Reditus Academy · Track 1 · Days 1 to 14
Build the machine: the checklist
Tracking is provably working, commissions are designed from the affiliate side, and the program rules are set before a single affiliate is recruited.
Print it, or save it as a PDF, and work down it. Each step says how much counts as done. Full lessons at getreditus.com/academy/build-the-machine
By the end of this track you have
- One test referral that shows as verified in your dashboardIf the snippet never fired, every early click is lost and the first affiliate to check sees zero.
- Stripe connected, or the API integration live, from the first of a monthCommission tracking starts on the first. Connecting mid-month leaves a gap.
- A commission inside the 20 to 50% band that passes the ten-client test from the affiliate sideEarly stage pays more and longer. Established programs pay 20 to 30% for 12 to 24 months.
- Payout threshold, approval mode, paid-ads policy and terms set before the first invitation goes outEach setting changes who applies, not only what they may do.
- A program page an affiliate can evaluate in one minute, checked from your own test affiliate accountYou see the offer, the emails and the dashboard the way they do.
- The in-app referral program live for your users, with a double-sided benefit tied to your activation momentBoth programs launch together. The people who already use your product are the only ones who can recommend it from experience on day one.
Lesson 1
Install the tracking and prove it fired before you invite anyone
Get the tracking script and signup snippet live on your own domain and confirm with a test referral that a click, a signup and a conversion are all recorded.
- Install the tracking script and the signup snippet, then sign up through your own test linkTarget: 1 test referral showing as verifiedMost setups take under 30 minutes. The check takes five. Skipping it is how programs launch with zero tracked clicks.
Step-by-step in the help centre
- How to install Reditus? Full installation guide. · getreditus.com/help/full-installation-guideThe complete install, screen by screen. Do this now.
- Installing the tracking script · getreditus.com/help/installing-the-tracking-scriptThe script itself, with the placement rules.
- Installing sign up snippet (into code) to send us referral data. · getreditus.com/help/installing-sign-up-snippet-into-codeThe signup snippet, for whoever owns the code.
- Testing the Sign Up Snippet · getreditus.com/help/testing-the-sign-up-snippetThe "did it actually fire" check. Do not skip this.
Lesson 2
Connect payment tracking: Stripe, or the API for everything else
Choose the payment integration that fits your billing, Stripe Connect for Stripe users and the API plus webhooks for every other processor, and connect it at the start of a month.
- Connect Stripe, or hand the API article to your developerTarget: Connected before the first of next monthCommission tracking takes over from the first of a month. A mid-month connection leaves a gap nobody notices until an affiliate asks.
- Exclude the products or plans that should never earn commissionTarget: Exclusions set before launchChanging this after the first referral means explaining a clawback.
Step-by-step in the help centre
- Connecting Stripe · getreditus.com/help/connecting-stripeStripe users: connect here, ideally on the first of a month.
- Run your affiliate program with any payment processor · getreditus.com/help/run-your-affiliate-program-with-any-payment-processorNot on Stripe: this is the route, through the API.
Lesson 3
Design a commission an affiliate will actually work for
Run the affiliate-side test (monthly ARPA x rate x months x ten clients), pick a rate inside the 20 to 50% band, pay more and longer while you are early, and choose fixed term or lifetime on your churn rather than your generosity.
- Run the ten-client test: monthly ARPA x rate x months x 10, and ask whether you would promote your own product for thatTarget: A rate inside 20 to 50%Established programs pay 20 to 30% for 12 to 24 months. Early stage pays more and longer, because you have nothing else to offer yet.
- Decide fixed term or lifetime from your churn rateTarget: One decision, written into the program termsLifetime on a high-churn product costs you nothing and motivates nobody. A capped term on a low-churn product beats it.
Step-by-step in the help centre
- How to create a one-off commission · getreditus.com/help/how-to-create-an-one-off-commissionAdd a one-off bonus on top of the rate.
Lesson 4
Set the program rules that decide who applies and how they behave
Set cookie window, payout threshold, approval mode, paid-ads policy, allowed channels, terms and clawback before launch, knowing that each setting changes who applies, not only what they may do.
- Set the payout threshold so an affiliate is paid after their second or third commissionTarget: 2 to 3 commissions to first payoutThe default is $100. Higher thresholds mean months before a new affiliate sees money, and that is the moment they decide whether to continue.
- Write the paid-ads policy down and set it, before the first applicant arrivesTarget: One of: no paid ads, approved partners only, openAllowing paid ads is what draws applicants with no website from countries you do not sell to. Decide it, do not only reject them.
- Publish terms and conditions from the template, with the paid-ads rule in themTarget: Terms live before the first inviteA program with the rules written down can remove an affiliate without an argument.
Step-by-step in the help centre
- Setting up your paid ads policy · getreditus.com/help/paid-ads-policyPaid ads: a policy decision, not automatically fraud. Set it deliberately.
- Allowed vs Restricted Affiliate Promotion Channels · getreditus.com/help/allowed-vs-restricted-affiliate-promotion-channelsWhich channels you allow.
- What Should Your SaaS Affiliate Terms & Conditions Include? | Template · getreditus.com/help/affiliate-terms-and-conditionsThe terms and conditions template.
- Auto-approve affiliates · getreditus.com/help/auto-approve-affiliatesAuto-approve on or off.
Lesson 5
Write the program page a professional affiliate says yes to
Give affiliates what they check before applying: the offer in one line, assets they can use, a clear payout story and proof the product converts, then see it from their side by signing up to your own program.
- Sign up as an affiliate to your own program with a second email addressTarget: 1 test affiliate accountYou see the emails, the dashboard and the offer exactly the way an applicant does. Most operators never look.
- Write the one-line offer and attach the assets an affiliate needs to publish this weekTarget: Offer plus assets, on the program pageA professional affiliate decides in a minute. Give them the rate, the duration, the audience and something to use.
Step-by-step in the help centre
- Which Assets Must You Supply Affiliates for a Successful SaaS Affiliate Program? · getreditus.com/help/which-assets-must-you-supply-affiliates-for-a-successful-saas-affiliate-programThe asset list, with what matters most.
Lesson 6
Launch the in-app referral program alongside the affiliate program
Switch on the in-app referral program for your existing users on day one, with a double-sided benefit tied to what a new user should do in their first two weeks, so the people who already know your product start recommending it before any affiliate does.
- Switch the referral program on with a double-sided benefit: something for the referrer and something for the friendTarget: Live for every logged-in userThe giving side is what makes people share. A reward only for the referrer gets ignored.
- Tie the benefit to the action you want new users to take in their first two weeksTarget: One benefit, one activation goalReferred users who are rewarded for reaching your activation moment convert better and stay longer.
- Ask at value moments, not at random: after a renewal, a first result, a milestoneTarget: Two trigger points chosenSomeone who just got value from you is the person who recommends you.
Step-by-step in the help centre
- How to Set Up an In-App Referral Program: The Full Implementation Guide · getreditus.com/help/how-to-set-up-the-in-app-referral-program-full-guideThe full setup, screen by screen.
- Setting Up Double-Sided Referral Incentives · getreditus.com/help/double-sided-referral-incentives-setupSet what the referrer gets and what the friend gets.
- Where to Place the Referral Widget for Maximum Impact · getreditus.com/help/referral-widget-placement-best-practicesWhere the widget goes so people actually see it.