Affiliate program
One introduction.
Up to 15% of the campaign.
Most affiliate programs pay you a slice of a $49 subscription. Ours pays a slice of a press campaign, and campaigns here run from $53 to $220,000 per placement. Refer a single $10,000 order and that is $1,500 to you.
Commission lands as Essentras credit by default: it spends like cash across all 3,885 outlets and never expires. Refer professionally and you can apply for a Pro Affiliate Account and take it as cash instead, in USDT or by US bank transfer, from $300 up.
Those are single placements from the live catalog at the full 15% share. Most campaigns bundle 3 to 8 outlets, so the real order is bigger than any one line here.
The math
Move two sliders. That is your income from introductions you are probably already making for free.
Your payout, live
You are taking the whole pool, so your friend gets no discount. Most affiliates keep 10% and hand over 5% to close it faster.
That is 679 placements a year you never pay for, at our entry price of $53.
The same effort in a typical software affiliate program (20% of $49 a month) pays about $2,822. This is 13x that.
Paid as store credit, spendable on any placement in the catalog. No cash withdrawal.
What you are selling
Every product, and exactly what it pays you.
These are the things people actually ask us for. Prices come straight from the live catalog, so what you see here is what your referral pays and what you keep at the full 15% share.
Services
Identity, recovery and authority work. The biggest single commissions on the platform.
- Instagram premium usernamefrom $30,000 · priced per handle, often higher$4,500+
- TikTok username, under 4 lettersfrom $18,000 · priced per handle, often higher$2,700+
- TikTok username, 4 lettersfrom $12,000 · priced per handle, often higher$1,800+
- Instagram unban$6,500$975
- Wikipedia page creation$4,000$600
- Google Knowledge Panel, personal + business$1,395$209
- Google Knowledge Panel, individual$650$98
Press placements
Names your contact already recognises. Most campaigns bundle 3 to 8 of them.
- Apple News (Syndication from Grit Daily)$1,500 · DA 99$225
- MSN$833 · DA 94$125
- PRNewsWire / Yahoo Finance$667 · DA 93$100
- Business Insider$417 · DA 94$63
- US Insider$260 · DA 57$39
A worked example: your contact wants a Google Knowledge Panel and three tier 1 placements. That is a $10,000 order and $1,500 of credit to you, from one introduction. If they come back next quarter, you get paid again, on every order, with no cap. The full catalog runs to 3,885 outlets, so this page is a sample, not the ceiling.
Why this pays more
The percentage is not the point. The size of the order is.
A 30% commission on a small purchase is small. Press budgets are not small, and they repeat every quarter.
| Program | Typical rate | Typical order | You earn per referral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software subscription | 20% for 12 months | $49 a month | $118 |
| Web hosting | Flat bounty | $120 a year | $65 |
| Online course | 30% | $499 | $150 |
| Marketplace store | 4% | $180 | $7 |
| Essentras placements | up to 15%, every order | $10,000 campaign | $1,500 |
Rates for other programs are industry norms shown for scale, not quotes from those companies. The Essentras row is our actual live rate applied to a mid-size campaign.
How it works
Four steps, and you only do the second one.
Take your link
It already exists. Open your account and it is there, with your split preset. No application, no waiting for approval, no minimum audience.
Send it to one person
The founder who keeps saying they need press. The agency that outsources placements. The client who asked what Forbes costs. One message beats a hundred banner impressions.
They buy at a transparent price
They see every outlet, every price, every turnaround before they spend a cent. Nothing to sell, the catalog does that. Their first order carries your friend discount.
Your credit lands on payment
The moment their order is paid, your share is credited and we email you the balance plus the outlets it covers outright. Spend it on your own press whenever you want.
Your split, your call
You decide how much of the 15% you keep and how much closes the deal.
Nobody else lets you do this. The 15% pool is yours to divide: take all of it, or hand part of it to your friend as a first-order discount so the introduction sells itself. Run several links with different splits, one per channel, and see which one actually converts in your account.
Create my linksMaximum earnings
You keep everything. Best when you are quoting the client your own price anyway.
The default, and the easiest send
DefaultThey get 5% off their first order of $200 or more, so your message arrives with a gift attached.
Closer
Heavy discount on their side. Use it when you want volume and repeat orders more than the first payout.
Stack it
Refer and buy, and you get paid twice.
Referral credit is one stream. Every dollar you spend yourself climbs a cashback ladder that pays up to $15,000 in credit by $100,000 of lifetime spend, and keeps paying above that. The two stack in the same balance, and the balance pays for placements.
Credit never expires and never resets.
Full refund or replacement if a placement misses its window, credit included.
469 outlets at DA 85 or higher to spend it on.
| Tier | Lifetime spend | Credit paid | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $1,000 | +$50 | $50 |
| Bronze | $2,500 | +$100 | $150 |
| Silver | $5,000 | +$250 | $400 |
| Gold | $10,000 | +$600 | $1,000 |
| Platinum | $25,000 | +$2,000 | $3,000 |
| Diamond | $50,000 | +$4,000 | $7,000 |
| Black | $100,000 | +$8,000 | $15,000 |
Above $100,000, every additional $50,000 of spend pays another $10,000 in credit.
