# Maple for accountants and bookkeepers who serve restaurants

> Canonical: https://maple.inc/partners/accountants

Recommend Maple to clients who miss calls during the rush. It answers the phone and puts the order in their POS, and you earn 30% of the subscription every month they keep it.

## The work is moving to advice.

- **Bookkeeping is automating.** A third of accounting and bookkeeping professionals expect most compliance and bookkeeping work to be fully automated by 2030. Source: [Financial Cents, 2026](https://financial-cents.com/resources/guides/the-state-of-ai-in-bookkeeping-accounting).
- **Clients ask about technology.** In Intuit’s 2026 survey, 62% of accountants said clients come to them for help with technology, and 86% expect AI to give them more time for advisory work. Source: [Intuit, 2026](https://www.firmofthefuture.com/news/accountant-tech-survey-2026/).

## Why accountants recommend Maple

- **Sales that never reach the books.** A missed call is an order your client never sees. The missed-call calculator shows what those calls cost. [Try the calculator](https://maple.inc/missed-call-calculator)
- **You advise, we sell.** Recommend Maple and make the introduction. Maple runs the demo, the setup and the support.
- **A better price for your client.** Clients who sign up through you get 15% off their first 3 months.
- **Paid monthly.** 30% of each subscription for as long as the client stays, with no invoice to send.

## Where to start: Refer

Accountants refer: share your link or submit a client in the portal, and Maple handles the sale and support.

1. **Sign up.** Sign in at partners.maple.inc with your email or phone and answer a few questions. It takes about two minutes.
2. **Get your link and code.** Your referral link and a code worth 15% off a restaurant's first 3 months are ready as soon as you finish.
3. **Refer restaurants.** Share your link or submit a restaurant in the portal. We run the demo, the setup and the support.
4. **Get paid monthly.** Watch each lead go from submitted to live, and collect commissions in the portal for as long as the restaurant stays.

## Questions

**Can I accept a referral commission?** Some professional rules require you to tell clients about referral fees, or bar them for certain clients. Check the rules that apply to you before you refer. The program terms are at maple.inc/affiliate-terms.

**Do my clients pay more if I refer them?** No. Clients who sign up through you get 15% off their first 3 months.

**Does it cost anything to join?** No. Signing up and staying in the program are free.

**How long do referral commissions last?** For as long as the restaurant stays a paying Maple customer. The current rate is 30% of what it pays, with no expiry, step-down or cap. Commissions are held 30 days, then paid monthly once you add your payout details and tax form in the portal.

**What does a restaurant I refer get?** 15% off its first 3 months when it signs up through your link or code, on its existing phone number.

**What if I bring other partners in?** You earn 10% of the commissions every partner you recruit earns, for as long as they earn them. It goes one level deep.

## Links

- [This page](https://maple.inc/partners/accountants)
- [Partner program](https://maple.inc/partners)
- [Sign up](https://partners.maple.inc/?apply)
- [Partner program terms](https://maple.inc/affiliate-terms)
- [Reseller terms](https://maple.inc/var)
- [Integrations](https://maple.inc/integrations.md)