Referrals & Affiliates program
Overview
Emergent rewards you for bringing new users to the platform and offers partnership opportunities for content creators and communities. Three programs are available depending on your plan and audience size:
- Referral program - earn credits when friends sign up and become paid users
- Partners program - earn 20% recurring cash commissions on subscriptions
- Secret Perks - exclusive Pro-only benefits and early access
Paid users only
All referral and partner benefits require an active paid Emergent plan (Standard or Pro). Free-tier users cannot earn referral credits or partner commissions.
Referral program
Share your unique referral link with friends and colleagues. When a referee signs up, verifies their email and upgrades to any paid plan, you both receive credits.
How it works
Find your referral link
Navigate to Settings → Referrals in the Emergent workspace. Copy your unique link.
Share your link
Send the link to friends, post it in your community or share on social media.
Earn credits when they upgrade
When a referee signs up via your link, they receive 5 bonus credits on signup. When the referee subscribes to a paid plan, you receive 50 credits.
Eligibility & limits
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Referrer | Must have an active paid plan (Standard or Pro) |
| Referee | Must be a new user who has not previously held a paid plan | | Credit award | 50 credits to referrer, 5 credits to referee | | Total cap | Referral credits are capped at 20 referrals / $200 of credits in total | | Expiry | Referral credits follow the same expiry rules as plan credits - see Managing credit usage |
Fraudulent referrals
Self-referrals, duplicate accounts and coordinated sign-ups to farm credits violate the terms of service and will result in account suspension and forfeiture of all referral credits.
Referral credits appear in your workspace balance within minutes of the referee's first paid subscription charge.
Affiliate program (replacement for the "Partners program" section)
Reviewed final (2026-09-17) - wording follows the Affiliate Partner Guide. Replaces the current "Partners program" section on the Referrals & Affiliate program page.
Affiliate program
The Affiliate program is for content creators, educators, community leaders, agencies, ad networks and affiliate networks who can help more people discover Emergent. Affiliates earn cash commissions on the paying subscribers they refer - and there is no cap on the number of referrals: the more subscribers you bring in, the more you earn.
The affiliate process
Step 1 - Join & get your link. Sign up via your Emergent contact or the affiliate portal at emergent.sh/affiliates. You'll receive a unique tracked link and dashboard access.
Step 2 - Share your link. Place your affiliate link wherever your audience takes action - email newsletters, review pages, websites, resource lists. Every click is tracked to your account. Always use your own unique tracked link, and use a link shortener to keep it clean.
Step 3 - Referral signs up & subscribes. When someone signs up through your link and takes out a paid subscription, you earn commission under the payout structure agreed for your partnership.
Step 4 - Get paid, keep growing. Earnings are tracked in real time on your dashboard.
Commission structure
Emergent offers different payout structures. Your programme manager will confirm which one applies to your partnership based on your audience, traffic source and region:
- Revenue share - you earn 20% or 30% of the full subscription cost, including any top-ups, for the first 6 months from the customer's sign-up date. Which rate applies is agreed with the Emergent team based on your audience, traffic quality and volume.
- Flat CPA - a fixed payout for every qualified paying customer you refer, paid per conversion rather than as a share of revenue. Flat CPA rates differ by geography, because subscription value and customer lifetime vary by region - your programme manager will confirm the rates that apply to the markets you drive traffic from.
All payout structures stack with leaderboard bonuses.
The leaderboard - earn bonuses on top
Emergent's Game Room runs monthly leaderboard contests where partners compete on the paid customers they drive, and every bonus sits entirely on top of your standard commission. Bonuses are reworked every campaign, so there is always a fresh pool to win.
How to take part:
- Each campaign is catered to a specific set of partners, so entry is by invitation - speak to your programme manager to be considered.
- You must log into the leaderboard to be eligible for any bonus: partners who drive conversions but never sign in do not qualify.
- See the current campaign and the full payout mechanics at earn-more-zone.emergent.host/podium and open the How to Earn section for the complete breakdown of ranking tiers, the daily ladder and the weekly milestones.
Strictly prohibited
Bidding on Emergent brand keywords on Google Ads. Fraudulent activity of any kind, including commission fabrication, fake referrals, bot traffic, cookie stuffing, or manipulation of tracking links. Violations result in immediate removal from the programme, forfeiture of unpaid commissions, and disqualification from all leaderboard bonuses.
Media kit & message drafts
Emergent provides approved creative assets and ready-to-use copy - brand logos, creatives, and banner images for websites and newsletters. Request access from your programme manager.
Getting started
- Sign up via your Emergent contact or the official affiliate portal: emergent.sh/affiliates.
- Receive your unique tracked affiliate link.
- Share your link with your audience - newsletters, websites, review pages.
- Monitor referrals and commissions on your affiliate dashboard.
- Contact your programme manager for assets, questions, or support.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Referral credits apply to friends and colleagues you introduce casually; affiliate commissions apply to paying subscribers acquired through your affiliate link. The programs can run in parallel as long as you meet the eligibility requirements for each.
Referral credits are added to your workspace balance and consumed alongside plan credits. They follow the same expiry and recharge rules - see Managing credit usage for details.
Referral credits are available worldwide. Affiliate payout structures vary by region: flat CPA rates differ by geography because subscription value and customer lifetime vary, so your programme manager will confirm the rates and payout details that apply to the markets you drive traffic from.
Yes - there is no minimum audience size to sign up at emergent.sh/affiliates. Your payout structure is agreed with the Emergent team based on your audience, traffic quality and volume, so a highly engaged niche community can do well. Leaderboard campaigns are a separate, invitation-only layer on top.
