Refer NDIS providers to GuardRail. Earn 10% of Year-1 MRR.
For NDIS plan managers, accountants, peak bodies, software vendors, and quality consultancies — partner up with GuardRail and turn the compliance questions your customers already ask you into a recurring revenue stream. No exclusivity, monthly payouts, lightweight MOU.
Built by Off The Ground Agency, an Australian civic-tech and SaaS studio. GuardRail is registered via the Stripe Atlas pathway under Off The Ground Pty Ltd (ABN 83 696 833 084).
How it works
One tagged link does the heavy lifting. We handle the rest.
We give you a tagged link
Each partner gets their own short URL — e.g. guardrailcompliance.com.au/r/yourname. Drop it in client emails, your website, an LMS module, a member newsletter, or a 1:1 conversation. Attribution is automatic.
Your customer signs up
They get the free tier — one NDIS Core Module scan per 12 months, the full template library, AI System Inventory, and audit-pack PDF export. Zero credit card. They never need to mention you — the link does it.
Attribution lands automatically
The tagged link writes a 90-day cookie. If they sign up immediately, you're credited. If they bookmark the page, come back next week, and then sign up — you're still credited.
They upgrade, you get paid
When the customer upgrades to Professional (A$149/mo or A$1,490/yr), you earn 10% of Year-1 MRR — about A$15/mo recurring, paid monthly for the first 12 months. No clawbacks for cancellations after the first 90 days.
Who this fits
We pair best with partners whose existing service is orthogonalto compliance scanning — different layer, same customer. Below is not exhaustive; if your service touches NDIS providers and isn't an audit-prep consultancy, you almost certainly fit.
What your customers actually get
Free tier is a real free tier — not a 14-day trial, not a 3-scan tease. Customers can use GuardRail indefinitely on the free tier and still get real audit-prep value. Many will. Some will upgrade to Professional. You earn on the upgraders.
Free tier covers:
- One NDIS Core Module scan per 12 months — all 14 outcomes, 24 indicators
- Full policy template library, downloadable, no signup required
- AI System Inventory for Privacy Act ADM amendment readiness
- Compliance dashboard with per-framework progress
- Auditor-pack PDF export
Frameworks GuardRail covers:
- Privacy Act 1988 — Automated Decision-Making amendments (commences 10 Dec 2026)
- NDIS Practice Standards Core Module (14 outcomes / 24 indicators)
- NDIS Practice Standards Supplementary Modules (beta — expanding coverage through 2026)
- Voluntary AI Safety Standard — 10 Guardrails (DISR, September 2024)
Terms at a glance
The full referral agreement runs to one page and we send it on first commission earned. The shape is:
- Commission rate
- 10% of Year-1 Monthly Recurring Revenue per upgraded customer
- Payout cadence
- Monthly, in arrears, in AUD
- Attribution window
- 90-day cookie + localStorage from first click on your tagged link
- Exclusivity
- None — refer to whoever you want, however you want
- Reciprocation
- Zero required — you don't need to send business our way for us to send our customers tools
- Clawback policy
- Customer cancels within 90 days: no commission earned. After 90 days: commission paid through to the end of Month 12 regardless
- Reporting
- Monthly summary email with signups, upgrades, and commission owed
- MOU
- Lightweight 1-page letter, no exclusivity clauses, no IP transfers. Custom structures welcome
How attribution works under the hood
Three sentences of plain English: when a customer lands on GuardRail via your tagged link, we drop a 90-day cookie identifying you as the referring partner. When they sign up — immediately, the same day, or any time in the next 90 days — the cookie writes your partner code into their account metadata. When they upgrade to Professional later (could be Day 3, could be Day 60, could be Day 300), the attribution survives all the way through to Stripe and into the commission ledger.
What this means in practice: you can't accidentally lose a referral by sending the link in one email and the upgrade nudge in another, three weeks later. The cookie does the bookkeeping.
Frequently asked
Why 10%? Other SaaS programs offer 20-30%.
Honest answer: we'd rather pay 10% sustainably over the customer's Year-1 lifetime than 30% upfront and have to discount the product to make the unit economics work. The Year-1 economics are what fund Year-2+ retention investment. Custom structures (higher one-time, lower recurring) are available for partners who'd prefer that shape — just ask.
What does my customer actually get from the free tier?
One NDIS Core Module scan per 12 months covering all 14 outcomes and 24 indicators. The full policy template library (downloadable PDFs, no signup required). AI System Inventory module for Privacy Act ADM amendment readiness. Compliance dashboard. Auditor-pack PDF export. Free tier is genuinely useful — not a 7-day trial, not a 3-scan tease, just a real free tier.
Will GuardRail try to sell my customer something I don't offer?
We sell GuardRail Professional and Enterprise. We do not sell consulting hours, audit-prep services, or anything else that competes with the consultancies, accountants, or plan managers we partner with. If your customer asks us 'who should we get for X?' we send them back to you.
How do you handle data?
Customer data stays in Australia. Documents are stored in Supabase Sydney. AI processing (Google Gemini) happens in transit only — no training on customer data, no third-party retention. Sub-processors are listed in our privacy policy. We follow the Privacy Act and align with the Voluntary AI Safety Standard's 10 Guardrails.
What if I have a few high-value NDIS providers I want to introduce personally?
Email us at hello@offtheground.agency with the name and we'll schedule a warm intro with whoever owns the account at GuardRail. The referral attribution still applies even when the conversation starts in person — your tagged link can be sent in the follow-up email and the cookie attaches at signup.
Can my consultancy white-label GuardRail's scan output?
Yes — the Enterprise tier supports white-labelled PDF exports and multi-tenant workspace switching. Pricing is per-consultant seat. Contact us to scope.
What if I want exclusivity in my region or vertical?
We're not currently offering geographic or vertical exclusivity at the 10% tier — too early in the program to lock out other channels. If you'd like to discuss an exclusive arrangement at a different commission shape, the conversation is open. Email us.
How do I get paid?
Monthly EFT to an Australian bank account. We'll send you a referral agreement to sign on first commission earned, then invoices/remittance every month. Foreign-bank arrangements available for international partners via Wise or equivalent — we'll absorb the FX cost for the first A$5k of commission per partner.
Ready to refer your first NDIS provider?
Email us with your organisation name and the slug you'd like for your tagged link. We'll send back the link plus a one-page partner agreement.
Existing partners: your monthly commission summary lands on the 5th of each month. Questions about a specific referral? Reply to that email or contact hello@offtheground.agency.