Siteground

SiteGround pays $50 to $100+ per sale on a tiered scale, and it pays weekly with no minimum balance. That second detail is rarer than the commission rate and worth more to a small site than any headline number.

The tier structure

One to five sales a month pays $50 each. Six to ten pays $75. Eleven to twenty pays $100. Above twenty you negotiate directly, and the custom rates go well beyond $100. Other SiteGround services pay 60% of the first year.

Tiers reset monthly, so ten sales spread across two months earn less than ten sales in one. If you run seasonal campaigns, concentrate them.

Weekly payouts, and why that matters

Almost every hosting program makes you wait: HostGator takes around three months, A2 holds sales for 45 days and pays on the 15th. SiteGround pays weekly, even for a single sale, with no threshold to clear. Your first sale does sit through a 30 to 40 day validation window, but after that the money moves.

For a new site with irregular traffic, getting $50 next week beats waiting a quarter to reach someone else's $100 minimum. The cookie runs 60 days.

Who converts

WordPress beginners and small businesses moving off cheap shared hosting. SiteGround's reputation for support does the selling, so content that leans on the support angle converts better than spec comparisons. Migration guides, "my host is slow" posts, and WooCommerce hosting content all work.

What doesn't: developers who want root access and will pick a VPS, and anyone shopping purely on price. SiteGround's renewal pricing is high and readers who compare renewal rates rather than intro rates will bounce.

SiteGround vs HostGator for affiliates

HostGator's top tier pays more, but you wait a quarter to see it. SiteGround pays weekly and its brand converts better with WordPress audiences. For most publishers SiteGround is the better of the two, and the cashflow difference compounds if you're reinvesting in content.

Getting approved

Apply at siteground.com/affiliates. It's an in-house program with its own dashboard rather than a network. Approval is quick. SiteGround does not permit paid search on its brand terms and does not allow coupon sites into the program.

Verdict

The best cashflow in web hosting affiliate marketing, with a commission rate that becomes genuinely competitive once you clear six sales a month. Concentrate your promotion into single months to climb the tiers, and lead on support quality rather than price.