Smol affiliate program
Earn 40% of every sale you send.
Share a link to Smol. When someone buys within 60 days, you keep 40% of what they pay, sent to your PayPal every month. Join by 7 January 2027 and it is 50% for your first 6 months.
Free to join · No application · Paid from $20
- Customer paid
- $29.00
- Your rate
- 40%
- You keep
- $11.60
How it works
Three steps, and one of them is waiting.
Get your link
Sign in with your email, pick a code, and your link is live:
smolmac.com/?via=you. Add?via=youto any page on the site to send people exactly where you want.Share it honestly
A review, a tutorial, a tools page, a newsletter. Say you earn a commission, and say only what you can show. The numbers on our benchmark page are yours to quote.
Get paid monthly
Each sale appears in your dashboard within minutes and clears after 30 days. On the 1st, everything cleared goes to your PayPal once you have $20.
What you earn
40% to start. 50% when it is working.
Sell 25 licences in any 90 days and every sale after that earns 50%, for as long as you keep the pace. Founding affiliates get 50% from day one.
| Order | Customer pays | You keep at 40% | At 50% |
|---|---|---|---|
| SoloOne licence | $29 | $11.60 | $14.50 |
| TeamThree licences | $49 | $19.60 | $24.50 |
| Enterprise10 seats at $20 each | $200 | $80 | $100 |
Smol is a one-time purchase, so each sale pays once. One order pays at most $1,000. The Smol API is not part of the program yet.
- Your rate
- 40%standard rate
- Per sale
- $11.60
- Per month
- $58
- Per year
- $696
Arithmetic on the published rates for the $29 Solo licence, not a forecast. Founding affiliates earn 50% from their first sale for six months.
Why it is easy to recommend
You never have to oversell it.
Smol compresses and converts images, PDFs, video and audio on the Mac itself. The claims we make are measured and published, so the ones you make can be too.
- 15–21%
- fewer bytes than Apple’s AVIF encoder at the same quality score, on 24 public test images. Method, data and where Smol loses.
- $29
- once. No subscription, no file limits, free updates. An easy thing to say yes to.
- 0
- files uploaded. Everything runs on the buyer’s Mac, which matters to anyone handling client work.
- 50
- interface languages, and this site in English, German and Spanish. Your link works on every page of it.
The rules
Short enough to read here.
They exist so a commission always means a real customer you actually sent. The full terms say the same thing at more length.
Go ahead
- Reviews, comparisons and tutorials, on any platform you publish on.
- Your newsletter, your course, your client onboarding notes.
- Quoting any number on our benchmark page, including the ones Smol loses.
- Linking to any page of smolmac.com, with a sub-ID to see which placement works.
Not allowed
- Hiding that you earn a commission.
- Buying through your own link.
- Bidding on “Smol” or “Smolmac” in paid search, or sending ads straight to our site.
- Coupon, cashback or paid-to-click traffic, spam, and invented numbers or reviews.
Questions
Before you join.
Who can join?
Anyone aged 18 or over. You sign in to smolmac.com with your email, accept the terms and pick a code. There is no application and no waiting: the link works straight away.
How do you know a sale came from me?
When someone follows your link we store your code in a first-party cookie in their browser for 60 days. If they buy in that time, the sale is yours. If they followed several affiliates' links, the most recent one gets it. A buyer who clears cookies or switches device in between may not be matched; if you think a sale was missed, write to us and we will look.
When and how am I paid?
A commission becomes payable 30 days after the sale. On the 1st of each month we send everything payable to your PayPal address, in US dollars, once you have at least $20. We pay PayPal's sending fee. A smaller balance carries over.
Which purchases earn a commission?
Every paid licence of the Smol Mac app: Solo ($29), Team ($49) and Enterprise ($20 a seat). One order pays at most $1,000. The Smol API is not part of the program yet.
What happens if a sale is refunded or disputed?
The commission is reversed. If we had already paid it, the amount comes off your next payout; we never ask you to send money back.
Can I buy Smol through my own link?
No. Your own purchases, and purchases made on a browser you are signed in to as an affiliate, earn nothing.
Do I need a website?
No. A newsletter, a channel, a course or a client list all work. What matters is that people chose to hear from you and that you tell them you earn a commission.
Can I advertise my link?
You can promote your own content however you like. Two things are off limits: bidding on "Smol" or "Smolmac" in paid search, and sending ads straight to smolmac.com. Coupon and cashback listings are not allowed either.
What am I allowed to say about Smol?
Anything you can show. Our benchmark page publishes the numbers, the method and the raw data, including the comparisons Smol lost, and you can quote all of it. Do not invent numbers, reviews or endorsements.
I do not live in the United States. Can I still be paid?
Yes, wherever PayPal lets you receive money. We send US dollars; PayPal converts them at its own rate if your account is in another currency. You are responsible for any tax on what you earn.
Founding affiliates · until 7 January 2027
50% for six months.
Takes about a minute. Your link works as soon as you accept the terms.