Affiliate Program
Get paid for sending us business
If you know a business that needs a website, marketing, print, or our software,
send them our way and take a cut of what they spend. No cost to join, no quota,
no exclusivity. You keep your own clients and your own relationships.
What you earn
| What you refer | You earn | How it is tracked |
|---|---|---|
| Managed services | 10% of the first 3 months, paid as we collect | Recorded by hand in the admin. Managed-services plans do not bill through MAD subscriptions yet, so nothing records them on their own. Enter each payment as it is collected. |
| MAD Biz App subscription | 20% recurring, for up to 24 months | Automatic. Every paid subscription invoice is reconciled hourly against the referring partner. |
| One-time service | 10% of the invoice | Automatic for anything bought through the website checkout. Work that is invoiced directly is recorded by hand. |
| Print and ecommerce | 5% of the order | Automatic. Print orders run through the website checkout. |
| Jungle Week sponsorship | 10% of the sponsorship | Recorded by hand when a sponsorship is accepted. Sponsors do not go through a checkout. |
| Unclassified | 5% | Automatic fallback for anything bought through the checkout that is not mapped to a category. |
Attribution is last click within 45 days. Commissions are held 30 days against refunds, then approved. Payouts go out once your approved balance reaches $100.00.
Volume steps up your rate. The more business you refer in a rolling twelve months, the more percentage points get added on top of the rates above.
How it works
- Apply. Takes a minute. We review every application by hand,
usually the same day. - Get your link. Once you are approved you get a referral code
and a link. Add?ref=YOURCODEto any page on our site and that
page becomes your landing page. - Share it. Email, social, your own site, in person. Whatever
works for how you already talk to people. - We track it. Anyone who arrives on your link is credited to
you for 45 days. If they buy, the commission lands in your dashboard. - Get paid. Commissions sit as pending for 30 days while the
refund window passes, then we approve and pay them.
The details worth reading before you apply
One partner per customer
A customer is credited to one partner, and it is the first one who brought them
to us. That credit sticks to the account. It does not move if somebody else sends
the same person a link later, and it does not get split.
Recurring commission has an end date
Software subscriptions pay you every month the customer keeps paying, up to 24
months per customer. Managed services pay you on the first three months. After
that the commission stops, even though the customer carries on. We would rather
tell you that up front than have you find out in month 25.
What is not commissionable
- Setup and onboarding fees. Those cover work, not margin.
- Tax and shipping.
- Your own purchases. Referring yourself does not earn a commission.
- Accounts you already resell. If you buy from us wholesale and sell on at your
own price, that is a reseller arrangement and you earn the margin instead.
You cannot earn both on the same account.
On print orders
Print runs on thin margins and prices move with the supplier. Commission on a
print order is capped at the margin actually left on that order, so a heavily
discounted item pays less than the headline rate. Everything else pays the full
rate.
How you get paid
PayPal, store credit, or a check. You pick at signup and you can change it by
emailing us.
Payouts go out once your approved balance reaches $100. Balances of $250 or
more are paid monthly. Smaller balances are paid quarterly, which keeps the
paperwork sane for both of us. You are responsible for your own taxes, and we may
need a W-9 before the first payment.
Payouts are issued by hand right now. There is no automated
payout system behind this yet, so expect a real person to send your money rather
than a scheduled transfer. It goes out on the cadence above either way.
What we can and cannot track automatically
Being straight about this, because it affects you. Anything bought through the
website checkout is tracked the moment it happens. Software subscriptions are
reconciled automatically every hour.
Managed service retainers and Jungle Week sponsorships are recorded by
hand, because they do not go through a checkout. They are commissionable
at the rates above and they will be paid. They just get entered manually, so if
you refer one, tell us. Email [email protected]
with the business name and we will make sure it is credited to you. Do not assume
a big referral tracked itself.
Ready?
Read the full terms and conditions first. Questions:
[email protected].