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March 4, 2025

By Claudette Zolkowski

Small business owner shows a friend how easy it is to run payroll with SurePayroll.
Learn how you can collect unlimited rewards when your qualified referrals run payroll.

If you know someone who could use a little help processing payroll for their small business or household, tell them about SurePayroll® By Paychex.  

You can earn cash* and help them simplify a confusing, time-consuming task. It’s a win-win.

Even better. Referral rewards are unlimited, so your referral bonuses can add up.  

It’s simple. Share your custom referral link with colleagues, family, and friends. Tell them how SurePayroll helps you save time and money with its automated payroll software.  

You’ll collect a reward for each referral who signs up and meets the program criteria using your custom referral link.

Easy as 1-2-3

SurePayroll customers can grab their unique referral link by logging into their account and then clicking on the referral link, a gift box icon, next to their account name in the top left-hand navigation.  

  1. Login and copy your referral link.  
  1. Share it with people in your network via email, text, social, or business and neighborhood groups.  
  1. Collect your reward when your qualified referral signs up and runs payroll.  

Rewards Stack Up

Rewards are unlimited. That means there’s no limit to the number of rewards you can collect. Keep referring to unlock more rewards!  

Need some inspiration?  

The top 10 SurePayroll Referral Program referrers collected an average of nearly $4,600 each in rewards last year.

Earn a Year of Free Payroll

There’s more. SurePayroll customers who refer three qualified small business payroll customers within a year can also earn a free year of payroll service. That’s on top of the rewards for each qualified referral.

Not a customer? Not a problem.  

The SurePayroll Referral Program is open to everyone who wants to help others simplify small business payroll and household payroll. Just visit our referral program page to generate your unique referral link.  

Then start sharing!

Tips to Maximize Your Rewards

Get Started

The easiest way to get started is to take advantage of natural opportunities to tell your friends and colleagues about SurePayroll.

For example:  

  • Online Professional or Neighborhood Groups. If you see a post asking for input on what’s the best online payroll service, that’s a great opening to share your SurePayroll experience and your custom link.  
  • Business or Personal Conversations. When you hear someone talking about the stress of running payroll for their business or household, you can tell them about SurePayroll. Follow up with an email or text that recaps the benefits SurePayroll offers you along with your custom referral link.  

Ramp It Up

If you’re interested in taking your referral rewards to the next level, look for ways to create conversations about the benefits of automating payroll with SurePayroll.  

Check out these suggestions from our top referrers:  

  • Social Media. Create a post on your social media accounts that talks about how SurePayroll helps you simplify payroll and include your custom referral link. Plan to post more than once so you can expand your reach.  
  • Email. Add your unique referral code to your email signature line.
  • Website. Include your referral link on your personal and professional website.
  • Phone. Keep your referral link handy on your phone so you can quickly and easily copy and share it with your referral by text or email.  

Increase Your Social Media Outreach

Seek out places where people are already looking for information about online payroll providers. You can respond to messages by sharing your experience and your custom referral link. You can also follow up with direct messages inside the specific platform.  

Consider increasing your social media presence with profile posts as well as participation in groups geared toward small business owners, your industry and/or neighborhood organizations on platforms like:  

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Nextdoor
  • Snapchat

   

What Should I Say?  

The best advice is to be genuine and authentic about how SurePayroll helps you simplify payroll and payroll tax management for your small business or household.  

You can talk about the features you find especially useful, such as unlimited payroll runs, free direct deposit, or automatic payroll scheduling. If you think SurePayroll offers the best price for the service, share that. If you’ve gained time and relieved stress by automating your payroll with SurePayroll, your friends might find that valuable.  

Make sure to include your custom referral link. That’s what connects your referral to the reward program.

This information will help them make an informed decision. And when they use your custom referral link to become a qualified new customer, you’ll earn referral rewards.  

Track Your Progress

Use the SurePayroll Referral Program dashboard to track your progress. You’ll be able to track your total rewards, amount earned, and status on recent referrals.  

   

Who Does SurePayroll Help?  

You know why you picked SurePayroll. Here’s some background that can help supplement your conversations so you can help others decide.

SurePayroll helps simplify complex tasks like calculating and paying federal and state payroll taxes, helping our customers find more time to spend growing their businesses or caring for their families.  

For 25 years and counting, small business owners, nanny and household employers, and CPAs, accountants, and financial professionals trust SurePayroll to help them pay employees and file taxes.  

Backed by industry leader Paychex®—which pays 1 in 12 private sector employees—SurePayroll is an all-in-one provider for payroll, benefits, and HR services.

Online Payroll for Small Business

Popular features for small business owners include:  

  • Calculate payroll and pay employees from anywhere, anytime
  • Calculate, file, and deposit federal and state payroll taxes
  • Unlimited payroll runs
  • Free two-day direct deposit
  • Schedule payroll to run automatically
  • Onboarding support
  • 24/7 help, including live help evenings and Saturdays

Online Payroll for Nanny & Household  

Household employers can enjoy these features:  

  • Calculate payroll and pay employees from anywhere, anytime
  • Calculate, file, and deposit federal, state, and local payroll taxes
  • Unlimited payroll runs
  • Free two-day direct deposit
  • Schedule payroll to run automatically
  • Onboarding support
  • 24/7 help, including live help evenings and Saturdays

Another Option: Become a SurePayroll Reseller

Do you have a lot of small business clients who want payroll help? Learn how you could unlock additional revenue for your business with the SurePayroll Reseller Program.  

SurePayroll Referral Program FAQs  

Members of the SurePayroll Referral Reward Program have collected more than $1.3 million in rewards. Start now to get in on the action.  

How much can I earn for each referral reward?  

The referral payout varies based on promotions. Log into your SurePayroll account or visit the Referral Program website for the latest reward amounts. In previous years, the referral reward ranged from $100 to $599 per qualified referral.  

What is a qualified referral?  

A qualified referral is a referral that uses your custom link, signs up for SurePayroll, and runs their first payroll, and remains an active customer as outlined in the program terms and conditions.  

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