Join our accountant referral program

Bank-to-bank payments are changing the way businesses get paid. Partner with us to shape the future of payments for your clients. You’ll receive dedicated support from a partnership manager, access to materials and training on GoCardless and earn commission for successful client referrals.

Become a partner

Benefits of becoming a GoCardless accountant partner

Help your clients get paid easier & waste less time on chasing payments

We’re leading the way in facilitating bank-to-bank payments. Over 75K+ businesses use us to help collect recurring and one-off payments saving them time and money

Earn commission for successful referrals

You’ll receive a one-off bonus for each new client you refer to GoCardless through your unique referral link. Once they start collecting payments through GoCardless, you will qualify for the referral bonus.

Access to training & sales material

We’ll provide you with bespoke sales material and training about GoCardless so you can add even more value to your clients when it comes to payment collection

350+ partner app integrations

GoCardless has integrations with the likes of Xero, Quickbooks and Sage. Your clients can seamlessly integrate our solution with the software they already use to run their business, to manage everything in one place.

What are the steps involved?

Once you've registered interest in becoming a partner, our accountant partnership team will get in touch within 2 working days to find out more about your company and to discuss the program.

They'll provide you with a unique referral link for your accountancy/ bookkeeping firm to share with clients to track your referral activity and ensure that we can reward you for successful merchant activations accordingly. They'll also discuss campaign ideas and materials you can share with clients to understand whether GoCardless is the right solution for them.

Start promoting GoCardless to your clients through informational pages on your website, email follow ups or any other channels. Our partnership team can help support you with any questions and will provide feedback on the performance of the campaign at the end of each month. If you have driven successful merchant activations, we'll share a report with you to raise an invoice so we can pay you for your successful merchant referrals.

What are the benefits of GoCardless?

End late payments

Easy for your customers to make instant, one-off payments. Or set them up for automated payments, so neither of you has to lift a finger.

No more chasing

With GoCardless, you don’t have to rely on your customers remembering to pay on time. Saving you all those costly hours chasing up late payments.

Automate admin

Easily see the status of any payment from any customer, any time. And if you connect GoCardless to your accounting system, reconciliation is automatic.

Forget expensive fees

GoCardless collects direct bank payments. Meaning no card fees. And with all that wasted admin time cut away, the savings really stack up.

FAQs

Any accounting or bookkeeping practice with a functioning website, and a qualification or practice licence with a leading accounting body can become a partner.

If you are neither an accounting or bookkeeping practice, but think you have a relevant audience to GoCardless or could benefit from being recommended our product, please still get in touch with the team at affiliates@gocardless.com as we're always happy to discuss opportunities.

We pay a one-off fixed bonus payment for each new merchant you refer to GoCardless who clicks on your unique referral link and starts collecting payments through GoCardless.

Starting commission for our accountancy partnerships is from £150 for merchant activations but is subject to change at discretion of GoCardless team and may be lower or higher dependent on the client sizes you serve.

This will be discussed with your partnership manager when you sign up.

As part of our monthly performance reporting, you will receive insights into the number of merchants who have signed up to GoCardless (this is a non-commissionable event); along with the number of merchants who have become revenue active. Reports and payments will be issued on a monthly basis.

Customer story

“As a business owner, GoCardless makes me feel secure. I never wake up in the middle of the night worrying about payments.”

James Symes, CEO, Bike Club

See what Bike Club and other businesses have to say

Ready to join our accountant referrer programme?

Become a Partner

Alternatively email the team at affiliates@gocardless.com with any queries or opportunities.

Become a Partner