Best Hosting affiliate programs
8 Hosting affiliate programs compared on commission, cookie window and payout terms.
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- 8 compared
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Bluehost vs Namecheap
Bluehost or Namecheap? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
- Hosting
- Updated August 11, 2026
Namecheap takes 2 of 3 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.
Term by term
| Criterion | Bluehost | Namecheap Top pick |
|---|---|---|
| The money | ||
| Commission | $65 | 20–35% |
| Pays for | — | — |
| Payout type | One-time | One-time |
| Tier ladder | No tiers | Domains (registrations and transfers) 20%, Hosting (Stellar, Reseller, VPS, Dedicated) 35%, SSL certificates 35%, Private Email 20%, PremiumDNS 20%, FastVPN (monthly plan) 100% of the first purchase, then 53% on the next six renewals, FastVPN (annual plan) 53%, RelateSocial (monthly plan) 50% of the first renewal, then 25% on the next eleven, RelateSocial (annual plan) 30% |
| Terms | ||
| Cookie window | 30 days | 30 days |
| Ease of starting | 2.8 / 5 | ✔ 3.3 / 5 |
| Approval | Reviewed | Reviewed |
| Our rating | — | — |
| Getting paid | ||
| Paid out | Monthly (Processed about 45 days after the end of the month the sale accrued in. The affiliate agreement allows a 45 to 70 day window. Auto-payouts can be enabled.) | Monthly (On Impact you either pick a fixed payout day, the 1st or the 15th, or have it pay automatically once the balance clears the threshold. CJ pays on or around the 20th.) |
| Minimum payout | $10 (Stated on Bluehost's own affiliate payouts article. The affiliate agreement itself leaves the threshold to Bluehost's discretion and to whatever platform you are paid through.) | $10 (On Impact the floor is $10 across all methods. Through CJ it is $50 for direct deposit and $100 for a paper cheque in USD, with lower equivalents in EUR and GBP.) |
| Clearing hold | 45 days | — |
| Payment methods | PayPal, Direct deposit | ✔ PayPal, Electronic funds transfer / ACH, Wire transfer, Cheque, Payoneer (CJ only) |
| Rules | ||
| Self-referral | — | Prohibited |
| Paid search | Restricted | Restricted |
| Affiliate assets | ✔ Banners, Creative assets, Affiliate dashboard, Marketing tools | Banners, Text links, Affiliate widget |
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
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Bluehost sells shared, VPS and managed WordPress hosting alongside domains, aimed mainly at people building their first site.
- Top pick
Namecheap is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar that also sells shared, WordPress, VPS and dedicated hosting, SSL certificates, private email, a VPN and a set of marketing tools.
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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.