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Refer without creating
another coordination gap.

Define where CheckPoint360 starts, where the partner stops and how the client keeps control.

Buyer

Distributor, 3PL, regulatory, creative, PR, technology or advisory partner

Trigger

A client need crosses the partner’s proven boundary

Intended outcome

A transparent referral or complementary delivery path

Status

Qualification open; recurring delivery opens only after proof

The concrete problem

A referral should reduce uncertainty, not move it.

Unclear fees, ownership and data handling can turn a useful introduction into another hidden interface.

01

Scope edge

The client needs operational ownership beyond the partner’s remit.

02

No sell-out loop

Distribution exists but downstream evidence is missing.

03

Tool without owner

Software exposes work that no team owns.

04

Hidden incentives

Referral economics are not transparent to the client.

A precise path

Clarify interests before introductions.

No lead is exchanged before fit, consent, boundaries and conflicts are clear.

01

Verify

Confirm complementary capability and real client need.

02

Declare

State responsibilities, conflicts and any referral fee.

03

Consent

The client controls what information is shared.

04

Review

Measure whether the partnership reduced coordination.

What must become visible

No activity
without evidence.

Work is tied to observable change while separating what the agency controls from what it does not.

01

Owner

One named decision owner and one next action.

02

Readiness

Visible prerequisites, blockers and acceptance evidence.

03

Cycle time

Time from complete input to decision or closure.

04

Exceptions

A traceable backlog instead of hidden coordination.

Good starting point
  • Complementary, demonstrable capability
  • Transparent economics and consent
  • The client retains choice and ownership
Decline or reroute
  • No real product, stock or decision owner
  • A guaranteed revenue or platform outcome is required
  • The need is already owned end to end internally
Next step

Describe the complementary edge.

No client introduction is required for the first written check.

Qualify the need