Partners
The Easy2257 partner program for affiliates and referral partners: what it pays, how a referral is tracked, when a balance pays out, and how to join.
The partner program pays you for recommending Easy2257. You share a referral link, or a discount code assigned to you, and you earn 25% of every payment made by each customer credited to you, for as long as that customer keeps paying. Joining is free, and there is nothing to build or install.
This is the referral program, not the Partner API. If you run a platform and want to create records for your own creators through an integration, that is a platform agreement with its own terms, covered in the Platforms guide. A platform earns no referral commission on its own creators. Everyone else who wants to recommend Easy2257 belongs on this page.
Who it fits
The program is built for people who already talk to producers and creators about the business side of their work:
- Accountants and bookkeepers who file for adult performers
- Attorneys who advise on record-keeping
- Creator educators, coaches, and course sellers
- Agencies and managers who represent talent
- Creators with an audience of other creators
You do not have to be an Easy2257 customer to join. If you already are one, you can apply from your existing account (see How to join).
What you earn
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Rate | 25% of every payment a referred customer makes |
| Which payments | The first payment and every renewal, on every paid plan and on per-scene fees |
| For how long | For as long as the customer keeps paying. There is no expiry date |
| Calculated on | The full amount the customer paid. Payment processing fees are not deducted first |
An example: a customer on the annual Solo Creator plan pays $120 a year, so each of their payments earns you $30. If a customer pays a discounted price, your commission is 25% of the amount they actually paid.
How a referral is tracked
There are two ways a referral is attributed to you: your referral link, and a discount code assigned to you, used at checkout. The link needs nothing from the person you refer. The code is typed into the promo code field at checkout on the annual Solo Creator plan, or into the same field at signup, where it is saved and applied when they check out. The steps below follow the link; the code is covered under Your audience discount.
- Your referral link is
https://easy2257.com?ref=YOURCODE. The code works on any page of easy2257.com: add?ref=YOURCODEto any URL and the referral is tracked. - When someone opens a link carrying your code, a referral cookie is set in their browser for 30 days.
- If they create an account while that cookie is present, the account is attributed to you, and every payment it makes from then on earns your commission.
Four rules follow from that:
- First touch wins. If the person already carries another partner's referral cookie, or their account is already credited to another partner, yours does not replace it. That holds for a code as well as a link.
- A link attributes at signup, a code attributes at checkout. Someone who creates an account without your cookie is still attributed to you if they later pay with a discount code assigned to you, as long as no other partner has been credited for that account in the meantime.
- Your account has to be active at the moment the credit is recorded: when they sign up through your link, or when they pay with a code assigned to you. Anything shared while your application is still in review attaches nothing, which is why your link is handed over only after approval.
- You cannot refer yourself. An account created with your own email address, or a variation of it, is not attributed to you.
When it pays
Every commission goes through three stages before it is paid, and your dashboard shows the amount at each one.
| Stage | What happens |
|---|---|
| Recorded and reviewed | A commission is recorded when the referred customer's payment clears. It is then reviewed and approved. |
| 30-day hold | An approved commission becomes payable 30 days after it was earned. That window lets a refund or chargeback on the underlying payment be reversed against the commission before any money moves. |
| Payable | Once your payable balance reaches $50.00, a payout can be sent to the payout method you set in your dashboard settings. A balance below $50.00 carries forward until it clears the minimum. |
If a payment is refunded or charged back, the matching commission is reversed. A reversal counts against your balance right away rather than waiting out the hold.
Your audience discount
Approved partners also get a discount code for their audience: 20% off the first year of the annual Solo Creator plan, entered at checkout. The code, and ready-to-post copy that already includes it, are under Promote in your partner dashboard. Your commission on a discounted first year is 25% of what the customer paid: $24 on a $96 first year.
A code that Easy2257 has recorded against your partner account also credits you: a customer who pays with it is attributed to you at checkout, even if they never clicked your link, as long as their account is not already credited to another partner. At the plan checkout, promo codes apply to the annual Solo Creator plan, so that is the purchase a code is offered on.
How to join
- Create your partner account at easy2257.com/partner/signup. The form asks for your name, your email address, and a password of at least 12 characters; company and website are optional. You accept the affiliate terms as part of the form.
- Verify your email. A six-digit code is sent to the address you entered.
- Wait for review. A person reviews every partner before the link goes live, usually within a business day, and you get an email when you are approved. There is no ID check to refer. Identity verification is only asked for when a partner creates a live Partner API key.
- Sign in to your dashboard at partner.easy2257.com. Your referral link, ready-to-post copy, commissions, and payouts all live there.
Already an Easy2257 customer? Sign in and apply at easy2257.com/partner/apply. The same review applies, and the partner account is attached to the account you already have.
Questions
Email admin@easy2257.com. The full agreement, including taxes, termination, and what you may and may not do when promoting Easy2257, is at easy2257.com/affiliate-terms.
Reference
- Affiliate terms: the agreement you accept when you join
- Partner signup: create a partner account
- Partner dashboard: your link, ready-to-post copy, commissions, and payouts
- Platforms guide: the platform agreement, for integrations rather than referrals