Reditus Marketplace Guide: How to Find and Join the Best SaaS Affiliate Programs

The Reditus marketplace lists B2B SaaS affiliate programs that you join with one Reditus account. Anyone can browse it at app.getreditus.com/marketplace, no login needed. Joining Reditus is free, one personal link slug works for every program you join, and one dashboard shows all your programs, links and payouts. Your job is to pick the right programs and get accepted.

Filter the marketplace

Four filters narrow the list down:

• Auto-accept: programs that approve your application immediately, so you can start promoting today
• Industry, so you can stay within your niche
• Commission percentage
• Commission length, including lifetime programs

New programs show up at the top: every new listing appears at the top of the marketplace and of your dashboard, and we announce it in our affiliate newsletter. A program pinned to the very top may also have a Featured listing, a placement the SaaS company pays for. Judge both on the same numbers as every other program.

What a program page shows

Open a program to see its page. It shows:

• The commission percentage and how long it's paid
• The average monthly deal size, with a calculator where you enter the paid customers you expect to refer
• What is and isn't allowed, including the program's paid-ads policy
• The cookie window: how long after your click a signup still counts for you
• The payout threshold: how much you need to earn in this program before it pays out
• Public tiers, if the program has them: you move up automatically as your paid referrals grow
• A contact person or email for your questions, if the company added one

Pick a lane before you browse

Random browsing burns time. Decide first what you'll focus on, for example "marketing automation tools" or "software for agencies", and filter on that industry. Depth in one or two niches usually beats a little of everything, because your audience trusts you on the topics you know.

Judge a program before you apply

What one customer earns you

Multiply the average monthly deal size by the commission percentage and the number of months: that's what one referred customer is worth to you if they stay. Then run the ten-dollar test: you want roughly $10 or more per customer payment. A $60 plan at 25% gives you $15 a month; a $20 plan at 30% gives you $6.

Lifetime or a fixed term

Lifetime only pays while the customer stays. A fixed term at a low-churn product, say 36 months, can earn you more than lifetime at a new tool whose customers leave within a year.

The cookie window

B2B buyers take their time: someone can click your link in week 1 and sign up in week 6, and with a 30-day window that signup isn't credited to you. Many programs run 30 days, some 60, and new programs on Reditus start at 60. A program can set anything up to 365 days. A longer window gives you more time to get credit, which helps with long sales cycles.

Will the site convert your traffic?

A generous commission earns nothing if visitors don't sign up and pay. Look at the company's site the way a buyer would: is the offer clear, can you find the pricing, is there a trial or a demo? Check whether reviews and content about the product already exist, and whether you can start promoting quickly.

Paid ads and other rules

If you run ads, read the paid-ads policy first. Programs can automatically reject referrals that come from Google paid ads.

Get accepted

• Auto-accept programs approve you right away.
• Other programs review applications themselves, so timing varies. Reditus can't accept you on a company's behalf: if your application is stuck, contact the SaaS company, for example through the contact person or email on its program page.
• Connect Google Analytics or YouTube. The company then sees your verified data next to your application: proof that you own the channel, and where your traffic comes from. Programs look at where your traffic is, not where you live.
• Answer the program's application questions properly. An applicant with no connected website, traffic outside the company's target region and odd answers is an easy reject.

An affiliate profile with connected data also gets you into the vetted affiliate database, where SaaS companies can find and contact you.

Can't find a program?

Not every program on Reditus is in the marketplace. A program is listed only when the SaaS company is on an annual Scale Up or Enterprise plan and has completed its installation. If a company sent you its own link, join through that link; otherwise ask the company for it. More in I don't see company X in the marketplace.

Manage several programs

• Your links for every program are under Links in the left menu of your dashboard, all with the same slug.
• Use a sub ID per channel to see what performs.
• Each program pays out on its own once you pass its threshold, and earnings from different programs aren't combined. Focus helps you get paid sooner.
• Look for campaigns under Campaigns in the sidebar: one-off bonuses on top of your commission.
• Commissions earned in a month go into a payout on the 1st of the following month, and you're paid before the end of that month, once the SaaS company has paid.

Ready to start? Sign up as an affiliate and see how joining a program works.