Pay as you grow
2% of commissions paid
- Capped at $29 a month, up to 250 active affiliates
- Capped at $79 a month, up to 2,000 active affiliates
- The cap applies automatically
- For programs that pay cash or crypto
For creators, KOLs and marketers
Get paid for the products you recommend.
Find referral programs, join them on each company's own site, and see what every one of them owes you on one dashboard.
Free to browse and join. You pay 1% only on cash you receive, after a $5 monthly credit.
For founders, merchants and developers
Let people with an audience bring you customers.
List your referral program where creators look for one. Keep your own tracking, or follow our short guide and let OpenReferrals run the dashboard and pay your affiliates.
90 days free, no card.
For founders who also create
Grow your product and earn from your audience.
Reward the people who send you customers, and get paid for the products you recommend. One account, one dashboard for both.
90 days free for your program. Browsing and joining others' programs is free.
Your rewards
Sample dataAcme Partners
Cash, USD
- Pending
- $120.00
- Approved
- $340.00
- Paid
- $1,250.00
Sample Cloud
Account credits
- Pending
- 300 cr
- Approved
- 1,200 cr
- Paid
- 4,500 cr
Demo Rewards Club
Points
- Pending
- 800 pts
- Approved
- 2,150 pts
- Paid
- 9,400 pts
Three units, three lines. OpenReferrals never blends them into one total.
Your program
Sample dataAcme referral program Listed
- Affiliates
- 48
- Customers sent
- 131
- Commissions
- $2,620
- @maya.buildsYouTube$740
- devweeklyNewsletter$515
- @kai_streamsTwitch$390
Paid by you, or through OpenReferrals once payouts open.
How earning works
Four steps. Each company stays in charge of its program.
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Browse
Compare programs in the open marketplace. You need no account to look.
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Join on their site
You apply and get your link from the company, under its rules.
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Connect
Press Connect OpenReferrals in their affiliate area and confirm with a code sent to your email. No passwords change hands.
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Track and get paid
See pending, approved and paid rewards from every program, each in the unit it pays in.
How growth works
Your program, in front of people who already have an audience.
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List your program
Describe the reward and your terms. 90 days free, no card.
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Affiliates join on your site
They sign up the way they do today and get their link from you.
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Report rewards
Three API calls from your server, or follow our guide if you have no tracking yet.
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Pay, or let us pay
Pay affiliates yourself, or have OpenReferrals pay them each month once payouts open.
For creators
Stop logging in to five places to find out what you earned.
- One dashboard for every program you connect.
- Cash, crypto, credits and points are listed separately, never blended into one number.
- Pending, approved and paid amounts for each program.
- Ask an AI assistant about your rewards through a read-only MCP server.
- Browsing and joining are free. Credits and points carry no fee.
For founders
Get your program in front of creators. Keep the system you run today.
- You keep your tracking, your rules and your affiliate relationships.
- A public listing in an open marketplace that anyone can browse.
- Affiliates join on your own site, the way they do now.
- A small REST API, sandbox keys and an integration health view.
- No tracking yet? A short guide gets a referral program onto your site.
Start free 90-day trial No card needed.
For developers
The integration is three API calls.
- Confirm an enrollment. Tell OpenReferrals that an affiliate really is in your program.
- Mint a Connect link. Show it as a button in your affiliate area.
- Send reward and payout events. Post one when a reward or payout changes state.
You also get sandbox keys, an integration health view, an OpenAPI document and a sample app.
Authorization: Bearer <sandbox key>
Content-Type: application/json
{
"event_id": "evt_7781_approved",
"event_type": "reward.approved",
"program_id": "prog_acme",
"project_affiliate_id": "aff_1042",
"occurred_at": "2026-11-14T15:00:00Z",
"reward_id": "rw_7781",
"reward": {
"type": "fiat",
"amount_minor": 4000,
"currency": "USD"
}
}Pricing
Start free. Pay as you go.
Prices are in USD, before tax. Founders and creators each pay only for their own side.
Founders & Merchants start free
90-day free trial, no card. Every plan includes a $5 credit each month.
Starter
$1 a month
- Up to 20 active affiliates
- No percentage fee
- Works for credit and points programs
Growth
$29 a month
- Up to 250 active affiliates
- No percentage fee
- Works for credit and points programs
Scale
$79 a month
- Up to 2,000 active affiliates
- No percentage fee
- Works for credit and points programs
Programs that pay credits or points need a fixed plan. Larger programs: by agreement.
Flat percentage for KOLs
Browsing and joining are free. Credits and points carry no fee. You pay only on cash you receive.
1%
Base Platform Fee
On cash payouts you receive, whoever pays them. +$5 credit each month, so nothing to pay on up to $500 of payouts a month, and never more than $100 a month.
Example: $2,000 of payouts in a month. 1% is $20. With the $5 credit, you pay $15.
+2%
When you get paid through OpenReferrals Coming soon
The company chooses this per program and OpenReferrals pays you. Together with the base fee that is 3% of the payout, taken from it. Payouts are monthly with a $20 minimum. They are not enabled yet; until then your balance is tracked and shown.
Plain limits
What OpenReferrals does not do.
You should know where the product stops before you rely on it.
- It does not replace your tracking. You keep your own system and report rewards to us.
- It does not verify that a company-reported payment arrived. When a company pays you directly, we show what it reported.
- It does not ask for proof of humanity. You confirm an email address with a code.
- It does not hide fees. Every charge is on this page and shown in the app.
Questions
Answers before you sign up.
Do I need an account to join a program?
No. Joining happens on the company's own site. To see a program on your dashboard, press Connect OpenReferrals in its affiliate area and confirm with the code sent to your email. No passwords are shared.
Who pays me?
Either the company pays you directly and we report it, or the company chooses to have OpenReferrals pay you. Payouts through OpenReferrals are coming soon; until then your balance is tracked and shown.
How do I know a reported payout really arrived?
For payouts a company makes directly, we show what it reported. We do not check your bank account or wallet. If one did not arrive, raise it with the company.
Do we have to replace our affiliate software?
No. You keep your own tracking, rules and affiliate relationships. You add a Connect button to your affiliate area and send us reward and payout events.
We have no referral program yet. Can we still start?
Yes. Our guide shows how to add referral links to your site and report a reward when a referred customer pays. We run the dashboard for your affiliates and, once payouts open, pay them.
How much work is the integration?
Three API calls: confirm an enrollment, mint a Connect link, and send reward and payout events. Build against sandbox keys and start from the OpenAPI document or the sample app.
What happens after the 90-day trial?
You choose Pay as you grow (2% of commissions paid, capped at $29 or $79 a month) or a fixed plan (Starter at $1, Growth at $29 or Scale at $79 a month). Today fees are calculated and shown; payment collection is not switched on yet.
Rewards are credits or points. Does that work?
Yes. Rewards can be cash, crypto, credits or points, and each unit is shown separately. Creators pay no fee on credits or points. Programs that pay credits or points need a fixed plan.
Find a program you'd recommend anyway.
Free to browse and join. Track every reward in one place.
List your program. The first 90 days are free.
No card to start. Keep your tracking, your rules and your affiliates.
Grow with creators. Earn as one.
One account for your program and your own referrals.