If you’re looking to monetize your audience, Gumroad’s affiliate program offers two flexible paths: Your Affiliates with a customizable rate and Gumroad Affiliates (formerly Global Affiliates) with a fixed 10% reward. This setup lets you tailor incentives to your product line and audience, and both options are optional and manageable from the Affiliates Dashboard. For earn-your-first-dollar-online-with-gumroad, affiliates can share unique links and benefit from clear tracking and attribution.

From an affiliate perspective, the program uses a straightforward, one-time commission on each sale (including tax and shipping). You can assign products and set a commission between 1% and 75% for Your Affiliates, or promote via Gumroad Affiliates at 10%. Each affiliate gets a unique link, and we track purchases with a 30-day cookie window; if a customer buys within 30 days of clicking, the affiliate earns the referral. Destination URLs let you route buyers through customized funnels, and you can provide signup forms to recruit new partners who, once approved, are automatically linked to your products.

Key promotional points for affiliates: the product addresses a broad market—helping people earn their first dollar online; a generous, trackable compensation model with a long cookie window; flexible product assignment and destination URLs for tailored campaigns; unique product links for precise promotion; easy onboarding via an affiliate signup form.

Best suited for: bloggers, YouTubers, email marketers, course creators, and niche sites targeting aspiring online sellers and digital-product buyers. The program works well for those who want to monetize content with scalable, performance-based commissions and clear attribution across multiple Gumroad products.