Earn 30% of every payment from customers you refer, for as long as they stay
Cuttles is business plan software for founders: pitch, business plan, budgets and funding in one place. Share your link with the people you already help start companies, and you get 30% of every payment they make, month after month and year after year.
Open to everyone with a Cuttles account. Instant access: no application, no approval, no paid plan needed.
- 30%of every payment, recurring
- 60 daysreferral cookie on cuttles.io
- €50minimum payout
- Monthlypayouts via PayPal or Wise
What you earn
You earn 30% of every payment a customer you referred makes to Cuttles, calculated on the amount they pay excluding VAT. It isn't a one-off bonus: when their plan renews next month or next year, you earn again. Upgrades and plan changes count too, because you get 30% of whatever they pay.
Commission keeps coming for as long as the customer stays on a paid plan. Refer ten founders who pick Grow on yearly billing, and you earn up to €576 every year they renew.
Each payment becomes a commission that is approved 30 days later, once the chargeback window has passed.
| Plan | Customer pays | You earn* |
|---|---|---|
| Seed monthly | €19/month | €5.70/month |
| Grow monthly | €29/month | €8.70/month |
| Series monthly | €79/month | €23.70/month |
| Seed yearly | €96/year | €28.80/year |
| Grow yearly | €192/year | €57.60/year |
| Series yearly | €576/year | €172.80/year |
*30% of the price when no VAT applies. Prices include VAT, so the commission is lower when VAT is charged: a customer in Denmark on Grow yearly pays €192, of which €153.60 is excluding VAT, and you earn €46.08.
How it works
- 1
Join with a Cuttles account
Create a Cuttles account in a minute, or log in. Accept the terms and your personal link is ready (in the app it's under "Refer a friend"). Add PayPal or Wise details whenever you like.
- 2
Share your link
Your link points to the Cuttles homepage on cuttles.io, like
www.cuttles.io/?ref=yourname. Put it in your newsletter, course, video description or client resources. Visitors can look around the whole site first: the 60-day cookie follows them to signup. - 3
Earn on every payment
When someone you referred pays, you earn 30%, and again on every renewal. Your dashboard shows clicks, signups, paying customers and every commission as it goes from pending to approved to paid.
How recurring revenue share adds up
Every customer you refer keeps paying you 30% for as long as they stay, so your monthly payout grows as new referrals stack on top of earlier ones.
Illustrative example, not a guarantee. It assumes the same number of new paying customers every month, the plan price shown averaged per month and before VAT, and the cancellation rate you set. Your actual payout is 30% of what your referred customers really pay, excluding VAT.
Who it's for
The program works best for people founders already trust when they're writing a plan or raising money.
Consultants and advisors
Give clients a tool for the plan, budgets and pitch, and earn while they use it.
Incubators and accelerators
Point every new cohort to one place for their business plans.
Teachers and schools
Entrepreneurship courses need a hands-on planning tool. Share your link with students.
Bloggers and newsletter writers
Write about starting a business, funding or side projects? Link to the software that does the planning.
YouTubers and course creators
Add your link to video descriptions and course materials about business plans and pitching.
Payouts
PayPal or Wise
We pay in euros to your PayPal account or, via Wise, to your bank account (IBAN). You choose when you join and can change it any time in your dashboard.
Every month
Payouts go out once a month, around the 5th, for all commissions that are approved by then.
€50 minimum
We pay as soon as your approved commissions reach €50. A smaller balance rolls over to the next month.
30-day approval
Each commission is approved 30 days after the payment, after the chargeback window. You see the date in your dashboard.
Program terms
- Commission. 30% of every payment a referred customer makes to Cuttles, excluding VAT and after discounts, for as long as they keep a paid plan. Renewals, upgrades and plan changes are included.
- Who counts as referred. A new Cuttles account created within 60 days of clicking your link. If someone clicks several affiliate links, the last one counts. Existing Cuttles accounts can't be referred.
- No self-referrals. Your own accounts, your company's accounts and payments with your own card don't earn commission and may be flagged.
- No paid search on our brand. Don't bid on "Cuttles" or misspellings of it in Google Ads or other search ads, and don't use Cuttles in domain names, ad names or social handles.
- No spam. No unsolicited e-mail or messages, no fake reviews, no misleading claims, no made-up discount codes and no cookie stuffing. Say that you earn a commission where the law or the platform requires it.
- Refunds and disputes. Commissions are approved 30 days after each payment. If the payment is refunded or disputed before then, or before we pay you, that commission is void.
- Payouts. Monthly via PayPal or Wise, in euros, once approved commissions reach €50. You're responsible for any taxes on your earnings. Your payout details are stored encrypted and only used to pay you.
- Open to everyone. Anyone with a Cuttles account can join and gets their link instantly. There is no application or approval step.
- Changes and termination. We may pause or close an affiliate account and withhold or reverse commissions in case of fraud, self-referrals, spam, refunds or chargebacks. We'll give 30 days' notice of changes to the commission rate. You can leave any time.
Questions or larger partnerships (schools, incubators): [email protected]. See also our privacy policy.
Start earning 30% on every payment
Create a Cuttles account or log in, accept the terms, and your link is ready.