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Affiliate program

Orunbase partners — creators, newsletters and consultancies — share a link to Orunbase. When the people they bring sign up and start paying, the partner earns a commission on those payments.

A partner's link is https://orunbase.com/r/<code>. Adding ?via=<code> to any orunbase.com page works the same way, so a partner can link straight to pricing or the docs.

Clicking a link saves the partner's code in the visitor's browser for 30 days. If the visitor signs up for Orunbase in that time, the sign-up counts toward the partner.

  • New people only. A sign-up counts when the person is new to Orunbase — they don't belong to any workspace yet. Existing customers who click a link are not counted.
  • First link wins. A person counts toward the first partner whose link they used, and never moves to another partner.
  • No self-referral. A partner's own sign-in is never counted toward them.

What partners earn​

Each partner has a deal, agreed with Orunbase:

DealEarns
A share of every payment (the default)20% of every subscription payment from the people they referred, for each person's first 12 months as a paying customer
A flat amountA fixed amount the first time a referred person pays

Only subscription payments count, before tax. Credit top-ups don't.

Every payment is held for 30 days before its commission can be paid out. A refund during the hold cancels that commission. Orunbase pays partners directly (bank transfer, Wise or PayPal) and records each payout.

The partner page​

Partners see their numbers at app.orunbase.com/partner. Sign in with the email address Orunbase has on file for you; the first visit links your account to the program.

The page shows:

  • your link and your deal;
  • sign-ups, paying customers, what you've earned, what is owed to you, what is still in its hold, and what has been paid to you;
  • every person you referred, by number — never by name or email — with their status (free, started checkout, paying, refunded), what they've earned you, and what they would earn you once they pay;
  • every payout, with its date and transfer reference.

"Once they pay" uses list prices, so a discount or a plan change can change the real amount.

For Orunbase staff​

The staff dashboard at app.orunbase.com/affiliates is open to the owners and admins of the Orunbase team workspace; everyone else sees "not found". It shows every partner's numbers over all time, the last 30 days or the last 90 days, and lets staff add and edit partners, disable a link, and record a payout once the money has been sent.

Operators set two things:

  • AFFILIATE_STAFF_WORKSPACE on affiliates-worker: the ws_… reference of the workspace whose owners and admins are staff.
  • The Polar webhook endpoint must send order.refunded (beside order.paid) so refunds cancel commission.