Key takeaways
- The Wattsmith referral bonus is $50 for each referred customer who becomes a paying customer.
- The bonus is paid after the referred customer's first job is completed and paid.
- The referred customer gives your name when they book, and that is how we credit the referral.
- The program is for homeowners and customers, not real estate licensees, and there is no limit on the number of referrals.
- The person you refer pays the same flat price as every other customer, approved before work starts.
A neighbor saw our truck in your driveway and asked who you used. Your brother-in-law keeps tripping the same breaker and wants a name. If you are going to send people to an electrician anyway, our electrician referral program pays you $50 every time one of them becomes a paying customer.
There is nothing to sign up for. The person you refer gives your name when they book. When their first job is completed and paid, we pay you the referral bonus. That is the whole program, and the rest of this page explains it so there are no questions later.
Already have someone in mind? Have them contact us and mention your name when they book.
How the Wattsmith electrician referral program works
These are the terms, in full. There is no fine print beyond this list.
- The bonus is $50 per referred customer.
- It is paid after the referred customer's first job is completed and paid.
- The referred customer gives your name when they book.
- It is for homeowners and customers, not real estate licensees.
- The bonus applies to repair and installation work, not to inspections for a home sale.
- There is no limit on the number of referrals.
Read the second term twice, because it is the one people ask about. The bonus is not earned by a phone call or a quote. It comes after their first job is done and they have paid for it. That keeps the program simple and honest on both sides: we pay for real customers, and you know exactly when the bonus is earned.
The third term is the one that makes it work. We credit the referral by the name the customer gives when they book. If your friend forgets to mention you, we have no way to know you sent them. Tell them to say your name on the first call or in the first message.
Why we pay a referral bonus at all
The best customers we get come from people who watched us work. You approved a flat price before we started, and you saw how the job was finished. When you tell a friend about that, it carries more weight than anything we could put in an ad.
We would rather put that money in the hands of the people who earned it for us. A $50 referral bonus is our way of saying thank you for sending someone who trusts you enough to take your word on who to let inside their house and into their electrical panel.
It also keeps us honest. A referral program only works if the people you refer have a good experience. If we did poor work for your friend, you would stop sending people. That is a standard we are happy to be held to.
Want to see how we hold that standard? Our standards page lays it out, and our reviews page is where customers say what they think.
How to refer someone and get your referral bonus
There are two ways to refer someone, and both take about ten seconds.
- Share our phone number. Text it to them, or read it off your last invoice.
- Share the website. Send them wattsmithelectric.com or a link to the page for the work they need.
Either way, the one thing they must do is mention your name when they book. Your full name is best, since two customers named Mike on the same street is not unusual in San Antonio.
A simple message works. Something like: "I used Wattsmith Electric for my panel. They gave me a flat price before they started. Tell them I sent you." That is enough. You do not need to sell anything. Tell them what happened at your house and let them decide.
The easiest link to send is our contact page. Your friend can book from there or find our number, and they can check our service areas to confirm we work where they live.
What the person you refer gets
Here is the part that makes referring easy. The person you send us is treated exactly like you were. They get the same flat price from the same price book, approved before any work starts. Nobody pays more because they were referred, and the $50 bonus does not come out of their bill.
They also get the same standards you got. Wattsmith is licensed by TDLR under TECL 41806 and is veteran-owned. Where the work needs a permit, we pull it through the San Antonio Development Services Department and handle the inspection. If they need an electrical inspection for a home purchase or an insurance question, the written report is signed by a Texas licensed master electrician. Inspections for a home sale do not earn the referral bonus; repair and installation work does.
In other words, you are not handing a friend a sales pitch. You are handing them the same experience you already had, and getting a thank you for it.
If your friend wants to know how flat pricing compares to hourly billing before they call, send them our hourly versus flat rate guide and the pricing page.
The kinds of work people refer us for
Any first job counts once it is completed and paid. In practice, most referrals come from someone who just went through the same problem and wants to save a neighbor the trouble of finding an electrician from scratch. These are the jobs that come up most in San Antonio neighborhoods.
- A breaker that keeps tripping or a room that lost power.
- An older panel that an insurer or home inspector flagged.
- A new EV that needs a charger in the garage.
- A whole-house generator or a generator connection before storm season.
- Two-prong outlets, GFCI outlets or smoke detectors in an older home.
- New lighting, ceiling fans or a kitchen remodel.
You can send a friend straight to the right page: electrical repair, panel upgrades, EV charger installation or generator installation.
Who qualifies for the referral bonus
The referral bonus is for homeowners and past customers. If you own a home, rent one, or have hired us before, you can refer people and earn the $50 bonus for each one who becomes a paying customer.
The program is not for real estate licensees. Agents and brokers refer clients to vendors as part of a home sale, and Texas real estate rules and federal settlement rules restrict payments for those referrals. So we do not pay agents for referrals at all, in any form. Agents have their own program instead, built around faster scheduling and better reports rather than money.
If you are a real estate agent or broker, read about the Wattsmith Real Estate Partner Program. It is built for you and it does not involve a referral fee.
No limit on referrals, and a few examples of how that adds up
There is no cap. Each referred customer who becomes a paying customer earns you $50, whether that is one friend this year or a dozen over time. Some customers are the person everyone on the block asks for a recommendation. If that is you, the bonus adds up.
A few ways customers tend to use it. A homeowner in an older neighborhood who had aluminum wiring repaired tells the neighbors, since the houses on the street were built around the same time and often share the same issues. A customer who installed an EV charger mentions it to coworkers who are shopping for an EV. A landlord friend who owns a few rentals needs a reliable electrician for turnovers. Each one who books, gives your name, and pays for a first job counts.
Neighbors in older homes often share the same wiring. Our posts on aluminum wiring in San Antonio homes and two-prong outlets in older homes are useful to forward along with our number.
Why the referral bonus goes to you and not into a discount
Some companies run referral programs as coupons: the new customer gets a percentage off, and the price you paid suddenly looks high. We do not do that. Our prices come from a published price book, and every customer pays the same flat price for the same task, approved before work starts. Discounting one customer would mean the book is not really the price.
Paying the referral bonus to the person who sent the customer keeps the book honest. Your friend knows the price they see is the price everyone sees. You know the price you paid was fair, because nobody who came after you got a better deal on the same work. The thank you goes to the person who did the recommending, which is where it belongs.
It also means the bonus never changes how we quote a job. The tech who prices your friend's repair works from the same book either way, and the scope of the work is set by what the house needs, not by whether a referral is attached to it.
Curious how the price book works before you send anyone? Our pricing page explains it, and you can always call us with a question about a specific job.
Make sure your referral gets credited
The single most common reason a referral bonus gets missed is that the customer did not mention a name when they booked. To make sure yours is credited, do three small things.
- Tell your friend directly to give your name when they call or message us.
- Give them your name the way it appears on your account if you have been a customer.
- If you are not sure they mentioned you, call us and ask before their first job is done.
Once their first job is completed and paid, the $50 referral bonus is yours.
Questions about a referral you already made? Call or message us and we will check it.
Start referring today
If you had a good experience with us, you already know someone who needs an electrician. Send them our number or our site, tell them to mention your name, and we will take it from there. They get a flat price approved before work starts. You get $50 when their first job is done and paid.
Send your friend to book with Wattsmith today, and if they want to know the numbers first, point them to our pricing.