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# Affiliate One-Click Join Kits — TK-10132

Generated 2026-08-02 from the cabinet selection (`data/affiliate-selection.json`, task 51).
One kit per selected vendor. **Nothing here has been signed up for** — every registry entry
in `data/affiliates.json` is `status:"draft"` until Steve joins the program himself.

## How activation works (same for every vendor)

1. Open the JOIN URL and complete the signup steps below.
2. Once approved, copy your real tracking/affiliate URL from the program dashboard.
3. Open `data/affiliates.json`, find the entry by `slug`, and **paste the tracking URL
   into the `url` field** (replacing the plain product-page URL currently there).
4. Flip that entry's `"status": "draft"` → `"status": "active"`.
5. `pm2 restart abramsego`. The `/go/<slug>` redirect now carries your real link, the
   entry appears in `GET /api/affiliates`, and the dashboard's affiliate engine pill
   flips from **gated** to **live** (it counts `status:"active"` entries).

Any surface that renders these links must carry an FTC material-connection disclosure
line (officer condition, task 51).

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## ElevenLabs — `elevenlabs`

- **JOIN URL:** https://elevenlabs.io/affiliates
- **Terms:** 22% recurring for first 12 months (11% Business plan) · 90-day cookie · $5 payout threshold
- **Steps:**
  1. Click "Apply" on the affiliates page — routes to PartnerStack; approval is instant.
  2. Create/link a PartnerStack account (email + payout details).
  3. In the PartnerStack dashboard, copy your unique referral link.
  4. **Verify at signup:** confirm the 90-day cookie and the 90-day payout holdback are two distinct terms (contrarian flag).
- **Paste-back:** `data/affiliates.json` → entry `"slug": "elevenlabs"` → replace `url` with the PartnerStack referral link → set `"status": "active"`.

## Better Stack — `betterstack`

- **JOIN URL:** https://betterstack.com/affiliates
- **Terms:** 25% of **net** revenue, recurring for first 12 months · cookie window unpublished (confirm at signup)
- **Steps:**
  1. Sign up for a (free) Better Stack account if you don't have one.
  2. Open the affiliates page and enroll from within the account.
  3. Copy your referral link from the affiliate section of the dashboard.
  4. Note the payout schedule + confirm the cookie window in the program terms.
- **Paste-back:** `data/affiliates.json` → entry `"slug": "betterstack"` → replace `url` with the referral link → set `"status": "active"`.

## beehiiv — `beehiiv`

- **JOIN URL:** https://app.beehiiv.com/partner_program  (or beehiiv account → top navbar → "Partner Dashboard")
- **Terms:** Tiered 50% (Bronze) / 55% (Silver) / 60% (Gold) recurring 12mo · 60-day first-touch cookie · up to $15,000/referral
- **⚠ 2026-08-08 re-verify:** the OLD Rewardful program (partners.beehiiv.com) is DEAD ("deactivated by the owner"). Program MIGRATED to beehiiv's NATIVE partner program; payouts now run through **Dub.co** (partners.dub.co), NOT Rewardful/PayPal-direct.
- **Steps:**
  1. Have/create a beehiiv account on an active plan (free trial counts) — the partner program is gated behind an account.
  2. From the account top navbar, open **Partner Dashboard** (or go to app.beehiiv.com/partner_program) and accept the Partner ToS.
  3. Create a **Dub.co** account (partners.dub.co) + complete tax forms to receive payouts.
  4. Copy your native partner link.
- **Paste-back:** `data/affiliates.json` → entry `"slug": "beehiiv"` → replace `url` with the partner link → set `"status": "active"`.
- **Officer note:** commission-math pick, not an audience-fit pick — softest fit on the board; also the ONLY board entry that needs a standing beehiiv account first.

## Make (Integromat) — `make`

- **JOIN URL:** https://www.make.com/en/affiliate
- **Terms:** 35% of subscription payments, recurring for 12 months · cookie unpublished · payout gate: $100 **and** 3 unique paying users
- **Steps:**
  1. Apply via the affiliate page — open enrollment, anyone can join.
  2. Fill in promotion details (describe the AbramsEgo dashboard placement).
  3. On approval, copy your affiliate link from the partner portal.
  4. Note: commission excludes extra-operations purchases; early balances can strand below the double payout gate.
- **Paste-back:** `data/affiliates.json` → entry `"slug": "make"` → replace `url` with the affiliate link → set `"status": "active"`.

## Cloudways — `cloudways`

- **JOIN URL:** https://www.cloudways.com/en/web-hosting-affiliate-program.php
- **Terms:** Hybrid $30/sale + 7% lifetime (or slab up to $125 one-time) · +7% two-tier · 90-day cookie
- **Steps:**
  1. Sign up on the affiliate page — instant-leaning, no long forms.
  2. Choose commission model (hybrid vs slab) in the affiliate dashboard.
  3. **Resolve the unstated payout threshold** in the dashboard terms before writing content.
  4. Copy your tracking link.
- **Paste-back:** `data/affiliates.json` → entry `"slug": "cloudways"` → replace `url` with the tracking link → set `"status": "active"`.

## UptimeRobot — `uptimerobot`

- **JOIN URL:** https://uptimerobot.com/affiliate-program/
- **Terms:** 20% recurring **lifetime** · cookie unpublished · $100 threshold, PayPal-only payout
- **Steps:**
  1. Create a free UptimeRobot account (or use an existing one).
  2. Open the affiliate section in the dashboard — your code/link is there instantly, no approval step.
  3. Confirm PayPal payout email (single payout rail — note the business-entity caveat).
- **Paste-back:** `data/affiliates.json` → entry `"slug": "uptimerobot"` → replace `url` with the affiliate link → set `"status": "active"`.

## DigitalOcean — `digitalocean`

- **JOIN URL:** https://www.digitalocean.com/affiliates
- **Terms:** 10% of referred user's monthly spend, recurring for 12 months · cookie unpublished (confirm at CJ signup)
- **Steps:**
  1. Apply via the affiliates page — routes through CJ (Commission Junction).
  2. Create/link a CJ publisher account; add the AbramsEgo dashboard as the promoting property.
  3. On approval, generate your tracking link inside CJ.
  4. Confirm the cookie window in the CJ program terms.
- **Paste-back:** `data/affiliates.json` → entry `"slug": "digitalocean"` → replace `url` with the CJ tracking link → set `"status": "active"`.

## Murf AI — `murf`

- **JOIN URL:** https://murf.ai/affiliate-program
- **Terms:** 20% recurring for **24 months** (longest window in the set) · 90-day cookie
- **Steps:**
  1. Apply via the affiliate page — routes to PartnerStack.
  2. Reuse the PartnerStack account from the ElevenLabs signup (one login, both programs).
  3. Copy your Murf referral link from PartnerStack.
- **Paste-back:** `data/affiliates.json` → entry `"slug": "murf"` → replace `url` with the PartnerStack referral link → set `"status": "active"`.
- **Positioning:** value-tier voiceover alternative beside ElevenLabs, not a duplicate.

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## NOT included (do not join)

- **vultr** — deferred: customer-referral scheme with no published rate; sits in the registry on AUDIT HOLD.
- **hetzner** — audit catch: in the registry with zero researched economics; research properly or remove.
- **webflow** — killed by contrarian: client referrals not commissionable, 30-day forced-publish requirement.
- **kit** — category-duplicate of beehiiv with 3/5 verification fields empty; first alternate if beehiiv's 50% fails dashboard re-verification.
- **notion** — program closed to new affiliates; watchlist only.