Earn up to 40% promoting validation reports to founders.
A tiered affiliate program for coaches, educators, and founder-community operators. 40% / 35% / 30% commission by tier + a 50% boost on the first 90 days of every referral. Built for the audiences who already advise founders on what to build next.
Open to operators with 1,000+ followers across any single owned channel.
Why DimeADozen converts for your audience.
Your audience already pays you for clarity on whether to build their idea. DimeADozen sells the same outcome — a structured decision document on a specific business idea — for $9 (Starter) or $129 (Entrepreneur) or $179 (3-Pack Bundle). That price point converts where a coaching program with a $2,000 floor doesn't, which means more of your audience can act on your recommendation.
200+ page validation reports built like VC analyst memos. Source-linked comp-sets, retention-curve math on unit economics. Not a chatbot to argue with. Not a course to work through. A structured downloadable decision document — something founders can defend to a co-founder, an investor, or their future self.
3,100+ paying customers. 3,200+ reports purchased. Built for indie hackers, bootstrappers, and first-time founders pre-SAFE-round — the exact wedge most coaches and educators serve.
Commission structure.
Tiered by audience reach + program contribution. Tier moves up as your aggregate referral revenue grows; no renegotiation, no contracts.
Tier 1 — 40% commission.
Top tier for affiliates who consistently drive purchase volume + who actively co-create marketing collateral (joint webinar, dedicated newsletter feature, podcast guest spot). Standard for our flagship coach and educator partners.
Tier 2 — 35% commission.
Mid tier for affiliates with regular referral volume — newsletter mentions, course-curriculum inclusions, community resource lists.
Tier 3 — 30% commission.
Entry tier for new affiliates — sufficient runway to earn against your audience before moving up.
+ 50% commission for the first 90 days.
Every new affiliate earns a 50% rate on referrals during the first 90 days from approval. Gives your audience the strongest economic reason to act on your recommendation during ramp.
Payouts: monthly. Referral tracking runs on cohort-private codes today; the partner dashboard launches late June. No quotas, no clawbacks on refunds outside the standard 14-day money-back window.
This is for you if
You coach founders, educate aspiring operators, or run a community where the "should I build this?" question comes up often. You have an owned audience of 1,000+ across any single channel (newsletter, YouTube, podcast, Twitter, LinkedIn, Substack, community). You'd rather refer your audience to a $9-$179 validation report than try to answer their idea-specific questions one-by-one.
This isn't for you if
You don't own an audience yet, or you're running a paid-traffic arbitrage funnel. We only approve affiliates with organic audience reach — paid-traffic affiliates compete against our own paid-acquisition spend, and the math doesn't work for either of us.
How it works.
- 1. Apply. Email hunter@dimeadozen.ai with your channel, follower count, and how you'd promote DimeADozen. Vetting takes 24-48 hours.
- 2. Get your referral code. On approval you get a cohort-private referral code today (full link + dashboard when it launches late June), marketing collateral (writing samples, screenshots, brand assets), and the tier-1/2/3 assignment.
- 3. Share with your audience. Newsletter, YouTube caption, podcast read, Twitter post, community resource list — wherever the "should I build this?" question lands.
- 4. Get paid monthly. Earn commission on every referred purchase. Payouts on the 1st of each month for the prior month's referrals.
FAQ
- Do I need 10,000 followers to apply?
- No. The application gate is 1,000+ followers across any single owned channel. We optimize for audience-fit, not raw reach — a 1,500-subscriber founder-coaching newsletter outperforms a 50,000-follower generic-business Twitter account on every metric that matters to us.
- What's the 50% first-90-day boost actually mean in dollars?
- A $129 Entrepreneur referral earns you $64.50 during the first 90 days. A $179 Bundle referral earns you $89.50. After day 90, the same referral earns you the tier rate ($51.60 / $71.60 at Tier 1, less at Tier 2/3). The boost is the economic reason to fire your strongest collateral early.
- When do you start tracking referrals?
- Today, referrals attribute through your cohort-private code at checkout. When the partner dashboard launches in late June, link-click cookie attribution with a 60-day window replaces code entry.
- What happens if my referral asks for a refund?
- DimeADozen offers a 14-day money-back guarantee on all paid reports. If a refund occurs within that window, the referral commission is reversed. Outside the 14-day window, refunds don't affect your payout.
- How do tracking and payouts work?
- Referral tracking runs on cohort-private codes today; the partner dashboard launches late June. Onboarding is handled personally by hunter@dimeadozen.ai — apply and we'll get you set up.
- Can I co-brand a custom landing page?
- Tier 1 partners can — coach-specific landing pages with audience-tailored framing are available on request once your referral volume confirms the Tier 1 placement. Email hunter@dimeadozen.ai with the proposed framing.
If you advise founders on what to build, you already do the hard part. The affiliate program adds the economic alignment — every recommendation you make compounds.
Questions? Email hunter@dimeadozen.ai.
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