Send us restaurants. Get paid every month they stay.

ShelfCount pays 25% of every invoice a restaurant you referred pays us — $12.50 a month per account, for the life of the account. Free to join, and the restaurants you send get a 30-day trial instead of 14.

How it works

1. 1

   Apply in 30 seconds

   Name and email. We send a sign-in link, you click it, and your referral link is waiting on the other side. No interview, no waiting list.

2. 2

   Share your link

   Put it in a newsletter, a YouTube description, a client onboarding doc, a Facebook group answer — anywhere restaurant people already trust you. Clicks stick for 60 days, so they don't have to sign up the same afternoon.

3. 3

   Get paid every month

   Once a restaurant you sent starts paying, you earn $12.50 of every invoice they pay. Payouts run automatically through Stripe — no invoicing us, no chasing.

Questions affiliates ask

When do I actually get paid?

Every commission waits 60 days after the invoice is paid — long enough for a refund or a card dispute to show up, so what we send you is money we get to keep. Once a month we total everything that has cleared and send it to your Stripe account. Under $25? It rolls into next month instead of getting eaten by transfer fees.

Is it really 25% forever?

Yes — for as long as that restaurant keeps paying and the program keeps running. It isn't a one-time bounty. Ten active restaurants is $125 a month.

What do I need to set up to receive money?

A Stripe account, which you create from your affiliate dashboard. Stripe handles the identity check and the tax form (W-9 or W-8BEN) so we never touch your bank details.

Do I have to disclose that I earn a commission?

Yes, and it's not optional — the FTC requires it and so do our terms. A plain "I earn a commission if you sign up" is enough. There's ready-to-paste wording in the program terms.

Can I sign my own restaurant up through my link?

No. Self-referral voids the commission. Everything else is fair game.

What if a restaurant I referred cancels?

Commissions stop with their last paid invoice — we never send you a bill. If that restaurant refunds or disputes a payment, the commission for that one invoice comes back off your balance; if it was already paid out, it comes out of your next payout instead.

Who is this a good fit for?

Restaurant and cafe consultants, bookkeepers who handle food cost, POS resellers, ops trainers, and anyone with an audience of independent operators. If you're already telling people how to fix their COGS, ShelfCount is the tool at the end of that sentence.

I have a question that isn't here.

Email hello@insidermanagement.net — a human answers, usually the same day.