Question
We are a cellphone repair centre and we are looking to increase our sales by going to kiosks that sell cellphone and get the sales opeople there to refer some customers to our store .However we want to be able track where the traffic is coming from so that we can pay that associate 5 to 10 percent commission for every customer he refers to is . we were planning on handing out business cards with a particular barcode for each individual kiosk but not sure if it can be done properly.
Answer
Have you thought about handing out coupons to these partners with unique Coupon Codes for each partner? While your barcode idea is similar, the coupon could motivate prospective customers to value the referral even more.