Affiliates
Get paid for recommending something you actually use
Twenty-five per cent of what your referral pays us, every month, for their first twelve months. We would rather have fifty people who genuinely use Capybari than five hundred who have never opened it.
The terms, up front
No tiers to climb, no volume gates, no rate that quietly drops after a quarter.
Commercial terms are subject to the programme agreement you will receive on acceptance. See the small print below.
How it works
Four steps, and one of them is waiting
Apply
Tell us who you reach and how. We read every application ourselves; there is no automatic approval.
Get your link
A tracked link and a dashboard showing clicks, sign-ups and what has converted. No tracking pixels for you to install.
Recommend it honestly
Write what you actually think. We have never asked an affiliate to change a review, and we are not going to start.
Get paid monthly
Commission is confirmed after your referral's first payment clears, then paid on the first of each month above the $50 minimum.
The maths
What a referral is actually worth
Worked examples at list price, on monthly billing. Annual plans pay the same 25% on the discounted amount.
| Plan they choose | They pay / month | You earn / month | Over 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter · 1 seat | $49 | $12.25 | $147 |
| Starter · 5 seats | $245 | $61.25 | $735 |
| Pro · 1 seat | $149 | $37.25 | $447 |
| Pro · 5 seats | $745 | $186.25 | $2,235 |
| Pro · 12 seats | $1,788 | $447 | $5,364 |
| Business · base | $499 | $124.75 | $1,497 |
| Free plan | $0 | $0 | $0 |
The free plan pays nothing, which is deliberate — we do not want you optimising for sign-ups that never become customers. Commission follows the money, so it also drops if they downgrade and stops if they leave.
Fit
Who this suits
And, more usefully, who it does not.
- Consultants and fractional CTOs who set teams up and move on
- Agencies recommending it to clients they will not be maintaining forever
- Newsletter and course authors writing for small engineering teams
- Developer advocates and educators covering agentic development honestly
- Communities for solo founders and small technical teams
- Not for you if you have never used the product — we ask, and we check
- Not for you if the plan is paid placement in a listicle you have not read
- Not for you if you intend to bid on our brand name in search advertising
Small print
The questions worth asking before you apply
How and when am I paid?
Bank transfer or PayPal, on the first of each month, for balances over $50. Commission is confirmed once your referral's first payment has cleared and their refund window has passed. Balances below the minimum roll over and never expire.
PLACEHOLDER: confirm supported payout methods and currencies before launch.
What counts as a qualified referral?
Someone who reaches us through your link, creates an account, and becomes a paying customer within the 60-day window. Attribution is last-touch: if they clicked someone else's link after yours, the commission is theirs.
Can I refer myself, or my own company?
No. Self-referral, referring a company you own or work for, and referring an existing customer through a new account are all outside the programme and will void the commission. We would rather say this plainly than discover it in an audit.
Can I bid on "Capybari" in search advertising?
No. Bidding on our brand name, our misspellings, or our domain is not permitted, and neither is using a display URL that appears to be ours. It costs us money to buy back our own name, and it confuses people looking for us.
When does commission stop?
Twelve months after your referral's first payment, or earlier if they cancel. If they downgrade, commission follows the lower amount from that billing period. If they upgrade, it follows the higher one.
Do I have to say I am an affiliate?
Yes, and not only because we require it — disclosure is a legal obligation in most of the places you will be publishing. Say it clearly and near the link, not in a footer.
Can I say something negative about the product?
Please do. An affiliate review that lists nothing we are bad at converts worse and reads as advertising. We will never ask you to remove a criticism, and doing so is not grounds for removal from the programme.
If you need somewhere to start, our own pricing page publishes what we are missing.
What about tax?
Commission is paid gross and you are responsible for your own tax. We will need valid tax details before the first payout.
PLACEHOLDER: confirm withholding and VAT treatment per jurisdiction with an accountant before launch.
Can you remove me from the programme?
Yes, for the things listed above — brand bidding, self-referral, misrepresenting what the product does, or spam. We will tell you why, and any commission legitimately earned before that point is still paid.
Apply
Tell us who you reach
There is no minimum audience size. We care much more about whether the people reading you are the people this is for.
What you get on acceptance
No approval queue theatre — one person reads it and replies.
- A tracked link and a dashboard you can actually read
- The programme agreement, in plain English
- Brand assets from the press kit
- An honest list of what the product cannot do, so you can write accurately
- A named contact who answers email
Questions before applying
partners@capybari.com
PLACEHOLDER — confirm before launch
Use it first
The best affiliates are customers. Start on the free plan, build something real, and apply when you have an opinion worth publishing.