Referral Partners

Refer the work you don't do. Earn on it anyway.

Industrial and product design studios, job shops, EMS providers, consultancies and advisors all reach the same point: a client needs manufacturing you don't offer. Today you either lose them or refer for free. Send them to OperGo instead — engineer-led quoting, IP protected from the first file, one team from prototype to production — and earn a referral commission on the business, with your own core work untouched.

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Who partners with us

If your clients outgrow what you offer, refer them here.

Industrial & product design studios

You design the product; we make it manufacturable and produce it — without ever competing on concept or brand work. The point where a finished design needs a factory becomes recurring revenue for you.

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Single-process shops

3D printing bureaus, CNC-only and sheet-metal-only shops. When a client outgrows what you run — needs tooling, a second process, or real volume — refer the overflow instead of losing the account. Our own 3D printing is one of eleven in-house processes for prototypes and low-volume parts, not a desktop print service competing with yours.

Electronics & EMS providers

You handle the PCB and assembly; we handle the enclosure, mechanics and finishing for the non-electronic half of the product. Complementary work, never a competitive conflict.

Engineering consultancies

The same pattern as studios, on the technical side: you specify and validate the design, we turn the CAD into repeatable production and scale it with the client.

Accelerators & hardware VCs

Every hardware company in your portfolio has to get built. One relationship gives all of them a manufacturing partner that protects their IP from the first file and scales from prototype to production.

IP & patent attorneys

Your hardware clients need to prototype and produce under strict confidentiality. Every OperGo project starts under a mutual NDA in an isolated project space — a low-risk introduction that reinforces the IP protection you already advise on.

The referral

How the partnership works.

01

Introduce your client

Send us the project, or introduce us directly to your client — whichever fits your relationship.

02

We quote and manufacture

Your client gets the same engineer-led quote and production process as any other OperGo project.

03

You earn a referral commission

On the business you bring, for as long as the relationship runs — exact terms confirmed when you partner with us.

Referral partners, answered

Won't you just take my client?

No — we do manufacturing, not the concept design, PCB, or advisory work our partners do. We coordinate the build with you in the loop, not around you, and how involved you stay in the ongoing relationship is up to you and your client.

I run a 3D printing or single-process shop — aren't you a competitor?

No. Our 3D printing is one of eleven in-house processes, positioned for prototypes and low-volume parts alongside CNC, injection molding, sheet metal and more. We're where your clients go when they outgrow a single process and need tooling or volume — not a desktop print service competing for your day-to-day work.

How much is the referral commission?

It depends on the project and volume, so we confirm exact terms when you partner with us rather than publishing one number for every case — reach out and we'll work it out together.

Is my client's IP protected?

Yes — every project starts under its own mutual NDA with OperGo, in an isolated project space, from the first file. Any agreements you already have with your client are unaffected.

What kinds of partners do you work with?

Industrial and product design studios, single-process job shops, EMS providers, engineering consultancies, hardware accelerators and VCs, and IP attorneys — anyone whose clients eventually need manufacturing they don't provide themselves.

How do we get started?

Reach out and tell us about your business and the kind of clients you'd refer — we'll set up the partnership terms and you can start sending projects our way.

Partner with us

Send us the work you don't do.

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