Podia

Podia pays 20% to 30% recurring, capped at twelve months, through Impact. Plans are cheap, so this is a volume program rather than a big-ticket one, and that suits the audience it converts best with.

The product, and the pitch that sells it

Podia bundles courses, digital downloads, memberships, email and a website into one flat monthly fee. No transaction fees on the paid plans, no add-ons to buy, no plugin stack to maintain. For a creator who just wants to sell something this week, that simplicity is the entire selling point.

It's the anti-Kajabi: less powerful, far cheaper, dramatically easier to start. Write it that way.

What you'll earn

Twenty percent is the standard rate with up to 30% available. It recurs monthly for twelve months per referral, then stops. On a low-priced plan that's a modest total per customer, so this program only works at volume.

The cookie is 30 days, which is short. Payouts run on the 5th of each month via PayPal or direct deposit through Impact, and the threshold is low enough that a small site sees money reasonably quickly.

Who converts

First-time creators, and this is a genuinely underserved audience. Somebody with a small email list and one ebook to sell will not pay $149 a month for Kajabi, and they'll find WordPress plus a plugin stack overwhelming. Podia is the honest recommendation for them, which means it converts on beginner traffic that other course platforms waste.

Established six-figure course businesses will outgrow it and should be pointed at Kajabi. Don't oversell Podia into that segment; it lacks the automation depth and the reader will churn.

Podia vs Teachable for affiliates

Teachable pays a bit more and has stronger brand recognition. Podia converts a segment Teachable struggles with, namely people who want everything in one place and have never sold anything online before. Carry both and route by how far along the reader is.

Getting approved

Apply through podia.com/affiliates, which routes to Impact. Approval is easy and there's no meaningful traffic requirement, making it one of the friendlier programs for a newer site.

Verdict

A sensible program with modest per-referral value and an unusually easy sell. Its real strength is that it's the right answer for beginners, so you can recommend it honestly and often. Just don't expect any single referral to move the needle, and remember the twelve-month cap.