Referral-fee entity
Max T Jones PC
Referral Disclosure
Referral monetization can exist only downstream of ranking trust.
Future referral or introduction compensation must be disclosed and must remain separate from the ranking methodology.
Bright Line
Commercial relationships cannot buy rank.
Ranking placement cannot be purchased. Consumer requests, referral relationships, agent interest, advertising, sponsorship, or introduction fees must not alter public scores, category placement, badges, editorial language, or proof gates.
Compensation Entity
Any future referral-fee workflow must name the correct entity.
Market-by-market activation
A market-specific license, referral-fee, brokerage, and disclosure check is required before any referral workflow is activated.
Required Rules
What must stay true before referrals are turned on.
- A paid relationship cannot change a score.
- A paid relationship cannot cause an unqualified candidate to appear as ranked.
- Consumer permission is required before using submitted information for follow-up introductions.
- Consumers should know when a commercial relationship may exist before relying on an introduction.
- Any referral-fee agreement must identify Max T Jones PC and the applicable market-specific compliance review.
Activation Prerequisites
Lead capture stays dormant until these gates clear.
- Referral agreements must name Max T Jones PC as the compensation entity before any referral-fee workflow is activated.
- A per-market license, referral-fee, brokerage, and disclosure check must be completed before consumer introductions are activated in that market.
- A market must be publicly launched through the proof-gate process before any lead-capture activation can route consumers to referral workflows.
- Consumer permission, privacy routing, opt-out handling, and no-storage fallback must pass before any real submission is stored or routed.
- Ranking placement, scores, badges, category labels, and editorial language must remain isolated from referral status and commercial relationships.
Consumer Framing
The consumer hires the agent, not the ranking.
The Index can help a consumer create a better interview list. Consumers should still interview candidates, verify license status, understand compensation, confirm who will personally handle the work, and choose based on their own goals.