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Affiliate Setup

The affiliate program lets accounts earn revenue by referring new SignPresenter customers, by publishing public feeds, or both. This article covers how to enroll, how to share your affiliate links, and how the commission structure works in practice.

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The affiliate program is opt-in. Most accounts aren't enrolled by default — talk to SignPresenter staff to apply.

How to enroll​

There's no self-serve enrollment. To start earning affiliate commissions:

  1. Email [email protected] explaining your use case (you publish a feed, you have a referral audience, you're a partner organization).
  2. SignPresenter reviews and (if appropriate) creates an AffiliateSetting record on your account with:
    • A unique affiliate code (e.g., MYBUSINESS2026)
    • A referral commission rate (the % you earn on subscriptions referred via your code)
    • An owned-feed commission rate (the % you earn on subscriptions to feeds you publish — see Public feeds)
  3. Once enrolled, you'll see an Affiliate item in your sidebar at Settings → Affiliate.

The Affiliate page shows two links:

  • https://signpresenter.com/?code=YOURCODE — general SignPresenter
  • https://church.signpresenter.com/?code=YOURCODE — church-specific landing page

Anyone who signs up via either link is tagged with your code. Their subscription revenue contributes to your commission going forward, indefinitely.

How commissions are calculated​

Two distinct commission types — they can both apply at once:

Referral commissions​

When a customer signs up via your code, you earn the referral commission rate on their subscription billing — typically a percentage of the SignPresenter screen subscription fees they pay each month.

Example: customer subscribes via your code, has 10 screens at $10/month = $100/month. At a 20% referral rate, you earn $20/month from them.

This continues for as long as they remain a customer.

Owned-feed commissions​

When you publish a public feed and someone subscribes to it, you earn the owned-feed commission rate on the feed's subscription fees.

Example: your feed charges $20/month + $5/screen. A 5-screen subscriber pays $20 + $25 = $45/month. At a 70% owned-feed rate, you earn $31.50/month.

The remaining 30% covers SignPresenter's platform fee.

Stacking​

If a customer signs up via your code AND subscribes to your feed, you earn both — the referral commission on their SignPresenter subscription plus the owned-feed commission on your feed's subscription. Real money for some publishers.

Tracking referrals​

The Affiliate page has three panels:

  • Current Affiliates — your codes and rates
  • Commission Checks — past payouts
  • Current Commissions — money earned but not yet paid

The Current Commissions panel updates in near-real-time. Every time a referred customer is invoiced, your commission is calculated and added here. When SignPresenter cuts a payout (typically monthly), unaccrued commissions are bundled into a check and moved to the Commission Checks panel.

See Commission check detail for what's inside an individual check.

Payout cadence​

Standard cadence is monthly, but the exact schedule depends on your agreement with SignPresenter. Typically:

  • Commissions accrue throughout the month.
  • On a fixed day (e.g., the 15th), SignPresenter cuts checks for accruals > a minimum threshold (often $25).
  • Payment goes out via the method on file (typically ACH or PayPal).

If you don't see a check when you expect one, the most common reasons are:

  1. Below threshold — you've accrued less than the minimum. The accrual carries forward to the next cycle.
  2. Pending account approval — for new affiliates, the first check sometimes waits for tax-form completion.
  3. Payout method missing — SignPresenter staff need a payment destination.

Email [email protected] with affiliate questions.

Tax considerations​

Affiliate commissions are reportable income. SignPresenter issues 1099-NEC forms each January for US-based affiliates earning over $600 in the previous year. Make sure your address and tax ID on file are accurate before year-end.

For non-US affiliates, payments are processed without US tax withholding but you're responsible for reporting in your jurisdiction.

Sharing your code​

The affiliate links contain your code. Anywhere you'd put a link to SignPresenter — your blog, your email signature, social media, in-app help docs you publish — drop in the affiliate version instead.

Some customers also use the code in spoken pitches: "Sign up at signpresenter.com and use code YOURCODE." If a new customer enters the code during signup, it's attributed even without the link.