Affiliate Programs
Affiliate Programs
SoundSync supports native affiliate programs with product-scoped referral links, accepted agreements, sales attribution, earnings, and recipient settlement.
Updated 2026-10-06
Native affiliate programs are supported
SoundSync supports native affiliate programs: invite recipients, agree product-specific referral rates, share referral links, and track eligible sales and earnings. Affiliates are a dedicated referral program, not merely another name for resellers or marketplace attribution.
Give referrals a clear agreement
Define the recipient, eligible products, product-specific rates and effective date before sharing a referral link. The affiliate program is separate from marketplace discovery and external reseller fulfillment; its rates are agreed shares, not a second marketplace fee.
Participation and payout readiness
Affiliate and collaborator programs support versioned agreements, referral activity, sale allocations, recipient balances, and settlement for enrolled accounts. Live participation requires explicit acceptance by both the developer owner and recipient of the current terms and payout policy, plus verified payout details. A calculator preview or invitation acceptance alone does not authorize live payments; availability follows the account's rollout and payout readiness.
Invite, review, and accept
An invitation is tied to the intended email address. Recipients sign in or create an account, verify their email, review the product scope and terms, then accept. A revised proposal does not silently replace accepted terms. Expired or revoked links cannot be accepted; generating a replacement revokes the old link.
From referral to allocated earnings
Eligible storefront and product links carry the supported referral context into SoundSync checkout. Attribution requires an eligible accepted agreement and product, and excludes unsupported self-referrals. Aggregate clicks are activity, not unique visitors or confirmed sales; the sale allocation is the financial record.
Recurring products and rent-to-own are not part of the current one-time-product allocation path. Do not infer coupon-only or arbitrary cross-domain attribution from a generated referral link.
SoundSync-managed settlement
SoundSync manages recipient settlement on SoundSync-collected sales. The 10% SoundSync fee is deducted first; ordinary managed-checkout processing is covered by SoundSync, not deducted again from recipients. The accepted affiliate share comes next, then collaborator shares and the developer remainder are kept separate. Eligible payouts follow the 1st and 15th schedule and minimum 14-day hold, with payment, destination, refund, dispute, and account checks. Externally collected reseller or partner sales remain unfunded estimates in this settlement system, and SoundSync does not cover their processing fees. No automatic cross-provider or currency conversion is promised.
Recipients review accrued, reversed, paid, reserved, held, and eligible amounts in their own portal. Destination readiness and provider outcomes are separate from the balance. Developers cannot withdraw another recipient's allocated share.
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An after-fee split example
| Step | Amount |
|---|---|
| Discounted pre-tax product revenue | $100.00 |
| SoundSync fee, with processing included | $10.00 |
| Remaining revenue | $90.00 |
| Illustrative affiliate share: 20% of $90 | $18.00 |
| Illustrative collaborator share: 25% of the remaining $72 | $18.00 |
| Developer remainder | $54.00 |
Choose eligible products
The current allocation path covers eligible one-time products, not subscriptions or rent-to-own. Product-specific rates, accepted versions, effective dates, and live consent determine participation. Reseller inclusion is an agreement option, not proof that externally collected funds are available for payout.
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