shopspace affiliate program: 30% recurring, paid every month
The shopspace affiliate program pays 30% of what your referrals pay, every month, rising to 40%. Three Pro referrals a month is $706/mo by month twelve.
The shopspace affiliate program pays you 30% of everything a creator you refer pays us, every month, for as long as they keep their store. Your rate rises to 35% at ten paying referrals and 40% at twenty five, and a higher rate applies to everyone you already referred.
Most affiliate programs pay you once. Someone signs up through your link, you get a bounty, and that is the end of the relationship. The customer stays for three years and you see none of it. Ours pays every month: month one, month twelve, month thirty.
To earn, you need to be on a shopspace plan yourself, and the 7-day trial counts. If you are not a customer yet, start a 7-day free trial, then open Refer & earn in your dashboard to get your link. The full terms live on the referral program page.
How the commission works
You earn 30% of everything your referral pays us. Not a one-time fee, not a signup bounty. Every payment they make, you get your share of it.
Commission starts when your referral's trial converts into a payment, so nothing here rewards a junk signup. A trial that never becomes a paying customer earns nobody anything.
Commissions are held for 30 days in case of refunds, then paid out monthly once you pass $25.
It goes up as you go
You start at 30%. At ten paying referrals it becomes 35%. At twenty five it becomes 40%.
The part that matters: when your rate rises it lifts everyone you already referred, not just the next one. Ten creators you sent last year quietly start paying you more.
And it only ever moves up. A referral who later cancels does not knock you down a rung. You did the work.
What one referral is worth
Here is what a single referral pays you, using shopspace's real plan prices. Creator is $19 a month billed yearly ($228 a year) or $29 month to month. Pro is $39 a month billed yearly ($468 a year) or $49 month to month.
| Your referral pays | At 30% | At 35% | At 40% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creator, $29 a month | $8.70 a month | $10.15 a month | $11.60 a month |
| Creator, $228 a year | $68.40 a year | $79.80 a year | $91.20 a year |
| Pro, $49 a month | $14.70 a month | $17.15 a month | $19.60 a month |
| Pro, $468 a year | $140.40 a year | $163.80 a year | $187.20 a year |
One referral on its own is a small number. The point of recurring commission is that they stack. Every referral who stays keeps paying you while you add the next one.
What stacking actually looks like
Refer three creators a month, on the Pro plan ($49 month to month), and assume none of them cancel:
| By month 12 | $706 a month |
| Earned in year one | $4,278 |
| Your rate by then | 40% |
Here is the math. After four months you have twelve paying referrals, so your rate moves to 35%. By month nine you have twenty seven, so it moves to 40%. By month twelve you have thirty six referrals paying $49 each, and 40% of that is $705.60 a month.
That $706 is not a one-off. It is what arrives in month twelve, and again in month thirteen, while you go and refer three more.
Refer one a month instead and you are at $206 a month by the end of the year. Refer ten and it is $2,352.
Three referrals a month is $706 a month by month twelve, and it keeps arriving after that. You need a plan to earn, so start your 7-day free trial of shopspace and grab your Refer & earn link today.
Real numbers will be lower if some referrals choose Creator, pay yearly, or cancel. The table is a worked example, not a promise. It shows how the ladder behaves, not what you will earn.
Your link counts for 60 days
When someone clicks your link, it is remembered for 60 days. Someone who reads your post today and signs up next month still counts as yours. The link works on any page of the shopspace site, so you can send people to a specific article or the pricing page and still get the credit.
Who this is for
You already tell people where to sell. Someone asks in your DMs what to use for a course, a membership, a coaching offer, and you answer for free.
If you write a newsletter for creators, teach people to build an audience, run an agency that sets up storefronts for clients, or just answer that question a lot, this is the version where the answer pays you.
It suits you best if the people you talk to:
- Sell, or want to sell, digital products, courses, memberships, coaching or community access.
- Are tired of giving a percentage of each sale to their platform. shopspace charges 0% per sale on every plan, and the money goes straight to the creator's own Stripe account.
- Already have some audience, or are building one. shopspace does not bring its users customers. They bring their own traffic.
It is a weaker fit if your audience needs a marketplace that sends buyers to them, or wants tax collection handled for them. shopspace does neither, and recommending it to those people will not stick.
How to promote it honestly
The referrals that last are the ones where shopspace was the right answer. A few things that help:
- Say it is an affiliate link. Your audience trusts you more when you tell them, and in many places you are required to.
- Be clear it is paid. shopspace is a paid product with a 7-day free trial, a card is required at signup, and nothing is charged during those 7 days. Saying this up front saves you refunds and awkward replies.
- Show the math, not hype. The strongest argument is the fee comparison: a flat monthly price with 0% per sale versus a percentage of every sale. Our breakdown of Gumroad fees explained and the guide to selling digital products without transaction fees are useful pages to link people to, and your link still counts from there.
- Show your own store. If you sell on shopspace, a quick walkthrough of your own setup is more convincing than any feature list.
- Match the plan to the person. A creator who wants a custom domain, AI automations or the Meta pixel needs Pro. Someone just starting out may only need Creator. Pointing them to the right plan means they stay, and staying is what pays you.
If you want the story behind why shopspace charges a flat price instead of a cut, why I built shopspace is the version I would send.
Getting started
Open your dashboard, click Refer & earn, copy the link. That is the whole setup.
You need to be on a plan to earn, and the trial counts. If your plan lapses, new commissions are held for you rather than lost, and starting a plan again within 90 days releases them.
The verdict
If people already ask you where to sell, this turns an answer you give for free into income that grows every month you keep answering. One creator this week is enough to start the stack.
Not on shopspace yet? Try shopspace free for 7 days, set up your store, and your Refer & earn link is ready as soon as you are in. A card is required, nothing is charged for 7 days, and you can cancel inside the trial and pay nothing. Then see the full programme for every term.