The large hosting companies pay a one-off commission when someone signs up. It is a bigger cheque on day one, and then it stops — even though that customer keeps paying them for years.
We do it the other way round. You earn 20% of every hosting invoice your referred customer pays — monthly if they bill monthly, annually if they bill annually — for as long as they stay. The first payment is smaller. By year three it is not, and it carries on without you doing anything further.
We would rather be honest about that than pretend our first cheque is bigger. It is not. It is the tenth one that matters.
20% of every web hosting and reseller hosting invoice your referrals pay, for as long as they stay. The figures below assume annual billing — on monthly plans you earn 20% of each monthly invoice instead. The bigger the plan they choose, the more the same referral is worth to you.
Customer pays £24/year · you earn £0.40/month per referral
| Referrals | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | £0.40 | £4.80 |
| 5 | £2 | £24 |
| 10 | £4 | £48 |
| 25 | £10 | £120 |
| 50 | £20 | £240 |
Customer pays £84/year · you earn £1.40/month per referral
| Referrals | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | £1.40 | £16.80 |
| 5 | £7 | £84 |
| 10 | £14 | £168 |
| 25 | £35 | £420 |
| 50 | £70 | £840 |
Customer pays £252/year · you earn £4.20/month per referral
| Referrals | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | £4.20 | £50.40 |
| 5 | £21 | £252 |
| 10 | £42 | £504 |
| 25 | £105 | £1,260 |
| 50 | £210 | £2,520 |
Commission is earned each time a referral pays. On annual plans that is once a year, so the monthly column is what it averages to once you have several referrals renewing across the year. On monthly plans you are paid every month from the start. Payouts run on a fixed date each month.
Join and you get a personal referral link and code. No application process, no minimum audience, no cost.
Share it with clients, readers or anyone who needs hosting. They get our standard offer, including the free AI website builder on every plan.
20% clears 60 days after they pay, and again at every renewal for as long as they stay. Paid by Wise or bank transfer on a fixed date each month.
It works best for people who are already recommending a host to someone — because for them the referral costs no extra effort at all.
We handle all the customer support. You make the introduction — nothing after that is your problem.
You do the work once. A tutorial published today can still be sending signups in three years, and every one of those keeps paying you.
Which plan your audience buys matters more than how many of them buy.
One reseller hosting referral is worth £4.20/month to you. One entry-plan referral is worth £0.40. Same video, same post, same effort.
So aim your content at people running an agency, or managing sites for several clients — not at someone putting up their first blog.
20% of what your referred customer actually pays on web hosting and reseller hosting. Those two products only. It recurs on every hosting invoice they pay — monthly or annually, depending on their billing cycle — for as long as the account stays active.
Web hosting and reseller hosting — on both new signups and every renewal. VPS, domain registrations and renewals, SSL certificates, add-ons, upgrades and one-off fees do not earn commission.
Not on the first sale — they typically pay a larger one-off amount. We pay less upfront and keep paying on every renewal. On Premium and Reseller plans the recurring model overtakes a one-off payout within a year or two, and then keeps going.
Commission clears 60 days after your referral pays, which covers the refund window. Payouts run on a fixed date each month once your balance reaches £25, by Wise or bank transfer.
A new customer who registers their own Hostking account through your link or code. Domains, add-ons, upgrades and purchases on your own account are not eligible.
No. Accounts created for yourself, your own company, or on behalf of an existing Hostking customer are not eligible.
Our standard offer: hosting from our published prices, free SSL, and the free AI website builder on every plan.
No. We provide all support. Once you have made the introduction, the relationship is ours to look after.
Commission is reversed on refund, chargeback or fraudulent cancellation. That is why there is a 60-day hold before it clears.
Yes. That is Website Care: we build your website in about a minute, a designer perfects it, and we host it and make your changes every month from £14.99/month.
No cost to join, no minimum audience, and no obligation to promote anything.
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