Tampa Bay Chapter · Charter slot · Open now

This page could be
your plumbing page.

The plumbing slot in the Tampa Bay chapter has no business seated in it. When one clears verification, references, and the chapter vote, this exact URL becomes their member page: profile, services, specials, reviews, and a quote button pointed at their phone.

Everything below is what the seat is actually worth: how leads reach you, the math on the dues, and the five steps to apply.

See the math

Reserved

The plumbing member page, waiting on a name.

No placeholder company, no stock logo, no fake reviews. The slot is empty until a business earns it, and this is the shell that becomes theirs on day one.

Logo

Your company name

Verified Plumbing member · Tampa Bay chapter

Services & pricing you control

Vetted license, insurance & bond

Current chapter specials

Homeowner reviews & quote button

Indexed under collectivetrust.us and linked from the public chapter roster, a credibility page and a backlink your own site keeps the benefit of.

What the seat actually delivers

How plumbing work finds you here.

Every other seated trade has techs and reps inside homes across Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Brandon. When they see plumbing work, they log it, and it routes to the one business holding this slot.

Remediation → Plumbing

Find the source, not just the damage.

A mitigation crew drying a laundry room traces the moisture to a corroded supply manifold nobody has looked at since the house was built. They log it before the fans come out, and your repipe quote is in front of the homeowner the same afternoon.

Flooring → Plumbing

The subfloor told on the toilet.

A flooring installer pulling up tile in a master bath finds a rotted flange and a soft subfloor. The job stops until it's fixed, and it stops with your quote attached, not with the homeowner opening a search tab.

HVAC → Plumbing

A water heater on borrowed time.

An HVAC tech doing a maintenance call photographs a 14-year-old tank streaked with rust at the seam. Routed to you with the age, model, and location. No cold call, no windshield time, no bidding war.

And it runs the other way

Your techs are under every sink and behind every wall in the chapter's service area. Water stains, failing panels, soft baseboards, fogged windows, you see them first, you log them, and your company collects the referral fee when they close.

The workflow

Spot → route → quote → close → paid.

CRM agnostic. Leads land in the system you already use, and the chapter dashboard tracks every one from the moment it's spotted to the moment the referral fee settles.

  1. 01

    A member spots it

    Any chapter tech, rep, or affiliate on the property logs the opportunity from their phone in under a minute, photos, address, urgency, and homeowner consent captured at the source.

  2. 02

    It routes to your trade

    The chapter routes it to the one seated business in that category. You. No auction, no shared lead, no four-competitor race to call first.

  3. 03

    You quote it hot

    The quote goes out while the homeowner is still thinking about the problem, with the option to attach a limited-time chapter offer to create urgency.

  4. 04

    It closes, won or lost

    Every lead must resolve. Won with a job value, or lost with a documented reason the chapter can audit. Nothing goes dark on the dashboard.

  5. 05

    The referral fee settles

    Collective Trust escrows the fee and remits it company to company. Clean for the books, clean for taxes, no member chasing another member for money.

The math

What the plumbing slot has to return.

Starts with typical ticket and close rates for this trade, drag the inputs to your own numbers and every figure below updates live. Not a guarantee, just a way to check whether the dues can pencil for your business.

Jobs won / mo

7.3

Modeled revenue / mo

$24,752

Your numbers

Trade default for this slot: 14 per month at a 52% close rate on a $3,400 ticket.

Break-even

At $3,400 average ticket, $1,000/mo in dues is covered by a fraction of one job, about 29% of a single plumbing sale per month. Everything past that is margin, minus the referral fee your trade publishes on won jobs.

Charter membership

$1,000

per month · flat

One-time onboarding
$500
Refundable capital deposit
$1,500
Per-lead fees
$0
Year one dues + onboarding
$12,500
Modeled year-one revenue
$297,024
Modeled return
23.8x

Referral fees on won jobs are separate from dues and set by each trade as a flat amount or a percentage of invoice, within a published min and max. The capital deposit is a 12-month probationary period: refunded in full if you leave, or converted to equity shares in the chapter when you renew.

1 seated · 19 open

Next steps

How a business earns this slot.

Dues do not buy a seat. Applications are declined when a business fails verification, references, or the chapter vote, and the trade stays open until someone clears the bar.

Step 01

Submit your application

Business name, license, insurance, and five homeowner references. Takes about ten minutes.

Step 02

Verification

We verify your state license and insurance directly with the issuing bodies, and review background and lien history.

Step 03

Reference calls

We contact your homeowner references ourselves. No forms, no screenshots. Actual conversations.

Step 04

Chapter interview & vote

You meet the seated members. Admission requires their unanimous approval, which is exactly what makes the slot worth holding.

Step 05

Onboarding & go live

Your member page goes up on this URL, your team gets portal access, your referral fee range is published, and leads start routing.

State license and insurance verified before any vote

Minimum three years operating under the same business name

Five homeowner references contacted directly

Background and lien history reviewed

Unanimous approval from the seated chapter members

Removed from the roster for unresolved complaints

One plumbing business in Tampa Bay. The slot is open.

Start the application and we'll begin verification within two business days. If your trade isn't the right fit, we'll tell you before you spend any money.

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