Pro Affiliate Account
Refer for a living? Get paid in cash.
Store credit is the right answer for most people. You send a friend, you earn, and you put it toward your own press. But if referring is part of how you make money, credit is not a payout. So there is a second tier.
Withdraw in USDT or by US bank transfer, your choice each time.
$300 minimum per payout. Below that it keeps accruing, nothing is lost.
The same 15% pool and the same 90-day attribution. Nothing about your link changes.
Approved by a human, usually within a business day. We review because cash is what affiliate fraud goes after, and a vetted list is how the rate stays where it is.
Not sure you need it? You do not have to decide now. Take the link, earn on it, and apply once the balance is worth withdrawing.
Who earns here
If people ask you how to get covered, you are already doing the work.
Agency owners
You already buy placements for clients. Refer the ones you do not want to manage, keep up to 15% of what they spend, and put it toward your own portfolio pieces.
Publicists and PR consultants
You know exactly who needs an outlet and which one. Send the link instead of a quote, and get paid on the campaign you would have brokered for free.
SEO and content freelancers
Link building budgets sit next to your retainer. A single mid-size campaign referral pays more than most monthly affiliate checks.
Community and newsletter operators
Founder audiences convert here because the pricing is public. No demo call, no sales friction, no discount code to explain.
Consultants and advisors
Authority is part of nearly every growth conversation you have. This is the one recommendation that pays you back.
Resellers
Move the whole 15% to your own side, quote the client your own number, and keep the spread plus the credit.
The rules, plainly
No small print worth hiding.
Credit by default, cash once you are Pro
Commission lands as Essentras credit: it spends like cash on placements and services and never expires. An approved Pro Affiliate Account can withdraw instead, in USDT or by US bank transfer, once the balance clears $300.
Paid on payment, every order
The bounty fires when your referral's order is paid, on their first order and every one after.
90 day first touch
The first link they click wins, for 90 days, even if they come back through search or an ad later.
Friend discount from $200
Their discount applies to a first paid order of $200 or more. Your commission has no minimum.
Self-referral does not work
Same email, same card, or same network inside the cooldown window is blocked automatically. Use the cashback ladder for your own spend instead, it is designed for exactly that.
Review above $2,000
Past $2,000 in lifetime earnings, new bounties get a short manual check before crediting. Nothing is lost, it just gets looked at.
Questions
How much does the Essentras affiliate program pay?
Up to 15% of every order your referral places, for as long as they keep buying. You choose how the 15% pool is split between your commission and your friend's first-order discount. The default is 10% to you and 5% to them.
Is the commission paid in cash?
By default it is Essentras store credit, which spends like cash on any placement or service in the catalog and never expires. That is the right fit for most people, who refer a friend now and then and would rather put the credit toward their own press. If you refer professionally, apply for a Pro Affiliate Account and you can withdraw earnings as cash in USDT or by US bank transfer once your balance clears $300.
What is a Pro Affiliate Account?
The approved tier for people who refer as part of their business: agencies, publicists, consultants, resellers. Same 15% pool, but earnings can be withdrawn as cash (USDT or US bank transfer) instead of only spending as credit, with a $300 minimum per payout. Approval is manual and done by a human, usually within a business day. We review because cash is what affiliate fraud targets, so we want to see a real audience behind the account first.
Is there a cap on how much I can earn?
No cap. Earnings above $2,000 lifetime simply get a quick manual review before they are credited, so a single reviewer sees the biggest payouts. Nothing is forfeited.
How long does my referral link track for?
First touch, 90 days. If someone clicks your link and buys within 90 days, the order is attributed to you even if they leave and come back through a different route.
Do I earn on repeat orders or only the first one?
Every paid order from a customer attributed to you pays your share, not just their first. The friend discount applies once, on their first order.
When does the credit appear?
On payment. The bounty fires when the order is paid, and you get an email showing the balance and exactly which outlets it covers outright.
Can I refer myself or my own company?
No. Self-referrals are blocked automatically (same email, same card fingerprint, same IP inside a cooldown window). If you want a discount on your own orders, the cashback ladder is the honest way to get it, and it pays up to 15% of your lifetime spend.
Who is this actually good for?
Anyone who already talks to founders, marketers, or agencies about visibility: consultants, publicists, SEO freelancers, agency owners who resell placements, community and newsletter operators. One introduction on a real campaign pays more than a year of most affiliate programs.
Does the friend discount work on any order?
The friend discount applies to their first paid order of $200 or more. Your commission has no minimum.
Your link already exists. It is just not earning yet.
Open your account, copy it, send it to one person who needs press this quarter. That is the whole job.
Already have an account? Your link and split live in your account.