Sponsoring agents
Sponsorship vs. joining your team
When to sponsor an agent and when to bring them onto your brokerage team instead.
Both let another person work from your numbers, but they mean different things. Choosing the right one avoids surprises about branding and billing.
Sponsor an agent when…
The agent is your customer or partner, not your employee.
They should keep their own brand on their client-facing sheets.
You only want to supply your rates, and maybe cover a seat.
Bring them onto your team when…
The agent is part of your brokerage.
They should share your logo, contact block, and default rates.
You want consistent, on-brand sheets across everyone.
Good to know: A team invite places the agent inside your organization and shares your state and settings. A sponsorship leaves the agent in their own organization and only records that you are the sponsor — so a sponsored agent always keeps their own state and branding.