Best Email & Newsletter affiliate programs
8 Email & Newsletter affiliate programs compared on commission, cookie window and payout terms.
- Programs
- 8 compared
Top pick: GetResponse Compare →
beehiiv vs GetResponse
beehiiv or GetResponse? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
- Email & Newsletter
- Updated August 28, 2026
Evenly matched — beehiiv and GetResponse take 2 of 4 compared terms each. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.
Term by term
| Criterion | beehiiv Top pick | GetResponse |
|---|---|---|
| The money | ||
| Commission | ✔ 50–60% | 40–60% |
| Pays for | 1 year | 1 year |
| Payout type | Tiered | Recurring |
| Tier ladder | Launch entry tier, Bronze 50%, Silver 55%, Gold 60% | Bronze 40% for 12 months, Silver 50% for 12 months, Gold 60% for 12 months |
| Terms | ||
| Cookie window | 60 days | ✔ 90 days |
| Ease of starting | — | 3.5 / 5 |
| Approval | — | Reviewed |
| Our rating | — | — |
| Getting paid | ||
| Paid out | Monthly (the 15th, covering the prior month) | Monthly (Commission is approved in your account by the 7th and withdrawable by the 15th; GetResponse says payments are released around the 13th of each month.) |
| Minimum payout | — | Not published for the PartnerStack program. The older in-house terms, which cover affiliates who joined before the move, set a USD 50 threshold. |
| Clearing hold | — | — |
| Payment methods | PayPal | ✔ PayPal, Stripe |
| Rules | ||
| Self-referral | Prohibited | Prohibited |
| Paid search | Restricted | Restricted |
| Affiliate assets | ✔ Partner dashboard, Partner playbooks, Case studies, Co-branded landing pages, Partner badge | Promotional and enablement materials in PartnerStack, Unique tracking link, Promo code on request, Personalized landing page at Gold tier |
A ✔ marks the better term on that row. Rows where the programs match, where the terms aren't comparable, or where a program hasn't published a figure are left unmarked — a dash means unknown, not zero.
The programs
- Top pick
Newsletter platform built by former Morning Brew operators. The partner program pays 50–60% on a tier ladder, recurring for a full year per referral.
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GetResponse is an email marketing and automation platform that also sells landing pages, webinars, courses and paid newsletters.
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Affiliate terms change often, and every figure here comes from each program's own published page on the date above. Confirm the current rate with the merchant before you promote it. Links to the programs are affiliate links.