Automating TYFCB

Ms. Victoria Satterthwaite

May 11, 2026 15:56

My billing system is fully automated. Monthly invoices are issued automatically, both for BNI clients and for clients referred by BNI members.

Manually entering TYFCB every month for recurring clients creates significant administrative work that duplicates processes handled automatically by the billing system.

It made me think that perhaps BNI could eventually offer a recurring TYFCB option where a member could enter:

• the monthly amount,
• the referred client,
• and the start date,

and then the system would automatically continue recording the TYFCB monthly until the member stops or edits it.

I think this would:

• improve reporting accuracy,
• encourage members to report more consistently,
• reduce forgotten TYFCB entries,
• and better reflect modern subscription/retainer-based business models.

Just a thought I wanted to share and perhaps suggest as a feature request to BNI.

Thank you again!

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  Sueli Vieira

  May 11, 2026 16:34 Edited

  I strongly support this feature request.

  I have a considerable amount of recurring business from former BNI members, current BNI members, and referrals generated by them. In many modern business models, especially subscription and retainer-based services, invoicing and payment processing are already fully automated.

  Manually entering recurring TYFCB every single month creates a significant amount of repetitive administrative work that duplicates processes already being handled automatically by billing systems. As the number of recurring clients grows, consistently maintaining manual reporting becomes increasingly impractical.

  A recurring TYFCB feature would likely increase reporting accuracy and dramatically expand the amount of closed business being reported inside BNI, because a large portion of legitimate recurring business currently goes unreported simply due to the time required to manually enter it every month.

  Members could also periodically review and remove inactive recurring entries, helping maintain accuracy over time.

  I believe the small possibility of occasional overreporting would be far outweighed by the much larger amount of recurring business that is currently underreported.

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