Quick Answer

T.A.G. affiliates earn up to 2% of the funded amount on deals that close through their referral link, regardless of location. Illustration only: a $50,000 funded deal is up to $1,000, a $100,000 funded deal is up to $2,000, and a $1,000,000 funded deal is up to $20,000. Earnings are not guaranteed and depend on the referred business qualifying and completing funding.

Affiliate Program: New York City

New York City Business Funding Referral Program

Refer a business owner in New York City who needs working capital. When their deal funds, you earn up to 2%, often measured in thousands, not $20 commissions.

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Who's Positioned to Refer in New York City

New York City's economy centers on finance and professional services, a major media and advertising industry, and an intensely competitive restaurant and retail scene where working capital needs come up constantly.

Finance & Professional Services Media & Advertising Restaurants & Retail

Bookkeepers and consultants serving restaurant and retail operators, and CPAs working with professional-services clients, are a strong fit for referrals in NYC.

New York City is home to one of the largest concentrations of small businesses of any market in the United States, spread across five distinct boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. That density carries through to the people who advise those businesses. NYC also has one of the largest concentrations of accountants, bookkeepers, and independent consultants in the country, many of them running solo or small practices built around a book of Main Street clients rather than large corporate accounts. If your client list runs even a few dozen small businesses deep, working capital timing gaps (a slow season, an equipment breakdown, a lease renewal, a growth opportunity that needs cash up front) are not an occasional question. They come up on a regular basis.

The five boroughs don't run one economy: they run several. A CPA with clients concentrated in Manhattan is likely seeing professional-services and finance-adjacent businesses. A bookkeeper working Brooklyn or Queens is more likely seeing restaurants, retail, and trades. A consultant in the Bronx or Staten Island is often working with neighborhood-based service and retail businesses. Whatever corner of the city your practice serves, the underlying pattern, a real business with real revenue and an occasional timing gap between doing the work and getting paid for it, tends to show up somewhere in the client list.

T.A.G. Business Funding is based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and works with referral partners and business owners across New York City remotely. We do not maintain a local office in New York City.


Corner bakery with a green painted front and outdoor seating on a New York City street
Independent food and retail operators are the client type most likely to raise a cash timing question.

The Math

Funded AmountCommission (up to 2%)
$50,000 funded$1,000
$100,000 funded$2,000
$250,000 funded$5,000
$500,000 funded$10,000
$1,000,000 funded$20,000

Illustration only. Up to 2% of the funded amount. Earnings not guaranteed and depend on the referred business qualifying and completing funding.

Commission potential by funded amount, up to 2% Bar chart illustrating the commission table above: for a $50,000 funded deal, up to $1,000. For $100,000 funded, up to $2,000. For $250,000 funded, up to $5,000. For $500,000 funded, up to $10,000. For $1,000,000 funded, up to $20,000. Bar heights are scaled for readability, not linear to the dollar amounts; the exact commission figure is printed above each bar. All figures are illustrations of a commission rate of up to 2 percent and are not guaranteed. $1,000 $50K funded $2,000 $100K funded $5,000 $250K funded $10,000 $500K funded $20,000 $1M funded

Chart bar heights are scaled for readability, not a strict linear scale. Exact commission figures are printed above each bar.


Pedestrian crossing an intersection lined with ground floor shops and apartment buildings in Brooklyn
Five boroughs, several economies, and the same working capital pattern in each of them.

How It Works

1

Sign Up Free

Get your referral link in minutes

2

Refer a Business

Send your link to an owner who needs capital

3

We Handle Underwriting

We handle the application, docs, and decision, so you stay out of it

4

You Get Paid

When the deal funds, we arrange your commission

From referral link to commission payout Illustrative flow for a New York City referral: You send your referral link to a business owner, they complete T.A.G.'s application and submit their business bank statements, T.A.G. and its funding partners review the file and decide, and once the deal funds, your commission is arranged. Each stage moves forward only after the previous one is complete; there is no fixed timeline and not every referral reaches funding. You ReferSend your link to the ownerBusiness AppliesApplication plus bank statementsT.A.G. UnderwritesFunding partners review and decideFunded, You're PaidCommission arranged on close

Common Questions

How much can I earn referring a business in New York City?
T.A.G. affiliates earn up to 2% of the funded amount on deals that close through their referral link, regardless of location. Illustration only: a $50,000 funded deal is up to $1,000, a $100,000 funded deal is up to $2,000, and a $1,000,000 funded deal is up to $20,000. Earnings are not guaranteed and depend on the referred business qualifying and completing funding.
Does T.A.G. have an office in New York City?
No. T.A.G. Business Funding is based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and works with business owners and referral partners across New York City remotely. We do not claim or maintain a physical office in New York City.
Do I need a license to refer businesses in New York City?
No licensing is required to participate. You're introducing a business owner to a funding company, similar to recommending an accountant or attorney. T.A.G. handles underwriting, compliance, and funding directly.
Is there a minimum number of referrals required?
No. Refer one business or twenty; there's no quota, no expiration on your affiliate link, and no cost to join or stay active.
Does New York's commercial financing disclosure law affect the businesses I refer?
Yes, and that's a good thing for your referrals. New York's Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (Part 600 NYCRR) requires funders to give business owners a written disclosure of the annualized cost rate, total payment amount, and other financing terms before they accept an offer. T.A.G. and its funding partners follow this requirement for every New York City business you refer. You don't need to do anything differently: it's built into the standard offer process.

Affiliate Program Disclosure: Commission rates are up to 2% of the funded amount and are subject to change. Commissions are paid only on deals that successfully fund. Earnings examples on this page are illustrations, not guarantees or projections of actual or future earnings. See the affiliate program page for complete terms.

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