Best Hosting affiliate programs
8 Hosting affiliate programs compared on commission, cookie window and payout terms.
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Namecheap or One.com? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
Namecheap takes 2 of 3 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.
| Criterion | Namecheap Top pick | One.com |
|---|---|---|
| The money | ||
| Commission | 20–35% | ✔ 50% |
| Pays for | — | — |
| Payout type | One-time | One-time |
| Tier ladder | 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% | No tiers |
| Terms | ||
| Cookie window | 30 days | — |
| Ease of starting | 3.3 / 5 | — |
| Approval | Reviewed | Reviewed |
| Our rating | — | — |
| Getting paid | ||
| Paid out | 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.) | One.com promises payouts within 30 days but does not state a cycle; the actual schedule is set by CJ or Everflow. |
| Minimum payout | $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.) | Not published. Thresholds are governed by whichever network you join. |
| Clearing hold | — | — |
| Payment methods | ✔ PayPal, Electronic funds transfer / ACH, Wire transfer, Cheque, Payoneer (CJ only) | PayPal, Wire Transfer |
| Rules | ||
| Self-referral | Prohibited | — |
| Paid search | Restricted | — |
| Affiliate assets | ✔ Banners, Text links, Affiliate widget | Tracking links, Real-time reporting |
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.
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.