Affiliates
Commission
- 30% of the paid amount on every referred order — flat, all paid plans.
- Calculated on the paid amount (post-tax, post-discount, post-fees). What lands in your dashboard is what you take home.
Attribution
- A 90-day cookie is set when a visitor lands with
?ref=<your-slug>on any URL. - First-touch attribution: if the buyer clicks two different affiliate links, the first one wins.
- Returning visitors keep their attribution as long as the cookie is alive.
Claim your slug
- Buy any paid tier (Starter $9 is the minimum). You need at least one paid order on file to claim a slug.
- Open
/dashboard/affiliateand enter the email you used at checkout. - Pick a slug (3-32 chars, letters/numbers/dash/underscore). Once claimed, it's yours forever.
Your link will look like https://qr-branding.com?ref=alex-design. Share anywhere.
Payout
- Monthly, via Polar.sh.
- Minimum $25 USD earned before a payout is issued — any unpaid amount rolls over.
- You'll get an email from Polar each time a payment ships.
What we don't do
- No clawbacks except for refunds: if a referred order is refunded, its commission is voided in the same proportion as the refund — and if it was already paid out, it's deducted from your next payout.
- No tier downgrades. Once you've earned 30%, it doesn't drop because someone above you sold more.
- No exclusivity. You can promote competing products. We don't care.
Dashboard
The dashboard at /dashboard/affiliate shows:
- Your referral link (copy-to-clipboard)
- Total referrals (orders attributed)
- Total earned (30% of paid amounts)
- Next payout estimate
It's intentionally minimal. Phase 8 will add per-month breakdown and the option to wire a custom landing page.