Is it appropriate to ask for a finder's fee? If so, how much? [more inside]
posted by melissasaurus on Aug 23, 2009 - 16 answers

How does getting a medical referral/requesting a medical referral REALLY work and how do you ask for one effectively? [more inside]
posted by tristeza on Jul 19, 2009 - 4 answers

Refer a friend / referral tracking system? [more inside]
posted by letitrain on Mar 8, 2009 - 0 answers

How would you go about finding the best criminal defense attorney in your state?
posted by bricoleur on Jul 30, 2008 - 10 answers

How do I go about choosing an orthopedist to monitor my adult scoliosis? Any personal recommendations in the Chicago area? [more inside]
posted by desjardins on Jun 5, 2008 - 2 answers

What is the logic in insurance companies requiring referrals from a primary care physician when you go to a specialist?
posted by josher71 on Dec 17, 2007 - 26 answers

Please tell me about your employee referral program (if you have one). [more inside]
posted by mockjovial on Nov 15, 2007 - 13 answers

What do they call the feature on amazon.com when they say, "People who bought this book also bought...these other books"? [more inside]
posted by ostranenie on Sep 18, 2006 - 13 answers

Anyone know a shopping cart with an Amazon.com-like referral system? [more inside]
posted by Wild_Eep on Sep 11, 2006 - 1 answer

Looking for alternative methods for getting referrals for a "free ____ " program. [more inside]
posted by beammeup4 on Apr 23, 2006 - 6 answers

Can anybody provide a referral to a lawyer and/or an accountant with experience advising small businesses (internet based) in the start-up phase? I'm located in Los Angeles in the South Bay area. [more inside]
posted by willnot on Dec 13, 2005 - 2 answers

Can you provide a referral to a lawyer and/or an accountant with experience advising small businesses (internet based) in the start-up phase? I'm located in Los Angeles in the South Bay area. [more inside]
posted by willnot on Dec 1, 2005 - 1 answer

Name that application: a client is looking to move their partner referral tracking online and I would like to avoid hand-coding a solution for various reasons. But I'm having trouble finding suitable "boxed" solutions as most Google results are for "referral tracking" of the spamish kind. Detailed description inside. [more inside]
posted by yerfatma on Feb 10, 2005 - 4 answers

I'd like to build (or have built for me) a comparison engine like FetchBook or BookkooB. Basically, a comparison engine that compares prices of books, and then if the user clicks over to buy the book from one of the affiliates, the program would append my account code, getting me a kickback on the referral.

I have no idea how to do this, or what it would cost to pay someone to do it. What would be the best way to figure this out? Are there any open source comparison engine scripts? If I had to pay someone to build something like this, what should I expect to pay? (I can do all the frontend work, just not the backend.)
posted by Alt F4 on Dec 22, 2004 - 19 answers

Is anyone keeping an updated list of "referral spam"-vertized websites? My referrer logs are being overrun - it's hard to keep up with all the new spammer sites that seem to pop up.
posted by jca on Dec 11, 2003 - 9 answers