, a follow-up date and notes. You can type the details yourself or tell the assistant what happened.
• Companies and contractsCompanies lists every company you sent Colby, from the first talk to recording, with its rate, kits, hours and your fee. When a company is ready to sign, you ask Colby to send its contract from here or from Contracts.