Add and refer clients to your partner dashboard

Adding a client to your dashboard gives you full access to your client's payroll account, including the ability to run payroll and view reports. New Gusto clients added from this page will count towards the Partner program.

1. Click the Dashboard tab.
2. Click Add clients.

Add client details to create their Gusto account

1. Enter your client's business's legal name.
2. Enter your client's email address, first and last name, and we'll invite them to create an admin account.
   • Do not use a temporary email address, or use your email to create the account. If you do, make sure you go back and change it to the client's email address.
3. Click Save & continue.
4. Set up a default billing method for your clients: 
   • The client with revenue sharing for your firm: Bill my client at the standard rate and receive a monthly revenue share from Gusto.
   • The client with a discount: Bill my client at our discounted rate.
   • Your firm with a discount: Bill my firm at our discounted rate.
5. Click Add client to Gusto.
6. If you’ve invited your client to create their admin account, select who will get them ready to run payroll. You and your client will both still have access to your client’s newly created Gusto account.
   
   • I’ll continue setting up payroll: We’ll guide you through payroll setup for your client. Your client will still have access to collaborate.
   • My client will handle their own setup: We’ll let your client know that you've given them access to their Gusto account, and we’ll guide them through payroll setup. You'll still have access to collaborate.
   • I’ll set up later: You’ll see the new client(s) on the “Clients” page in the “In setup” section. Click Continue setup to start getting your client account ready for Gusto.

Continue through payroll setup, where you'll enter details about your client’s business and select the best plan for your client’s business.

If you're an administrative user or admin on the client's Gusto account, the client will automatically show up on your Partner Dashboard.

If your client is missing from your Partner Dashboard, have the primary administrator for that client add you as an accountant administrator and enter the email address associated with your Gusto accountant account. Once you're added, this client will automatically show up in your Partner Dashboard. 

Note: If you don't create the account from your Partner Dashboard, it will not be eligible for the partner discount.

Gusto Partners (accountants) who refer Gusto to a non-client business using their link can earn a $300 or $600 Visa gift card. Get higher rewards during our End-Of-Year-Bonus program (details below). 

Refer a business that's not a client

This type of referral does not give you administrative access to the company’s payroll or reports. If you’d like administrative access, add a new client or an existing client from your Dashboard.

1. Sign in to your Partner account.
2. Go to the Refer & earn section. From here, you have multiple options for sharing:
   • Click Copy link to send via your preferred communication method
   • Select to share the link on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn.
   • Invite them by email—enter the email address(es) directly on the page.
     •  From there, you can preview, and click Send email.

After the business you referred signs up and pays their first invoice, both you and the referred business will get your gift cards. You can check the referral status at the bottom of the Refer & Earn section. Payouts happen 30 days after any free trial ends and the company has paid their first Gusto bill.

End-Of-Year Bonus program

Dates: Oct 23, 2024–Jan 31, 2025

• Increased Referrer Bonus: Referrers now earn $500 (up from $300).
• Referee Bonus: Stays the same at $100.

Bonus payouts

• Companies with 9 or fewer employees:
• Referrers get $500
• Referees get $100
• Companies with 10 or more employees:
• Referrers get $1,000
• Referees get $200

Direct Payout Option: Referrers with more than 1 successful referral can now get direct ACH payouts to a checking account. This ACH feature may continue after this campaign ends.

If you need to remove a company from the firm dashboard, change the client to be the primary admin and/or signatory if they're not already. 

Make sure the client is then set up to be billed to themselves, not billed to your partner firm.

Once the client is the primary admin of their own Gusto account, and billing has been updated, reach out to the client and ask that they remove you as a payroll administrator.