Referral partners · Singapore

Know an owner who is thinking of selling?

Introduce them to Clearmere. If their business sells with us, we pay you 10% of our success fee. Register in three minutes, and your countersigned agreement arrives by email straight away.

10% of our success feePaid within 14 days of our feeNo cost, no targets
Become a referral partner

Register in three minutes.

We use these details to send you your agreement and to pay you.

Who is registering?

If your company should be paid, register the company.

What best describes you?
The agreement
  • We pay you 10% of our success fee, excluding GST, within 14 days of receiving it.
  • An introduction counts once we accept it by email, and is protected for 18 months.
  • An owner we have spoken to about a sale in the last 12 months, or who was introduced first by someone else, is not a new introduction.
  • You introduce owners only with their permission, and never quote a price or promise an outcome for us.
  • If you advise or work for an owner you introduce, you tell them in writing that you may receive a fee.

Read the full Referral Partner Agreement (Version 1, October 2026). It opens in a new tab.

How it works

Four steps, and no paperwork.

Register

Three minutes. You accept the agreement online, and your countersigned copy arrives by email straight away, with your partner code. Nothing to print, sign or post.

Introduce an owner

With their permission, send us their details through the referral form, share your personal link, or copy ben@clearmere.com into an introduction email with your code.

We take it from there

Within 2 working days we confirm that the introduction is yours. Ben speaks to the owner in confidence, and you get an email at each main stage.

You are paid

When the sale completes and our fee is paid, you receive 10% of it within 14 days. You never have to chase us.

What you earn

10% of our success fee, paid without chasing.

Your share
10% of our success fee

Worked out on our full success fee, excluding GST, and paid on every part of it, including any paid later.

When you are paid
Within 14 days

Of each payment of our success fee, by PayNow or bank transfer. With each payment we show you the fee it was worked out on.

Protection
18 months

From the day we accept your introduction. If the owner signs with us in that time, you are paid whenever the sale completes.

What it costs you
Nothing

No fee to join, no targets and no minimum. Introduce one owner or twenty.

On a success fee of S$80,000, you receiveS$8,000
Who introduces owners to us

The people owners already trust.

Accountants and company secretaries

You often hear first that an owner wants to retire or step back. We never take over your client relationship, and with the owner's permission we keep you informed throughout.

Lawyers

Your client arrives at the sale agreement with a business that has been prepared and priced properly, and with one adviser running the process on their side.

Bankers and financial advisers

A sale is a liquidity event for your client. We run the sale and keep it confidential, and you remain their adviser for what comes after.

Business owners, and friends of owners

Know a fellow owner who is tired, retiring or ready for something new? An introduction from someone they trust is the easiest way for them to start the conversation.

We work with owner-operated Singapore businesses, usually with S$1m to S$20m in yearly revenue, across 21 sectors. Not sure whether a business fits? Introduce the owner anyway, and we will tell you within 2 working days.

How we look after the owner you introduce

Your name is on the introduction. We treat it that way.

Strictly confidential

We never mention the owner or their business to anyone without their consent. Staff, customers and competitors do not find out from us.

No pressure

If now is not the right time to sell, we tell the owner so. Your introduction stays protected for 18 months either way.

Open about the fee

Our mandate tells every owner that we pay referral fees. It comes out of our fee, so the owner pays no more for being introduced.

An honest view

The owner gets a straight answer on what the business could sell for, and what would raise the price, before they commit to anything.

Questions partners ask

The referral programme, plainly.

Who can become a referral partner?

Anyone aged 18 or over, or any company. Most of our partners are accountants, company secretaries, lawyers, bankers and business owners, but you do not need to be any of these. You only need to know an owner who might want to sell.

How much will I earn?

10% of our success fee, excluding GST. Our success fee depends on the size of the sale and is agreed with the owner in writing. As an example, on a success fee of S$80,000 you would receive S$8,000.

When am I paid?

Within 14 days of us receiving our success fee. If part of the price is paid later, for example under an earn-out, we pay your share of each part as it arrives. We ask for your PayNow or bank details when a fee is due.

Does the owner know I am paid?

Yes. We tell every owner in our mandate that we pay referral fees, and the fee comes out of our fee, so it costs the owner nothing. If you are the owner's adviser, for example their accountant, lawyer or banker, the agreement asks you to tell them in writing that you may receive a fee. Being open about it protects you, the owner and us.

What if the owner is not ready to sell yet?

Your introduction is protected for 18 months from the day we accept it. If the owner signs with us at any point in that time, you are paid when the sale completes, however long it takes.

What if someone else introduces the same owner?

The first introduction we accept is the one that counts. If we have already been in touch with the owner about a sale in the last 12 months, the introduction is not new and we will tell you so. Either way, you hear from us within 2 working days.

Will I know how it is going?

Yes. You get an email when we accept the introduction, when the owner appoints us, when the sale completes and when we pay you. We never share the owner's financial information or the buyer's identity without their consent.

Do I need to sign or send any documents?

No. You accept the agreement online and your countersigned copy is emailed to you straight away. You do not need to invoice us unless you are registered for GST.

Can I refer a buyer?

This programme is for introducing owners who want to sell. Buyers can register directly on our buyer register.

Can I refer my own business?

No. The programme rewards introducing other owners. If you are thinking about selling your own business, talk to Ben directly, in confidence.

Do I pay tax on the fee?

The fee is usually taxable income for you or your company, and you are responsible for your own tax. We do not deduct anything unless the law requires us to, and we will tell you if it does.

Someone already in mind?

Register now, introduce them today.

Registration takes three minutes and your agreement arrives straight away, so you can make the introduction while it is fresh.

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