We’re excited to announce that we’ve just completed development of our referral program for Marcato Musician. This allows you to send invites out to any bands, managers or other organizations that you think might like to use Marcato Musician — and get credit back for doing it. Here’s how it works:
For each new account you refer in this fashion that later becomes a paying Marcato Musician customer, we will credit $1 to your account each month for as long as they remain a customer.
Yes, that means that you can use Marcato Musician for free if you refer enough accounts. If you take it even further and your referral credit exceeds the cost of your account, we’ll store the extra credit on your balance in case your monthly total ever changes (like if you add more artists to your account, or some of your referrals drop out). Since it relates to your account balance, only account admins have access to the referrals section by default. If you want to grant somebody else access, just edit their permissions in the Admin panel and check the box that reads “Access the referrals system”.
If you’re ready to get started, log in to your Marcato Musician account. Click on the Marcato icon at the top left to open the navigation menu, and click the “Referrals” link underneath your Organization’s name in the navigation menu. This page will explain to you everything that you’ve read here, and you’ll be able to start sending invitations by clicking the link you’ll find near the top.
The people you’ve invited will show up in a list in this referrals section, and will be divided up into categories: those who have started paying for their accounts (these are the ones that you get credit for), those who haven’t yet paid for their accounts, those who have declined your invitation, and those who created an account but later cancelled it. You will also see a summary that shows the cost of your account before and after your referral credit.
That’s everything you should need to know to before you begin. If you have any questions or notice anything amiss, drop us a line on our support board and we’ll get you sorted out ASAP.