Partnership Tiers & Pricing
$5,000 Onboarding Fee
(Training materials, account setup, initial implementation)
+ Volume-Based Revenue Share
I succeed when you succeed. If your sales go up, I benefit. If your sales go down, I feel it too. That's alignment.
Partnership Tiers
| Annual Wholesale Cap Sales |
Partnership % |
Why This Makes Sense |
| $0 - $100,000 |
5% |
You're ramping up, I'm providing heavy support |
| $100,001 - $250,000 |
4% |
You're established, slightly lower % rewards growth |
| $250,001+ |
3% |
High volume, relationship is profitable at lower % |
What This Means in Real Dollars
Actual Annual Partnership Fee Examples
- 50 caps/year × $500 wholesale avg = $25,000 sales → $1,250 annual partnership fee (5% tier)
- 100 caps/year × $500 avg = $50,000 sales → $2,000 annual fee (5% tier)
- 200 caps/year × $600 avg = $120,000 sales → $4,800 annual fee (4% tier)
- 500 caps/year × $700 avg = $350,000 sales → $10,500 annual fee (3% tier)
If you're paying $10K annually in partnership fees, it means you're doing $350K in wholesale cap sales. That's a GOOD problem.
What Every Tier Includes
Every partner gets the complete ecosystem, regardless of tier:
Complete Parametric System
- All current product files (always updated)
- 97-122 parameters per file
- 0.001° tolerance formulas
- Future products included at no extra cost
Manufacturing ERP
- 10-station production tracking
- Real-time job visibility
- FIFO material costing
- Progressive assembly workflows
Jig Systems & Guides
- 22 iterations refined
- Tool setup guides
- Step-by-step fabrication workflows
- Material selection guides
Training & Support
- Complete training manual
- On-site training at YOUR shop
- Quarterly check-ins
- Priority support queue
- Partner community forum
Territory Exclusivity
- 50-75 mile radius protection
- First-come territory lock
- No partner saturation
- First right of refusal for adjacent territories
R&D Tax Credit Documentation
- Federal credits recover 6-8% of costs
- Activity logs provided
- Technical descriptions included
- Retroactive claims possible
Territory Exclusivity
How it works:
- ✓ 50-75 mile radius (suburban/rural markets) or county-based (urban markets)
- ✓ First-come gets territory locked — If someone in your city signs up before you, you're out
- ✓ No saturation — I won't flood your market with 10 partners competing for the same jobs
- ✓ Performance requirement: Minimum $50K annual wholesale sales to maintain exclusivity
- ✓ First right of refusal for adjacent territories as you grow
Manufacturing exclusivity is territorial. Selling and shipping is unlimited.
What this means: You can take an order from California and ship it. You just can't open a shop in someone else's district. Territory protection prevents local competition, not national sales.
Why Volume-Based Pricing?
Most consultants charge a flat fee and walk away. You pay $25K whether the system works for you or not.
SafeStax is different:
- If you have a slow quarter, your payment is lower → I feel it too
- If you have a great quarter, I benefit → incentivizes me to keep improving your systems
- If you grow, my percentage goes DOWN → rewards your success with better economics
- If the system doesn't work, I make nothing → total alignment with your success
I succeed when you succeed. Not when you pay a subscription regardless of results.
ROI Reality Check
Let's talk real numbers for a shop doing 100 caps/year:
Without SafeStax (outsourcing):
- • Vendor cost: $50,000 (100 caps × $500 avg)
- • Hidden costs: $10K-15K (remeasure trips, quality issues, delays)
- • Total cost: $60K-65K annually
With SafeStax (in-house):
- • Material + labor: $23,000
- • Partnership fee (5%): $2,000
- • Equipment amortized: $2,000
- • Total cost: $27K annually
Net savings: $33K-38K annually
ROI: 650% first year (after $5K onboarding investment)
The partnership fee is noise compared to the margin improvement. At 100 caps/year, you save $33K+ and pay $2K. That's a 16:1 return.