Roofing is the only D2D vertical where the rep's commission depends on what the subcontractor charges and what the insurance carrier ultimately pays. A signed $32,000 retail roof might net $11,000 of gross profit — or it might net $5,400 after the GC finds rotted decking. A storm job might pay $18,000 today and another $4,200 in supplements next month. Generic commission software can't model this.D2DHQ does.
Gross profit percentage vs. contract percentage
Roofing splits into two compensation philosophies:
- GP percentage.Rep earns a percentage (typically 30–50%) of the job's gross profit after material, sub-labor, and direct overhead. Aligns the rep with margin protection. Used by most established retail and storm shops.
- Contract percentage. Rep earns a flat percentage (typically 5–10%) of contract value. Simpler to calculate, harder to defend on thin-margin jobs. Common in high-volume retail or new-rep ramp programs.
- Hybrid. Flat percentage of contract value with a GP-percentage kicker above a margin threshold. D2DHQ supports this natively.
D2DHQ updates GP commission as job costs settle.No spreadsheet recompute, no “wait for the bookkeeper to finalize” pause in payroll.
Canvasser / closer splits
Storm and retail roofing typically run a two-stage motion. A canvasser walks the neighborhood (after a hail event for storm; cold-knocking for retail), inspects the roof, and books the appointment. A closer — usually a more experienced rep with adjuster experience — runs the inspection, builds the scope, and signs the contract. The commission splits between them.
Typical splits: 70/30 to 90/10 in the closer's favor, depending on how much technical work the closer does (insurance scope, supplements, adjuster coordination). D2DHQ keeps the splits clean across initial commission, supplements, and overrides.
Retail vs. insurance restoration
Retail roofing is a simpler commission calc: contract value, GP, percentage, done. Insurance restoration is messier.The carrier pays the initial scope, you build the job, the GC finds additional damage, you submit a supplement, the carrier approves part of it three weeks later, the customer's deductible recovery affects the net to the company, and depreciation withholds get released only on completion. The rep's commission lives across all these events.
D2DHQ handles both modes — retail commissions settle quickly, insurance commissions flow across the multiple events the carrier triggers — without ops needing to know which is which.
Supplement chasing
Supplements are roofing's hidden revenue. The original carrier scope misses 5–25% of the actual work, the GC documents the gap, you file a supplement request, and weeks later the carrier approves all or part of it. That additional revenue is mostly margin. Most roofing teams pay the rep their normal commission percentage on supplements.
When a supplement lands, the rep's commission posts on that cycle — without anybody manually editing a spreadsheet to find the original deal three months later.
Job-cost overruns and clawbacks
The hardest commission conversation in roofing is the overrun. The job sold at $11,000 GP; the actuals came in at $4,800 GP because the underlayment and decking surprises blew the budget. Some teams claw back commission on overruns above a threshold; some eat the loss. D2DHQ supports either policy. Reps see the clawback on the same statement that triggered it, with the explanation baked in.
QuickBooks for roofing
Your bookkeeper opens QuickBooks on payday morning and the run is reconciled. Initial commissions, supplements, overrides, clawbacks — all on the right cycle. QuickBooks Online today; Desktop on the roadmap. See the dedicated QuickBooks commission integration page.
Configure your messiest commission rules.
After the one-time $500 setup fee, we'll collect the files for insurance, supplements, canvasser/closer splits, and overruns, then configure and audit the workflow against a real job. Setup takes 5–7 business days after the required files arrive and includes a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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