How to get your first referral with Flodesk

Updated on 8/18/2026

To get your first referral, share your unique affiliate link with your audience, turn on Flodesk branding in your brand settings, and add your PayPal details so you’re ready to get paid. When someone joins Flodesk as a paid member through your link, they get 25% off their first year and you earn a commission.

New to the program? This guide covers how it works, how and when you get paid, and three simple ways to land that first referral.

The Flodesk affiliate program pays you a commission every time someone signs up for a paid Flodesk plan through your unique referral link. The person you refer gets 25% off their first year, and you earn a payout once their commission is approved.

You’ll find everything you need in your affiliate dashboard. Log into Flodesk, open your Account dashboard from the top right-hand corner, and select “Share Flodesk 💸.”

Your referral link is a unique URL you can copy and share with your community, and it lives in your affiliate dashboard. To make it your own, click the pencil icon and change the URL slug to something easy to remember, like your name or your business name.

While you’re there, grab the affiliate success kit. It’s full of swipe copy and graphics you can use, and it’s available right inside your dashboard.

Flodesk pays affiliate commissions through PayPal once you’ve met the eligibility requirements.Following eligibility, Flodesk confirms each referral as being eligible for commission, which process takes approximately 30 days. Payouts run on a rolling daily basis, so approved commissions go out as they clear

Just below the earnings section of your dashboard, you’ll see a “PayPal email” field. Add your details here before you start sharing so your payouts have somewhere to land.

Make sure the email you enter is linked to an active PayPal account. Review your PayPal payment settings too, so your account is ready to receive payouts when they arrive.

You can track your total earnings, upcoming payouts, and analytics all in one place from the dashboard.

When eligibility requirements are met within 180 days of your first qualifying referral, you, as a Flodesk affiliate, can earn a commission when someone you refer starts a paid subscription within a year of the referral. As a reminder, as part of the eligibility requirements, you must add an active PayPal email to your Flodesk account. 

What counts as a qualifying referral?

Someone you refer who signs up for a paid Flodesk subscription within a year of that referral. In the Affiliate Terms, this is called a Paid Service Transaction.You’ll find the full details, including exclusions in Section 5.2 of the Affiliate Terms.

How long do you have to become eligible?  

From your first qualifying referral, you have 180 days to meet all the eligibility requirements — including adding your PayPal email to your Flodesk account. Once you’ve met them, you start earning commissions. The full eligibility requirements are in Section 2 of Affiliate Terms.

The three easiest ways to land your first referral are turning on the Flodesk footer, sharing your link on social, and emailing your community. Here’s how each one works.

This is the easiest option, and it takes less than a minute. Go to “My account,” select “Branding,” scroll down, and toggle Flodesk branding on. Every email you send then carries your link. Click here to turn yours on.

Tell your audience why you love Flodesk and how they can get 50% off their first year by signing up through your link. You can even add it to your Link in bio list to drive more traffic to your page.

What better way to get subscribers excited about email than wrapping a heartfelt note in one of Flodesk’s beautiful templates? Share the impact email has had on your business, plus what you love about using Flodesk.

Together, let’s help small businesses stand out, bring their brand to life, and boldly sell their offers.