Thanks.io Referral Program

    Refer & Earn

    Every thanks.io client gets a personal referral link. When someone signs up through it and becomes a paying customer, you earn commissions - settled as thanks.io credits, instantly and self-serve. Fully in-house, no affiliate network, nothing extra to join.

    Get your referral link

    Already a client? Your link is waiting in the dashboard under Refer & Earn.

    How it works

    Three steps. No codes to remember, no forms for your referral to fill out.

    Step 1

    Share your link

    Every thanks.io client gets a personal referral link at thanks.io/r/<your-code>. The landing page shows your first name - and your logo, brand color, and company name if you use Branding Builder. Nothing else about you.

    Step 2

    They sign up

    Attribution is first-touch and written once at signup, so the first referral code a visitor carries is the one that counts. You don't need to chase anyone down or ask them to enter a code.

    Step 3

    You earn

    When your referral becomes a paying customer, commissions accrue to your balance. Convert them to thanks.io credits instantly from your dashboard and put them toward your next send.

    What you earn

    Two ways to earn on every referral - a bonus when they go paid, and a share of everything they send after that.

    Signup bonus

    100% of their first subscription payment

    Currently, when a referral upgrades to a paid plan, you earn their entire first subscription payment. Free signups earn nothing until they actually pay.

    Business$49
    Professional$199

    Yearly plans pay out one month of the equivalent monthly plan.

    Send commission

    1% of every send order, forever

    Currently, you earn 1% of every settled send order your referral places - postcards, letters, notecards, magnacards - for as long as they keep sending. Applied to the post-discount order total; gift card face value is excluded.

    $500 in sends$5
    $5,000 in sends$50
    $50,000 in sends$500

    No cap, no expiry. Every order they place keeps paying you.

    Rates reflect the program as it currently runs and may change. Your dashboard always shows the rates in effect for your account.

    Campaign share links

    Don't just refer a friend. Hand them a campaign that already works.

    Publish one of your campaigns - a mailing list plus its automations - as a share link. Anyone who signs up through it gets a starter copy in their own account: your templates, your messages, and your automation setup, ready to review and switch on.

    It's a ready-made recipe, not a live connection to your account. Great for coaches, brokers, agencies, and anyone who's built a play worth passing along.

    What your referral gets
    • Your image and message templates
    • Your automation setup, step by step
    • Everything arrives inactive, for them to review first

    What they never get

    • No recipients or mailing list data
    • No access to your account or activity
    • No live link back to your campaign

    Getting paid

    Earnings accrue as a balance you can see in your dashboard.

    Credits, instantly

    Convert your balance to thanks.io credits self-serve from the dashboard once you're above the $50 minimum. No waiting, no approval - your earnings go straight toward postcards, letters, and notecards.

    Questions

    Do I need to sign up for a separate affiliate program?

    No. Refer & Earn is built into thanks.io - there's no external affiliate network and no separate application. If you have a thanks.io account, you already have a referral link waiting in your dashboard under Refer & Earn.

    What can I see about the people I refer?

    Only your commission events - when a referral triggers a signup bonus or a send commission, and how much. You never see their account, their recipients, their orders, or any of their data.

    Does a campaign share link give my referral my data?

    Never. A shared campaign is a starter copy - templates, messages, and automation setup only. No recipients, no mailing list data, and nothing is active until they review and turn it on themselves. It's a ready-made recipe, not a live connection to your account.

    Are these rates permanent?

    Rates are set by thanks.io and can change. The figures on this page reflect the program as it currently runs; your dashboard always shows the rates in effect for your account.

    What if someone I referred also came through another link?

    Attribution is first-touch, written once at signup. Whichever referral code the visitor carried first is the one that gets credit.

    Your link is already waiting.

    Open Refer & Earn in your dashboard, copy your link, and start earning on every client you send our way.

    Open Refer & Earn