Draftbase affiliate program: 30% for 6 months
Send developers to Draftbase and earn 30% of what they pay for their first 6 months. It's a hosted headless CMS with first-class MDX and a native MCP server. If you write about React, Next.js, or content tooling, your readers are the people it's built for.
30% of every payment
Monthly or annual, on any paid plan.
For 6 months
Counted from the referral's first paid invoice, not from signup.
60-day cookie
They can read the docs for weeks first.
Paid monthly via Stripe
From $50. Smaller balances roll over.
How much can one referral earn?
Here's the math on monthly billing. Prices are the public ones on the pricing page. Hobby is free, so it pays nothing until the customer upgrades.
| Plan | Price | You earn per month | Over 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Startup | $49/mo | $14.70 | $88.20 |
| Growth | $299/mo | $89.70 | $538.20 |
| Scale | $499/mo | $149.70 | $898.20 |
Annual plans pay sooner. The whole annual invoice lands inside your window, so one annual Startup signup is $140.40 the month it clears.
How does the affiliate program work?
- Email hello@draftbase.co and tell us where you'll mention Draftbase. We review every application by hand.
- Once you're approved, we send your tracking link. Put it in a tutorial, a video description, a newsletter, or a client handoff doc.
- Commission shows up in your dashboard once it's approved. Stripe pays you monthly once you're past $50.
Our advice: put the link next to working code. A Next.js tutorial that fetches from Draftbase gives a reader a reason to click. A banner doesn't.
Who is the program a good fit for?
Anyone whose audience builds React or Next.js sites and has to put content somewhere. Developer bloggers and YouTubers writing tutorials. Newsletter authors covering the frontend stack. Agencies setting up CMS backends for clients, who earn on each client org they bring over.
Draftbase isn't the pick for a non-technical team that wants a visual page builder. Recommending it there gets you a churned customer and no commission. Point those readers somewhere else.
Program rules
- No self-referrals. Signing up your own accounts gets reversed.
- Don't bid on "Draftbase" or close misspellings in paid search.
- No coupon sites, spam, or links in places that ban them.
- Refunds and chargebacks cancel the matching commission. Fraud cancels all of it.
Questions before you apply? Ask us directly. A person who built the product reads every message.
Start earning from Draftbase
Want to try the product before you recommend it? Hobby is free with no card.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Draftbase affiliate program pay?
30% of every payment a referred customer makes during their first 6 months. A Startup customer on monthly billing pays $49/mo, so you earn $14.70 a month, or $88.20 over the window. A Scale customer earns you $898.20.
When does the 6-month window start?
On the referred customer's first paid invoice, not their signup. Someone who sits on the free Hobby plan for two months and then upgrades still earns you the full 6 months of commission.
Do annual plans count?
Yes. An annual invoice paid inside the 6-month window earns 30% of the whole invoice. Annual Startup is $468 a year, which pays you $140.40 up front.
How long does the referral cookie last?
60 days. If someone clicks your link and signs up any time in the next 60 days on the same browser, the referral is yours.
When and how do I get paid?
Monthly, through Stripe, once your approved commission reaches $50. Anything under $50 rolls over to the next month.
Can I refer my own company or clients I build for?
Clients, yes. An agency that sets a client up on Draftbase through its link earns the commission on the client's subscription. Your own accounts, no. Self-referrals are reversed.