# Maple for merchant services and POS sales agents

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

You already sit with restaurant owners. Introduce Maple, which answers their phone and takes orders into the POS, and earn 30% of their subscription every month they stay.

## The pitch has changed.

- **Owners want more than a rate.** “You’ve got a sales guy who’s used to talking about payments who has got to talk about everything,” Javelin’s Don Apgar told PaymentsJournal. Source: [PaymentsJournal](https://www.paymentsjournal.com/in-defiance-of-the-prognosticators-isos-are-thriving-again/).
- **A quote and a terminal lose.** One ISO at the June 2026 SEAA meeting: “We were showing up with just a (pricing) quote and a terminal,” while software sellers solved the merchant’s problems. Source: [RSPA, June 2026](https://www.gorspa.org/blog-seaa-2026-analysis-everyones-a-software-provider).
- **Every lost account takes its residual.** Card portfolios lose 2 to 4% of their merchants a month. Agents need income that does not leave with the next rate offer. Source: [MerchantE](https://www.merchante.com/blog/why-your-iso-book-of-business-is-worth-less-than-you-think).

## Why agents add Maple

- **An easy question to ask.** Ask an owner how many calls they miss on a Friday night. Maple answers every one and puts the order in the POS.
- **You make the intro, we sell it.** Maple’s team runs the demo, the setup and the support. A lead you submit in the portal and we confirm is yours.
- **Paid monthly, with no end date.** 30% of what the restaurant pays, every month it stays, held 30 days and then paid out.
- **Bring other agents.** Earn 10% of the commissions of every partner you recruit, for as long as they earn them.

## Where to start: Refer

Referring suits agents: sign up in about two minutes, share your link, and Maple handles the sale, billing 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

**Do I need to know AI to sell Maple?** No. You make the introduction. Maple’s team runs the demo and answers the technical questions.

**Who gets credit if two partners send the same restaurant?** A lead you submit and we confirm beats a link click. Between clicks, the last one before the restaurant buys wins. Restaurants already talking to Maple do not count.

**Can I refer restaurants on any POS?** Maple works with Toast, Clover, Square, Shift4 and SpotOn, among others. Check maple.inc/integrations, or ask your partner manager about a system you do not see.

**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/agents)
- [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)