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If you run a SaaS and you want other people selling it for you, you need software to track who sent which customer and to pay them a cut. Every tool that does this charges a monthly fee. Most of them also take a percentage of every commission you pay out, on top of it.
That second charge is the one nobody warns you about. Let's say your affiliates do well enough that you're paying out $5,000 a month. A 5% payout fee is $250 of that. Every single month. It is a charge for moving money the software had no hand in earning. On plenty of programs it costs more than the subscription does.
AffiliateRail is for SaaS founders billing on Stripe or Paddle, usually before a Series A, who want an affiliate program running without hiring anyone to run it. It takes 0% of every payout. Every plan. Including the $29 one.
It can do that because it never touches your money. You connect your own PayPal or Wise account. AffiliateRail works out who is owed what, then calls your payment provider with your credentials, and the money goes from your account straight to your affiliate's. There is no cut to take, so none is taken.
The rest is the boring stuff done properly. Tracking rides Stripe's own reference field instead of a cookie, so an ad blocker cannot lose a sale, and upgrades, cancellations and refunds correct the commission on their own. Your affiliates get a portal on your own domain, in thirteen languages. 14 day trial, no card.
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