# About running an agency
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944
**Category:** General
**Created:** [April 30, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944 "2024-04-30T04:16:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Stephen\_Hui](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Stephen_Hui)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944/1 "2024-04-30T04:16:20Z")
Hi, if running an agency and building an app for clients, once the app is developed, I will ask them to sign up with my referral link. However, if I want them to pay our agency and I pay Glide (as I will include some development service fee), what would be the best way, please? Should I use my email to create the account and settle the payment for them first, once they pay me, I remove my email from the app and add their email to it. Or are there any suggestions for it if I want to run an agency?
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944/2 "2024-04-30T05:18:28Z")
The recommended way to run an Agency is to purchase an Agency Plan.
You can then create new teams for your clients with 30 day trials, build an App in that team for your client, and transfer ownership of the team to your client once you are done.
> **[Agency Plan | Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/reference/account/experts/agency-plan)**
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> A custom Glide plan, exclusively for Certified Experts.
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### Author:  [@Stephen\_Hui](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Stephen_Hui)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944/3 "2024-04-30T05:45:17Z")
Thanks, Darren. Yes, I am on an agency plan already. Just to be clear, does it mean I will settle the payment with my credit card and I charge my client afterwards?
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 6:02am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944/4 "2024-04-30T06:02:03Z")
When you create a new team with an Agency Plan, you get a 30 day trial with no credit card required. Ideally, you would transfer the team to your client before the 30 days is up, so you should never have to pay for a clients App/Team with your own credit card.
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### Author:  [@Stephen\_Hui](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Stephen_Hui)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944/5 "2024-04-30T06:06:26Z")
Noted with thanks Darren.
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### Author:  [@Stephen\_Hui](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Stephen_Hui)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944/6 "2024-04-30T07:13:50Z")
In some cases, the client might want to pay the local currency or not pay with their credit card, if they pay me and I do a wire transfer or pay it with my card to Glide, is that possible?
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944/7 "2024-04-30T07:46:27Z")
I guess that’s up to you.
But it’s certainly not something I would do or recommend. The problem with that is you assume ongoing responsibility for the clients payments.
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### Author:  [@Stephen\_Hui](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Stephen_Hui)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944/8 "2024-04-30T08:26:06Z")
Got it, thanks 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/about-running-an-agency/72944/9 "2024-05-07T08:26:37Z")
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