What is referral service vs broker?

Referral service vs broker: A referral service passes your inquiry to funding partners who present their own offers. A broker negotiates and arranges the transaction for you.

How it works

Manufactor Finance is a referral service. We collect your inquiry with your consent, qualify it, and refer it to up to 3 funding partners. Those partners communicate every offer, rate, term, and state disclosure directly to you. We do not quote rates or terms, compare or rank offers, negotiate, or prepare a partner's application. Partners pay us a referral fee when a referred account funds or activates, and what a partner pays never affects which partners receive your inquiry.

Referral service vs broker questions

A referral service passes your inquiry to funding partners who present their own offers. A broker negotiates and arranges the transaction for you.

Manufactor Finance is a referral service. We collect your inquiry with your consent, qualify it, and refer it to up to 3 funding partners. Those partners communicate every offer, rate, term, and state disclosure directly to you. We do not quote rates or terms, compare or rank offers, negotiate, or prepare a partner's application. Partners pay us a referral fee when a referred account funds or activates, and what a partner pays never affects which partners receive your inquiry.

Free PDF

Funding Requirements Checklist for US manufacturers

See exactly what underwriters actually look at — for factoring, PO financing, equipment, working capital, ABL, and SBA — before you fill out a single application.

  • What documents you need for each program
  • Typical time-to-fund by program
  • Common disqualifiers worth knowing up front
  • How Manufactor Finance is compensated — $0 fees to you
3-page PDF · No application, origination, or closing fees to you · We're a independent referral service, not a bank.
See the full requirements breakdown

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Consent and disclosures

No phone number provided — we'll reply by email only. Add a phone above if you'd also like a call or text.

Manufactor Finance is an independent business financing referral service — not a bank, lender, private equity firm, or investor.

We collect the information you enter to respond to your request and, if you ask to be contacted, to share it with up to three funding partners. See our Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy.

No pressure, no obligation, no fees to you.

Educational only — not an offer to lend or a rate quote. Downloading a free guide or tool does not create a brokerage, advisory, or fiduciary relationship with Manufactor Finance.

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Questions before you apply? A specialist can walk through this checklist with you, no pressure and no obligation.

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