Partner program · Recurring · 4 levels deep

Up to 18.75%
across your network.

10% on direct referrals. 5%, 2.5% and 1.25% on three deeper levels. Recurring lifetime — paid every month for as long as your customer stays subscribed.

€155 a year, every year, for every Growth-plan customer you refer directly.

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How the tiers work

Four levels deep. Every level pays you forever.

★ You (Partner)
10%
Level 1 — Direct referrals
Customers you refer directly using your code.
€4.90 / mo per Business customer
5%
Level 2
Customers your L1s refer.
€2.45 / mo per Business customer
2.5%
Level 3
Customers your L2s refer.
€1.23 / mo per Business customer
1.25%
Level 4
Customers your L3s refer.
€0.61 / mo per Business customer
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Plug in your numbers. See your earnings.

All commissions are recurring monthly — for as long as each customer stays subscribed.

Inputs

Your monthly earnings

L1 10% €0.00
L2 5% €0.00
L3 2.5% €0.00
L4 1.25% €0.00
Network commission rate 18.75%
Monthly recurring €0.00
→ Annual recurring €0.00

* Recurring. Paid every month a customer stays subscribed. Stripe Connect payouts after a 14-day refund-protection hold.

Real-world math

Four ways partners actually earn.

Newsletter author

One issue mention. Recurring revenue.

Marcus runs a 5,000-subscriber newsletter for European freelancers. He shares his TaxItEasy referral link in one issue.

30 readers sign up for Starter (€29):
30 × €29 × 10% = €87 / month
× 12 months = €1,044 / year recurring

€1,044 / year — from one mention.

Tax advisor

Earn from your own client base.

Anna is a tax advisor with 25 small-business clients. She onboards them all on the Business plan because it gives her the multi-client cockpit and bulk export.

25 × €49 × 10% = €122.50 / month
× 12 months = €1,470 / year recurring
+ TaxItEasy is paid for many times over

€1,470 / year — recurring forever.

B2B influencer

Viral post + L2 multiplier.

Tom posts a thread about EU receipt automation. 50 small-business owners convert on Business. 10 of them share with their team-network → 30 L2 conversions.

L1: 50 × €49 × 10% = €245 / month
L2: 30 × €49 × 5% = €73.50 / month
Total: €318.50 / month
= €3,822 / year recurring

€3,822 / year — from one viral post.

Power-user with Growth referrals

Higher plan = bigger commission per customer.

Sarah refers 30 mid-sized companies to the Growth plan (€129). Higher plan = bigger per-customer recurring commission for life.

30 × €129 × 10% = €387 / month
× 12 months = €4,644 / year recurring
Each customer ≈ €155 / year forever

€4,644 / year — from 30 Growth referrals.

Who this is for

Built for these four kinds of partner.

Newsletter operators

One mention = recurring revenue. EU-only audience? Better fit than US tools.

B2B LinkedIn / X

Share once, earn forever. Recommend a product without reputation risk.

Tax advisors

You'd recommend it anyway — get paid for it. Onboard 25 clients = €1,470/year recurring.

Bookkeeping agencies

Roll out to your portfolio. Bundle TaxItEasy with your service, keep the recurring %.

How to start

From zero to first commission in 10 minutes.

1

Sign up free

Any plan works — even the Free plan. You don't have to be a paying customer to be a partner.

2

Enable Partner Program

In Settings → Partner. One toggle.

3

Complete Stripe Connect KYC

~5 minutes — identity verification (required by EU regulation for payouts). No upfront cost.

4

Get your codes — as many as you want

Pick custom labels: TOM-LINKEDIN, TOM-NEWSLETTER, TOM-PODCAST. Share via URL ?ref=TOM-LINKEDIN. Track which channel converts.

5

Get paid

Every signup tracked instantly. Commission accrues immediately. Paid 14 days after each customer's invoice clears, directly to your Stripe Connect account.

Mechanics

Built to be fair to partners.

Lifetime recurring

Not "12 months only" like most competitors. As long as your customer stays subscribed, you keep earning.

Stripe Connect payouts

Direct to your bank — no PayPal middleman, no bridge currencies, no hidden fees.

Multi-code attribution

Create one code per channel. See which posts, newsletters or threads actually convert — and double-down on what works.

Honest disclosure: 14-day hold + clawback

If a customer you referred cancels or refunds within 14 days of their invoice, the commission is voided automatically. After day 14, the commission is locked in and paid out — no clawback. This protects both sides: us from chargebacks we can't recover, you from "phantom commissions" that get reversed weeks later. No fraud-detection tricks, no opaque clawback windows.

FAQ

Partner questions, answered honestly.

How do I get started?

Sign up for any plan (Free works). In Settings → Partner, enable the program and complete the Stripe Connect onboarding (KYC). You'll get one or more referral codes to share. Total time: about 10 minutes.

Can I have multiple referral codes?

Yes. Each partner can create as many codes as they want with custom labels — e.g. TOM-LINKEDIN, TOM-NEWSLETTER, TOM-YOUTUBE. Codes are globally unique. Track conversions per code in your dashboard so you know which channel performs.

When do I get paid?

14 days after each customer's invoice clears. Paid via Stripe Connect to the bank account you connected during onboarding. No minimum threshold — every cleared commission is paid out automatically.

What if a customer cancels or refunds?

If it happens within 14 days of the invoice: the pending commission is voided automatically. If the commission was already paid out: we reverse the transfer from your Stripe Connect balance. After day 14: commission is locked in and yours forever — no clawback.

Can I refer myself?

No. Self-referrals are excluded from commissions. We're rolling out automated detection (email-domain + IP overlap) — for now it's manual review at payout time.

Do I need to be VAT-registered to receive payouts?

Stripe Connect handles your tax setup during onboarding. If you're a private individual you can receive payouts as personal income; if you're a business, add your VAT ID and Stripe will handle reverse-charge invoicing automatically.

What does "lifetime recurring" mean exactly?

For every month a customer you referred stays subscribed, you earn the commission % on that month's invoice. There's no cutoff at 12 months, no decay over time, no "terms expire after one year" trap. Customer stays 5 years? You earn for 5 years.

Can my referrals' referrals refer too — and I still earn?

Yes. That's exactly what L2, L3 and L4 are for. You earn 5% on customers your direct referrals bring in, 2.5% one level deeper, and 1.25% one more level deeper. 10 + 5 + 2.5 + 1.25 = 18.75% total network rate.

Is there a minimum payout threshold?

No. Every commission that has cleared the 14-day hold is paid out automatically. No accumulating to €50 first.

Where can I track my earnings?

In your Partner dashboard inside the app: pending vs cleared commissions, per-code attribution, payout history, and your downstream tree (L1/L2/L3/L4 with anonymised counts).

Start earning. From your network.

Become a partner

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