From creating your Circle to your first customer walking in. Every step, explained.
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A Circle is any group of verified business professionals who know and trust each other. When your group creates a Circle on Vouch, every member's professional trust becomes visible to the outside world.
40 professionals who meet regularly and refer clients
60 local business owners organized by city or region
35 industry professionals sharing expertise
25 members bonded by shared identity or values
A referral network of 40 accountants, lawyers, dentists, and consultants. They meet regularly, refer clients to each other, and trust each other's work. On Vouch, those 40 professionals become visible to every consumer in the city. Each member's profile shows "Vouched by 39 business owners" with real names and real professions. Their combined customer base of over 12,000 people can now discover any member through trust.
Any member of your network can start a Circle on Vouch and share the invite link.
They enter their business details, profession, and city. Takes under two minutes.
Only verified professionals appear in the Circle. Verification ensures every vouch is backed by a real, active business.
By joining a verified Circle, you're saying: "I know these people professionally and I stand behind this group." That act of joining is the vouch.
Your public profile now shows "Vouched by 38 business owners" with names and professions visible to every consumer and prospect.
Someone new to your city needs a dentist, an accountant, a contractor. On Google, 200 results with identical stars. On Vouch, businesses ranked by how many real professionals vouch for them. Names. Professions. Faces. They choose you because 38 people they can look up put their name on the line.
Browses businesses in their city, ranked by vouch count
"Vouched by 38 business owners" with real names and professions
Shows their Vouch ID. You see their name and how they found you
You mark them VIP. They feel known. They tell their friends.
This works for both types of businesses. A family finds your dental practice through vouch count. A restaurant owner finds your IT consulting firm because 3 businesses they already work with vouch for you. Whether customers walk through your door or hire you over a video call, the vouch count is what sets you apart.
Every consumer on Vouch gets a portable identity: a unique code they can say, type, or scan. It works at every Vouch business. When they show it, you see who they are instantly.
Their Vouch ID lives in their pocket. Saved to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet alongside their boarding passes and event tickets. No app to download. No card to carry. Just a code that says "I belong to this network."
For B2C businesses: Your customer walks in, shows the code, and you greet them by name from day one.
For B2B businesses: Your prospect reaches out with context already attached. You know which circle connected them, which businesses they already work with.
This is what makes Vouch different from every loyalty program, every coupon app, every review platform. It's not about transactions. It's about the warmth of being known.
You decide what VIP means at your business. Priority booking. A personal greeting. A standing table. A free first consultation. Whatever makes your best customers feel valued.
When a customer earns VIP at 3 businesses, their status rises across the entire network. They become a Vouch VIP. Businesses they've never visited can see: this person is trusted by 3 professionals I know. That changes how they're treated from the very first interaction.
In the old days, every local business owner knew their customers by name. "How are you doing? Is everything well?" That personal connection made local businesses irreplaceable.
Then big brands arrived. Digital-first. Deep marketing budgets. Faceless transactions. Local businesses started losing not because their service was worse, but because they became invisible online.
Vouch brings that personal connection back. Your circle's customers arrive with context. You know their name before the conversation starts. You treat them like someone a friend sent over. Because that's exactly what happened.
This is how local businesses compete in a digital world. Not with bigger budgets. With deeper belonging.
SaaS tools. Insurance providers. Equipment suppliers. Every business gets cold emails and cold calls. Most are irrelevant. On Vouch, pitches are matched to your actual needs and ranked before they reach you.
A dental supply company reaches dental clinics. A group insurance provider reaches businesses with the right team size. You see what's relevant. Everything else vanishes.
Swipe right if interested. Left to pass. Save for later. Review 10 pitches in under 2 minutes.
Track how many members have joined. See your circle's total consumer reach. Monitor needs fulfilled and pitches received. Compare your circle's performance against others in your city.
The dashboard gives you proof that it's working. And a reason to push adoption: "Your circle reached 1,200 consumers. The circle in the next city reached 4,800." That kind of visibility drives engagement naturally.
Your trust signal reaches further than your professional network. Residential communities, corporate campuses, and employee groups connect into the Vouch network. Your customer base becomes a community.
Your Vouch profile travels with you. Visit a Vouch business in any city worldwide and your trust history is already there. Saved to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.
Residential neighborhoods, corporate campuses, and employee groups are part of the network. When their members visit your business, you see the community connection.
Partner with circle members for bundled offers. A dentist and a wellness studio. An accountant and a legal firm. Trust makes co-marketing effortless.
108 founding spots per city. 6 months free. Founding rate locked for life.
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