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Where we stand today
We don’t have partnerships to announce yet, and we won’t claim ones we don’t have. PointCPD is a young platform built by a practising builder, and our priority so far has been getting the module content, the assessment engine, and the accreditation model genuinely right before adding partnership complexity on top. That said, partnerships are a real and near-term interest for us, not an afterthought — the model works well in this industry (the big merchant and association tie-ups in this trade prove the channel has real reach), and we’d like to build our own version of it on our own terms.
Who we’d like to work with
Three kinds of partners make sense for where PointCPD is right now: industry associations (state and national builder associations who want a modern, interactive CPD offering to point their members toward), suppliers and merchants (the trade-supply channel that already reaches builders daily and could co-brand or bundle CPD access alongside existing purchases), and licensing-adjacent services (companies already serving licensed builders — insurance, compliance software, accounting — who might want to bundle genuine CPD access as part of their own offering).
What we’d bring to a partnership
The honest pitch is our product, not our size — we’re small, but the module player, the assessment engine, and the points ledger are built properly: real interactive scenarios rather than passive video, unlimited assessment attempts with instant per-question feedback, instant PDF certificates, and a CPD standing calculation that’s live and auditable rather than a static annual report. A partner co-branding or bundling PointCPD access is putting their members or customers in front of a genuinely good learning experience, not a thin compliance wrapper.
What we’re not going to do
We’re not going to announce a partnership before it’s real, and we’re not going to imply an association or endorsement we haven’t actually secured. Builder CPD is a trust-sensitive category — claims about who recognises or endorses a course matter to a builder’s actual licence, and we take that seriously enough not to shortcut it for a marketing headline. If you ever see a partnership claim on this site, it will be backed by something real and verifiable, the same way our course accreditation claims are backed by an actual approval reference rather than a general assertion.
What a real partnership conversation looks like
If you represent an association, a supplier or merchant, or a licensing-adjacent service and want to explore working together, we’re genuinely interested in hearing the specifics — what your members or customers actually need, what a co-branded or bundled offering would look like from your side, and what timeline makes sense. We’re a small team, which means these conversations happen directly with the people actually building the platform, not through several layers of business development process.
What working with a licensing-adjacent service could look like
Companies already serving licensed builders — insurance providers, compliance and safety software, accounting and business services aimed at trades — have an existing relationship with exactly our target customer, without directly competing with what we offer. A realistic partnership here might mean bundling genuine PointCPD access as part of an existing product or membership, or a simple referral arrangement in both directions. We’re open to exploring what makes sense given a specific partner’s existing offering.
Referral is a related but separate thing
If you’re an individual builder rather than an organisation, our referral programme is the relevant page — refer a colleague, both of you get value out of it. Partnerships, as described on this page, are specifically about organisational relationships (associations, suppliers, licensing-adjacent services), not individual referrals.
Get in touch
If you represent an organisation and want to talk about working together, contact us directly and tell us who you are and what you’re thinking — real requirements from real potential partners shape what we build here just as much as feedback from individual builders does.