For partnerships between members' businesses: affiliate programmes, cross-promotion, integrations, bundles, newsletter swaps and revenue shares.
Posting an affiliate programme? Include:
- The product, what it does and who buys it
- The commission: percentage or amount, one-off or recurring, and for how long
- The price of the product
- How long a referral is tracked
- When and how affiliates are paid, and any minimum
- What you provide: links, images, copy
- Who makes a good affiliate for it
- How to join
Proposing a partnership? Include:
- Your product and your audience, with honest numbers
- What you are proposing
- What the other side gets
- Who would be a good fit
House rules
- Give real numbers for audience size. They will be checked by whoever takes you up on it.
- Affiliates must disclose affiliate links wherever they post them, as the law in most places requires.
- No multi-level schemes, no pay-to-join programmes.
- No buying or selling of links for search rankings.
- Put any agreement in writing, including what happens when it ends.
FoundersOnly is not a party to any arrangement made here.