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Kinsta
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Kinsta stands out in a sea of cookie-cutter web hosts for a number of reasons.
Firstly, they offer actual managed WordPress hosting – they’re not just paying lip service to that concept.
Secondly, we use them here at Authority Hacker. We’ve tested lots of web hosts over the years and Kinsta is our favorite by far.
And finally, Kinsta is deeply involved in the web hosting and development industry to the point where they’ve even developed their own plugins to help you optimize any WordPress install.
Kinsta, however, is not cheap.
Prices start at $30 each month for a single website, so this type of service is aimed at pro affiliate marketers.
We know we’re gushing a bit here, but we really like these guys.
Kinsta Affiliate Program
The Kinsta Hosting affiliate program is run in-house because they got tired of dealing with affiliate networks.
It also gives them a little more financial leverage with which to reward their affiliates, to the tune of up to $500 per referred sale.
That’s a shitload of affiliate commission, even for this niche.
So that makes this the most lucrative web hosting affiliate program in this roundup, plus they have a very low churn rate, so refunds are minimal.
URL: Kinsta affiliate program
Commission: Up to $500 per sale
EPC: TBC
Cookie duration: 60 days
WP Engine
Wp Engine Homepage Screenshot
WP Engine has been around since 2010, and in that time they’ve gone from being relatively unknown to powering 500,000 WordPress sites for customers in 120 different countries.
WP Engine is also the company behind StudioPress themes and the Genesis Framework for WordPress.
So your visitors will not only get access to some of the best web hosting out there if they sign up for WP Engine, but they’ll also receive access to both StudioPress and Genesis as a bonus.
This type of managed WordPress hosting isn’t cheap, with monthly prices starting at $30 each month, but you can get a pretty deep discount by paying a year or two in advance
We know some people will balk at the idea of paying thirty bucks each month to keep their website online, but you really do get what you pay for when it comes to this stuff.
Wp Engine Affiliate Program Stats
WP Engine’s listed affiliate commission structure is a little bit confusing, especially the “200%” part.
Basically, you’ll make an average of $140.53 for every affiliate referral you send their way. Plus, you have 180 days for your lead to convert to a sale.
There’s an additional bonus structure available, so if you refer more than 5 customers each month to WP Engine you get an extra $100 in commission (total), all the way up to a $1,500 bonus for 60 customers referred each month.
It’s one of the few programs here that offers a direct bonus program at this level, so you can look forward to discussing it with your dedicated affiliate manager.
URL: WP Engine affiliate program
Commission: Up to 200%
EPC: $100.42
Cookie duration: 180 days
Cloudways
Cloudways Homepage Stats
Cloud hosting isn’t exactly new.
But what Cloudways offers its customers is because you can choose from five different cloud providers to act as the backbone for your account.
So, unlike other hosts where you’re stuck with their choice of service infrastructure, with Cloudways you can choose to use Digital Ocean, Linode, Vultr, AWS, or Google Cloud hosting instead.
All of these options are SSD-based and for an added speed boost each account is also connected to the CloudWays CDN.
And the final scrape of icing on this cake is your visitors also get 24/7/365 support, with response times as low as 30 minutes when using their premium support option.
Cloudways Affiliate Program Stats
At face value $50 per referral in affiliate commissions might sound pretty good.
But that’s just their base commission rate for an affiliate making 1 – 5 sales.
If you can refer more than 45 customers each month your commission rate can lead right up to $125 per sale.
There’s obviously also a sliding scale for anyone referring 6 – 20 and 21 – 45 new customers each month.
An additional perk is being able to work directly with your own affiliate manager.
URL: Cloudways affiliate program
Commission: $50 per sale
EPC: $57.49
Cookie duration: 90 days
SiteGround
Siteground Homepage Screenshot
Choosing a web host for your first affiliate website(s) can be a daunting task.
But TASS students know that we’ve gone out of our way to find a webhost they’d find easy to set up and use.
And that web host is SiteGround, who also just happens to offer an affiliate program.
You can get SiteGround WordPress hosting for as little as $3.95 each month, but that doesn’t mean they cut any corners when it comes to serving customers or sites.
Your website will run on SSD hardware, and they even throw in an SSL certificate
Their WordPress plans start at just $9.95 each month, and you get quite a lot for that money.
That includes 10GB of storage space, free WordPress installation, free CDN and even a free SSL certificate to get you that HTTPS love from Google.
SiteGround has also impressed us in the past with the quality of their technical and customer support.
Siteground Affiliate Program
Here we have another web host that manages its own affiliate program.
So what do they offer their affiliates?
Well, you get paid up to $75 for each new customer that signs up with them through your affiliate link.
But that rate is only paid for 20+ referrals each month – their base affiliate commission rate is $40 per sale.
URL: SiteGround affiliate program
Commission: Up to $75 per sale
EPC: TBC
Cookie duration: 60 days
IPage
Ipage Homepage Screenshot
Many of the hosting companies featured in this roundup have been in business for a decade or so.
iPage is a host that I remember back from my earliest days online, way back in 1998.
And from memory, they were running an affiliate program from day one.
Your visitors can get web hosting with this company for as little as $2.99 each month, but you’ll have to sign up for 36-months to get pricing at the level.
So what will your audience get for their money?
A web hosting account, with a free domain name, free SSL cert, 24/7 support, a site builder, and even free domain transfer.
iPage is also an interesting product for “green” affiliates to promote.
Why?
Well, because their servers operate on wind power, so iPage customers can display a badge on their site showing that it’s environmentally friendly.
That’s a pretty sweet piece of leverage to have.
