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Affiliate program

Share the tool your readers ask about. Earn 25% each time they pay.

If you teach, write or post about research, you already get asked how you make your figures. Send people here with your link and earn 25% of their subscription payments for 12 months and 25% of every credit pack they buy, whenever they buy it.

See how it works
A researcher throws a paper plane to a colleague with a laptop, and small seedlings grow along its path
25%
of every payment, renewals and credit packs included
12 months
of commission from each person you refer
90 days
for a visitor to sign up after their first click

Made for people who already talk about research

You don't need a big audience. You need readers who make figures.

tutorials

Science YouTubers

Show a graphical abstract being made in a tutorial and put your link in the description.

guides

Academic bloggers

Add it to your thesis-writing guide or your list of tools for PhD students.

newsletters

Newsletter writers

Mention it once when a figure deadline is near, like before a big conference.

courses

Lab leads and instructors

Share it on your course page or lab wiki. Your students get a tool, your lab fund gets the commission.

What could you earn?

Move the slider. The estimate uses our real prices and assumes each person stays for the months you pick.

Your first year
$2,129

5 readers a month × 57 payments in the year × $29.9 × 25%

How it works

  1. 1.

    Apply

    Tell us where you publish. A person reads every application and replies within 3 business days.

  2. 2.

    Share your link

    Add ?via=yourname to any page on the site, a tool page, a blog post or the homepage.

  3. 3.

    Readers sign up

    The first click counts. They have 90 days to create an account, and they stay yours after that.

  4. 4.

    Get paid

    Each commission clears 30 days after the payment. We send payouts between the 10th and the 15th of every month, once your balance reaches the minimum for your payout method.

How to make promotional content people want to click

You don't need to shoot an ad. Show how you actually use it, and add the ready-made assets.

  • Record your own workflow

    Capture a screen recording or a few screenshots of your own project going from a one-line description to a figure you could submit. A process you really went through is more convincing than a list of features.

  • Show a before and after

    Put your original sketch or PowerPoint collage next to the finished figure, and readers see the difference at a glance.

  • Put the link where readers need it

    A paper-writing guide, a list of the tools you use or a reminder before a conference deadline all work better than a standalone ad. The link builder in your dashboard can point straight to a specific tool page.

  • Use the ready-made assets

    The logo, product screenshots, example figures and boilerplate copy are ready to use in video thumbnails, article images and course pages.

Open the Media Kit →Remember to say it is an affiliate link when you post.

What you get

  • A link that works on every pagePoint readers at the exact tool your post is about, not just the homepage.
  • Your own promo codeFor videos and podcasts, where nobody clicks. A code counts the same as a link.
  • A dashboard with every commissionClicks, sign-ups, each payment and its status, down to the day it becomes payable.
  • Figures you can use in your contentExample figures and screenshots, free to use in your posts and thumbnails.

Fair rules, written down

What counts

  • Subscription payments, renewals and upgrades in a referred person's first 12 months as a subscriber
  • One-time credit packs at any time, with no time limit
  • Yearly plans earn 25% of the full annual payment, once, when they pay
  • People who sign up within 90 days of first clicking your link, however long they take to pay
  • People who use your promo code at checkout

What doesn't

  • Referring yourself or your own second account
  • People who already had an account before they clicked
  • Payments that are refunded, disputed or charged back. If that happens after you were paid, the amount comes off your next payout
  • Ads that bid on our brand name, and coupon-site listings

These are the highlights. The full terms are in the Affiliate Program Agreement.

Payout methods and fees

MethodForMinimum payoutAbout fees
PayPalThe United States and other regions$50PayPal's receiving fee and currency conversion
AlipayChina and other regions$50Any fee Alipay charges on withdrawal. Paid in CNY at the day's rate
Bank wireWorldwide$300The cost of sending the wire, intermediary and receiving bank fees, and currency conversion
  • Commissions are calculated and settled in US dollars.
  • Fees charged by PayPal, Alipay, intermediary banks and your receiving bank, and any currency conversion costs, are borne by you, and the amount you receive is determined by those institutions.
  • A balance below the minimum for your payout method rolls over to the next month. It never expires.
  • The payee name must match the name on the receiving account. If a payment comes back because the details were wrong, the cost of sending it again is deducted from that payout.
  • After you change your payout method we wait 3 days before paying to it, so a stolen login can't redirect your money.

Questions people ask first

Your readers are making figures this week

Applications take about three minutes.

By applying you agree to the Affiliate Program Agreement.