Cartelier Partner Program
Help preserve your city’s restaurant history.
You know the restaurants that define your city — and the people who run them. Cartelier partners invite those restaurants to claim their archive and, when a restaurant chooses to support the preservation effort as a Cartelier Patron, partners share in that support.
How it works
01
Apply
Tell us who you are and which restaurants you know. A person reviews every application — food writers, chefs, photographers, hospitality professionals.
02
Invite restaurants
Find a restaurant in the archive (or add it), then send its owners a personal invitation to claim their history. Your referral link works everywhere else.
03
They claim, free
The restaurant verifies ownership and takes over its record. Claiming never costs anything — your invitation is a gift, not a pitch.
04
Earn when they support
Cartelier Patron membership is $100/year per venue. Approved partners earn a commission when an eligible restaurant they onboarded becomes a Patron. Exact terms are shown on approval.
Who partners are
Food writers and critics. Chefs and bartenders with deep local ties. Photographers who shoot dining rooms. Restaurant consultants, publicists, historians. If restaurants trust you with their story, you can help them preserve it.
Partners get a personal referral page — cartelier.io/you — a dashboard tracking every invitation from first click to conversion, and marketing assets in Cartelier’s voice.
The essentials
- Patron membership
- $100 / year per venue
- Partner commission
- Half of the first year’s support
- Cost to the restaurant
- Never marked up
Commission applies to a venue’s first Patron payment; renewals fund the archive. Full terms are provided with approval.