Ipage Affiliate Program Stats
iPage offers its affiliates $85 in commission for each new WordPress and VPS hosting account they sign up.
The landing page for their affiliate program does say they pay up to $150 commission for dedicated hosting accounts, but that’s not reflected on Commission Junction.
URL: iPage affiliate program
Commission: $85 per sale
EPC: $68.11
Cookie duration: 120 days
A2 Hosting
A2 Hosting Homepage Screenshot
A2 Hosting is all about speed.
In fact, they claim to be up to 20x faster than their competitors, boasting that their customer sites have 1-second page load times.
They also offer everything from shared to dedicated hosting solutions, catering for everything from small hobby sites to full corporate or e-commerce platforms.
WordPress ‘Lite’ shared hosting starts at $3.60 per month for a single site, all the way up to their professional WordPress hosting options costing $35 per month for unlimited websites
And all new accounts get a free SSL cert, a commitment to 99.9% uptime for your sites, and expert customer and technical support.
A2 Hosting Affiliate Program
So how do they treat their affiliates?
Pretty damn good – you can earn up to $140 per sale if you’re able to refer more than 31 new customers each month.
But even at the lower end of the scale they still pay a very respectable $85 per referral.
So this can be a very lucrative program for any affiliate willing to make the effort.
URL: A2 Hosting affiliate program
Commission: Up to $140 for every sale
EPC: TBC
Cookie duration: 90 days
Scala Hosting
Scala Hosting Homepage Screenshot
You’ve never heard of Scala Hosting before?
They’ve been in the business of hosting websites since 2007, so they’ve been around a whole lot longer than most of their competitors.
Your visitors can get shared, WordPress, or managed cloud hosting with Scala, so they tick all the boxes there.
Their USP is they claim to have the cheapest managed VPS hosting plans in the world, starting at just $12 per month.
And they’re obviously doing something right because they have over 50,000 customers and host over 700,000 websites.
So this could be an ideal program if your audience needs slightly more technical hosting solutions.
Scala Hosting Affiliate Program Stats
First things first – you’ll need an account with Rakuten Linkshare to promote the Scala Hosting affiliate program.
In terms of how much you can earn, they pay a base affiliate commission of $35 per referral for standard shared hosting, but they pay a flat rate of $120 per sale for VPS hosting.
They also prefer their affiliates to either publish content on IT subjects or review IT products and services.
So that’s worth bearing in mind when you apply to this program i.e. create some content that proves you meet their requirements.
URL: Scala Hosting affiliate program
Commission: Up to $200 for every sale
EPC: TBC
Cookie duration: 30 days
WebHostingPad
Webhostingpad Homepage Screenshot
WebHostingPad doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to their basic marketing pitch, “…quality hosting but at affordable prices”.
Which is why they offer shared hosting packages from just $1.99 each month, and $2.99 each month for WordPress solutions.
But they do also offer faster VPS hosting, although most of their hosting packages do benefit from using SSD-powered servers.
Web Hosting Pad has been around for 15 years now, so they’re a veteran of the hosting industry.
Webhostingpad Affiliate Program Stats
WebHostingPad might not have the profile of say Kinsta, but they still pay their affiliates $70 per referral.
But that would seem to only apply to VPS hosting packages because their average affiliate payment is $27.22 per transaction.
Which still isn’t bad, but it’s at the lower level of what you’d expect from a hosting affiliate program.
URL: Web Hosting Pad affiliate program
Commission: $70 per signup
EPC: $45.54
Cookie duration: 30 days
Hostgator
Hostgator Homepage Screenshot
It’s pretty much impossible to put together a roundup of hosting affiliate programs without mentioning one of the granddaddies of them all – Hostgator.
There was a time when the vast majority of affiliate sites were powered by Hostgator, simply because they offered very reliable and very affordable hosting.
I had a reseller account with them for about 12 years, until they were acquired by EIG and we had a serious falling out.
Anyways, HostGator is still an extremely popular web host and is still offering ultra-cheap hosting with prices starting at just $2.75 each month.
Your visitors can also rely on them for fast WordPress hosting, or even high-end VPS or dedicated web hosting for more demanding sites or applications.
Hostgator Affiliate Program Stats
Any affiliate promoting this offer will earn a flat $75 commission rate for each referral.
But HostGator is willing to reward top-performers with a higher commission rate.
For example, if you can refer more than 20 sales each month they’ll up your affiliate commission rate to $125 per signup.
URL: HostGator affiliate program
Commission: Up to $125 per referral
EPC: $19.99
Cookie duration: 60 days
BlueHost
Bluehost Homepage Screenshot
Yes, yes, we know that every one of the “best website hosts” articles you find online feature BlueHost.
We are not, however, here to review their actual services – the focus is instead on the BlueHost affiliate program.
But in general terms, BlueHost is another EIG company that offers its customers shared, WordPress, VPS and dedicated web hosting.
Their prices are also very competitive with shared and WordPress hosting starting at just $3.58 each month for a single website.
But you do need to sign up for their 36-month plan to get this sizable discount, so that’s something to consider.
And each of these entry-level plans covers a free domain name and SSL cert for your first year with the service.
Bluehost Affiliate Program Stats
First off, the BlueHost affiliate program has a generous 120-day cookie to work with – this is way above industry standards.
You’ll also earn $65 for every successful referral you make through an affiliate link.
And this is from a company that paid its affiliates over US$5 million in commissions last year alone.
So if you can find a unique and ethical way to promote this affiliate program, it can be very much worth the effort.
URL: BlueHost affiliate program
Commission: $65 per referral
EPC: $35.09
Cookie duration: 120 days
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