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Affiliate Marketing

Rewardful

Paid

Rewardful is affiliate and referral management software built for SaaS and subscription businesses using Stripe or Paddle. It connects billing data with link and coupon attribution, recurring commission calculations, upgrades, downgrades, cancellations, refunds, affiliate portals, self-referral controls, multiple campaigns, and payout workflows, with additional integrations for common website and business tools. It is best for smaller software teams that want a fast no-code launch and straightforward recurring-revenue tracking without the recruitment marketplace or broader channel management of an enterprise partner platform.

Setupsaas affiliatesstripe integrationpaddle integrationrecurring commissions

What it does

Rewardful is affiliate and referral software purpose-built for SaaS companies that bill through Stripe or Paddle. It connects to your payment processor, automatically tracks which signups and recurring payments came from each partner, and calculates commissions on the actual subscription revenue rather than a flat one-time bounty. Affiliates get a branded dashboard with their links, conversions, and earnings, while you manage approvals, commission rules, cookie windows, and payouts from a single admin view. Because it reads billing data directly, it handles trials, upgrades, refunds, and churn without manual reconciliation, which is the hard part of running a subscription affiliate program.

Where it fits

It plugs into the billing layer of a subscription funnel so affiliate payouts track the same recurring revenue your finance team sees.

Core features

  • Native Stripe and Paddle integration that reads real subscription revenue
  • Recurring, one-time, and tiered commission structures
  • Branded affiliate portal with self-serve links and live earnings
  • Configurable cookie windows and double-sided referral campaigns
  • Automatic handling of trials, upgrades, refunds, and cancellations
  • PayPal and Wise mass-payout exports for settling affiliates

Best for

  • SaaS and subscription businesses on Stripe or Paddle
  • Founders launching a first partner program without custom code

Beginner notes

  1. Confirm your Stripe plan IDs map to the right commission rule before going live
  2. Set a cookie window that matches your typical trial-to-paid lag
  3. Decide upfront whether commissions are lifetime or capped to avoid renegotiating with partners
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