Work out what a referral is worth
30% of the plan price, every month for 12 months.
Yearly and quarterly subscriptions are commissioned on what the customer actually pays. The program terms set out the exclusions.
Why this program is worth your audience
The terms that usually matter more than the headline rate.
Recurring, not one-off
You earn 30% every month the subscription renews, not once at signup, for 12 months from the customer's first payment.
30-day attribution
Your link sets a referral that lasts 30 days. Developers rarely buy on the first visit, and they should not have to.
Credited across our whole site
One click covers everything we publish. Send someone to a documentation page or a comparison post and the referral still applies when they subscribe in the console.
Free to join
No audience threshold and no application fee. Sign up, get your link, and see clicks and conversions in your own dashboard.
How it works
Three steps, and the first one takes a minute.
Join the program
Sign up through our partner portal. You get a dashboard and a referral link straight away.
Share your link
Anywhere you already write - a tutorial, a comparison post, a newsletter, a video description. Any URL on our site works: add ?via=yourcode to it.
Get paid monthly
When someone you referred subscribes, you earn 30% of what they pay. Payouts run monthly through PayPal once your balance reaches $100.
Set up PayPal before you start promoting
We pay in USD from the United States, so your PayPal account has to be able to receive international payments. Add a valid one and confirm it accepts them before you send your first referral - an account that cannot will only fail once you have already earned the commission. Make sure the name on it matches the details you register with us.
Affiliate program questions
How much does the program pay?
30% of what the customer actually pays, every month for 12 months from their first payment. The calculator above uses our current plan prices.
How long do I have before the referral expires?
30 days from the click. The referral is stored on buildbase.app, so it survives the visitor moving between our marketing site, our documentation and the console where they eventually subscribe.
What happens if someone clicks two different affiliate links?
The most recent click wins. Attribution is last-click, so if a visitor clicks another affiliate's link after yours and then subscribes, the credit goes to them.
How long does the commission last?
12 months from the customer's first paid payment, including renewals and upgrades in that window. After that, commission on that subscription ends. The full rules are in the program terms.
Do I get credit for a free trial?
Commission is paid on paid subscriptions, not on trials. Our trial is short enough that a converting customer lands well inside the attribution window.
How do I get paid?
Through PayPal, monthly, once your balance reaches $100. Because we pay in USD from the United States, your PayPal account must be able to receive international payments - set that up before you start promoting, not after your first commission lands.
What if the visitor blocks cookies?
Then we cannot attribute the referral, and we will not pretend otherwise. The referral ID is an essential cookie, so it is not something a visitor declines on our consent banner - but a browser set to block cookies outright, or a visitor who clears them before subscribing, still leaves us nothing to attribute.
Can I bid on your brand name in ads?
No. Brand bidding takes credit for traffic that was already coming to us, and it is grounds for removal from the program.