# Maple for ISOs and merchant services companies

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

Restaurants on your book miss calls every rush. Offer them Maple, which answers the phone and puts the order in their POS, and earn 30% of the subscription every month they keep it.

## Payments alone no longer keep a merchant.

- **Merchants leave quietly.** Card portfolios lose 2 to 4% of their merchants a month to rate offers, closures and easy switches. At 2% a month, that is about a fifth of a book in a year. Source: [MerchantE](https://www.merchante.com/blog/why-your-iso-book-of-business-is-worth-less-than-you-think).
- **Software is winning the account.** At the Southeast Acquirers’ Association meeting in June 2026, dozens of ISOs and agents said they had lost merchants to POS software that came with payments. Source: [RSPA, June 2026](https://www.gorspa.org/blog-seaa-2026-analysis-everyones-a-software-provider).
- **Owners want advice on the whole shop.** The ISOs doing well paired with POS platforms and trained their reps to talk about the whole business, not just the rate. Source: [PaymentsJournal](https://www.paymentsjournal.com/in-defiance-of-the-prognosticators-isos-are-thriving-again/).

## What Maple adds to your book

- **Something they use every day.** Maple answers the restaurant’s phone around the clock, takes the order and sends it to the POS. It books tables too.
- **Your reps open the door.** Maple runs the demo, loads the menu, sets up the restaurant’s existing number and supports it from there.
- **One account for the whole team.** Invite the reps at your company in the partner portal, and their referrals roll up to one account.
- **A monthly residual on software.** 30% of each subscription for as long as the restaurant pays. On Maple Pro that is $105 a month per location.

## Where to start: Refer

Most ISOs start by referring: your reps make the intro and Maple sells, bills and supports. If you own the customer and want to bill Maple yourself, talk to us about reselling.

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 my reps sign up under my company?** Yes. Invite them in the partner portal and their referrals roll up to one account, so you see every lead and payout in one place.

**Which POS systems does Maple work with?** Toast, Clover, Square, Shift4 and SpotOn, among others. The full list is on maple.inc/integrations.

**What about my processing residuals?** Talk to our partner team about processing before you refer. The referral commission is paid on the Maple subscription.

**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/isos)
- [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)