What KANINE pays trainers
KANINE Trainer Partner Program: every payment, in plain terms
KANINE discloses every payment that a trainer can get in the KANINE Trainer Partner Program. The figures on this page are the figures that KANINE charges and pays.
Two channels
For each dog that a trainer sells with a KANINE Passport, the trainer chooses one channel.
- Reseller (preferred)
- The trainer buys a KANINE license at a wholesale price and resells it to the agency at its own price, on the same quote as the dog.
- Referral
- The agency gets one seat free for 6 months. If the agency then buys, the trainer earns one referral payment.
Reseller channel: wholesale licenses
One license is one seat-year of KANINE Cloud. The list price is $240. The trainer pays the wholesale price of its tier.
| Licenses in the last 12 months | Price of one license | Off the list price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | $192 | 20% |
| 5 to 19 | $180 | 25% |
| 20 or more | $168 | 30% |
- The trainer sets its own resale price. The difference between the resale price and the wholesale price is the trainer's margin.
- The tier counts every license that the trainer paid for in the last 12 months, across all agencies, including the new license. A refunded license does not count. There is no later price adjustment.
- KANINE charges each license to the trainer's card on file when the trainer issues the Passport. There is no inventory and no pre-buy.
- If the trainer revokes the Passport before the agency claims it, KANINE refunds the license in full. After the claim, the license is not refunded.
- The wholesale price applies only to a dog that passes every history check below. For a dog that fails a check, the trainer can resell at the list price of $240 with no margin, or use the referral channel.
- On a sale of a qualified dog, the trainer can add up to 200 extra seats for the same agency. Each extra seat is one more license at the trainer's tier.
- At the claim, the agency gets a prepaid seat for 365 days for each license.
- KANINE bills every renewal directly to the agency, at the list price of $240. The trainer earns nothing on renewals.
History checks for the wholesale price
A dog qualifies for the wholesale price only if it passes all six checks when the trainer issues the Passport. The trainer sees each check, its value, and its limit before the sale. KANINE keeps the result with the sale for audit. A second signer is not necessary.
| Check | Rule to pass |
|---|---|
| Sealed training records | At least 10 sealed training records in the Passport |
| Span of training | At least 28 days from the first training date to the last |
| Distinct training days | Training on at least 6 different dates |
| Timely records | At least 70% of the records sealed within 7 days of their training date |
| No burst of seals | At most 8 records sealed in any 60-minute window |
| Time in the program | The dog was in KANINE for at least 28 days before the sale |
A dog that fails a check can still get a Passport. The Passport then uses the referral channel, or a resale at the list price.
Referral channel: one referral payment
At the claim, the agency gets one seat free for 6 months. The seat belongs to the agency, not to one person.
- If the agency then buys, the trainer earns 15% of the agency's first purchase for that seat. At the list price of $240, that is $36.
- It is one payment. The trainer earns nothing on renewals.
- It applies only to a new paid seat. A replacement dog for a handler who already has a paid seat earns nothing.
- KANINE pays it 90 days after KANINE collects the invoice. A refund or a payment dispute on that invoice cancels it.
- If the agency does not buy within 90 days after the free months end, no payment is due.
Agency invitation credit
A handler can name the trainer of a dog and invite that trainer to the program. If KANINE approves the trainer, the agency that sent the invitation gets a credit of one seat-year ($240) on its next KANINE invoice.
- The credit goes to the agency, never to an individual officer.
- There is no limit on the number of credits for one agency.
- The trainer gets nothing from this credit.
How KANINE pays trainers
- Before KANINE can pay, the trainer completes the Stripe Connect onboarding, which includes its tax details.
- At first, a person at KANINE sends each payout by hand after the hold ends.
- KANINE calculates and pays in US dollars. The trainer is responsible for the tax on each payment.
What the agency is told
Each claim email and each cover sheet tells the agency which channel applies, with one of these statements:
- Referral
- This program earns a referral payment if your agency subscribes.
- Reseller (preferred)
- This program resells KANINE and sets its own price.
A trainer must not remove or hide the statement. A trainer must not pass any part of a payment to an agency, an agency employee, or a public official.
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