Partner program terms

How earning referral commissions with Stooplight works, in plain language. These apply to approved partners and to Stooplight customers whose site's "Built with Stooplight" link earns referrals. By applying, or by leaving that link on, you're agreeing to them.

What you earn

• 25% of every payment a business you refer makes to Stooplight, for as long as they stay subscribed.
• A business counts as yours when they sign up within 60 days of clicking your referral link, or when they enter your referral code at signup. If they click more than one person's link, the most recent one counts.
• Nothing is earned during a business's 7-day free trial. Your first commission comes with their first real payment.
• The rate you see here is the rate you earn on businesses you refer while it's in effect (see Changes).

When you're paid

• Each commission is held for 30 days after the payment it comes from, so refunds can land first. Then it's payable.
• We pay once a month. Cash goes to your PayPal account once you're owed at least $25; smaller amounts roll over to the next month.
• Stooplight customers paying by card get their earnings as credit on their own Stooplight bill first, with anything above their bill paid as PayPal cash. You can choose all cash instead from your dashboard. Customers paying through PayPal are paid in cash, since PayPal subscriptions can't take account credit.
• If a referred payment is refunded or disputed, the matching commission is reversed. If it was already paid, the amount comes off your next payout.
• You need a PayPal account to receive cash. If a payout can't be delivered to the email you gave us, it stays owed to you until you update it.

Taxes

Commissions are income to you, and you're responsible for any taxes on them. Before we can send cash past $1,500 in a calendar year, we'll ask for a W-9 (or a W-8BEN outside the US) through our tax-form service — we never see or store your Social Security number ourselves. Credit on your own Stooplight bill is a discount, not a payment, and doesn't count toward that line.

The rules

• Tell people. Whenever you share your link or recommend Stooplight, make it clear you earn a commission. A short "I earn a commission if you sign up" is enough. This is an FTC requirement as well as ours.
• No paid search on our name. Don't bid on "Stooplight" or misspellings of it in search ads, and don't run ads that look like they come from us.
• No spam. No unsolicited email, text messages, or posting your link where it isn't welcome.
• No self-referrals. Signing up yourself, or a business you own, through your own link doesn't earn a commission.
• Be accurate. Describe Stooplight honestly — no made-up features, prices, or promises.

Approval and ending things

Outside partners are approved by a person, and we can decline an application. You can leave the program anytime (for customers, turning off the footer link stops new referrals). If someone breaks these rules, we can remove them from the program: commissions still in their 30-day hold are cancelled, and commissions already payable are paid unless they came from the rule-breaking itself.

Changes

We may change the commission rate or these terms. Changes apply to businesses referred after the change takes effect, and we'll email partners at least 30 days before any change that lowers what they earn. Businesses you already referred keep earning at the rate in effect when they signed up.

The fine print

Being a partner doesn't make you our employee, agent, or representative — you're an independent party sharing something you like. Our terms of service cover everything not addressed here, including limits on liability.

Questions

Contact support — a real person reads it.

Effective October 17, 2026.