The website is already built.
You just have to show it to somebody.

No. You are never paid for recruiting anyone, you never buy anything from us, there is no starter kit, no monthly fee, and no inventory to carry. You get paid one way: a business buys a website. That's it. Top-rank Prospectors can eventually earn a small override for mentoring new reps, but nobody's income depends on recruiting and nobody pays to join.

It's a 1099 independent contractor role, which means it's a real earning opportunity but not employment. You set your own hours, use your own phone and vehicle, decide which businesses to approach and how, and can turn down any claim. Nobody assigns you a shift. Nobody can fire you from a schedule you never had. The flip side: no hourly pay, no benefits, no withholding — you handle your own taxes, and we send you a 1099 in January.

You only make money when you sell. That's the honest catch. Most people who sign up for commission-only work quit in the first two months, before their first sale, and we'd rather tell you that now than let you find out. What we've done to fix it is remove every excuse: the websites are already built, the businesses are already picked for you, the pitch is trained, and your first ten claims are waiting the day you get certified. But you still have to walk in the door.

Website commissions are paid on a monthly cycle after the client's deposit clears and the site goes live. Your plan residuals start the month after the client's first payment and run for 12 months. If a client cancels or refunds within 90 days of the sale, that website commission is reversed — so overselling somebody helps nobody, least of all you. Full detail is in training and in your contractor agreement.

No — and honestly, walking in works far better anyway. Showing an owner their finished website on your phone is the entire pitch, and it doesn't survive a phone call. There are real legal rules about calling, texting, and emailing businesses, and you'll learn them in the compliance module, which is required and has to be answered perfectly. How you actually work your claims is up to you.

As many or as few as you want — there's no minimum. Realistically, working a claim well takes about 30 to 45 minutes total across a visit and a follow-up. Ten claims is a handful of afternoons. Reps who treat it like a real side income tend to block out one or two mornings a week, because business owners are easiest to catch before lunch.

Almost certainly not taken — we're just getting started. Claims are locked to a single Prospector so two of us never walk into the same bakery, and you keep a claim as long as you're actually working it. Tell us your city on the application and we'll tell you straight whether there's room.

Gold Standard Web does, with our own software. You are never responsible for building, hosting, fixing, or supporting anything — and you should never promise a client something custom without checking. You sell it, we build it, we service it, you collect. That division is the whole point.