FlipScout affiliate program

Give viewers a real reason to try FlipScout, get paid every month they stay subscribed. No cash sponsorship budget yet, no vanity metrics, no clawbacks past Stripe's 60-day window — just a flat 30% recurring revenue share for the lifetime of each subscription that comes in on your code.

The offer

• 30% recurring revenue share, for the lifetime of the subscription, on every Pro or Shop subscriber who redeems your promo code at Stripe Checkout.
• Applies to both monthly and yearly plans, on the first invoice and every subsequent renewal, until the subscriber cancels or FlipScout refunds them.
• Paid monthly, in arrears, the calendar month after the charge cleared. ACH or Stripe Connect — creator picks.
• Your promo code is a Stripe promotion code you pick — e.g. CHEVYDUDE10. Optionally we can attach a customer-visible discount to it (10% off first month, that kind of thing) or leave it as a discount-free "tracker code." Your call.

Definitions we hold ourselves to

• Referred subscriber = a Pro or Shop subscription whose Stripe Checkout Session was created with your promotion code and where the code is bound to your affiliate record.
• Recurring revenue = invoice.total Stripe records on a paid, non-refunded, non-disputed invoice for that subscription. Excludes tax, excludes the $2 Algo-credit overage, excludes Stripe fees. The 30% is on the plan charge only, not on usage-based add-ons.
• Lifetime = until the subscription's Stripe status leaves active (canceled, refunded, chargeback, or a downgrade to Free).

FTC disclosure — required for every read, every post

This is not optional. FTC 16 CFR Part 255 requires you to disclose the affiliate relationship every time you promote FlipScout. In a YouTube segment, "I earn a commission if you sign up" in the read is the minimum; a pinned first-comment disclosure is standard. Written posts get a clear #ad or "affiliate link" label on the promotion itself, not buried in an About page.

FlipScout does not accept traffic from a creator who won't disclose. If a viewer complains and the disclosure isn't visible, we pause payouts on the code, tell you why, and un-pause once it is.

And these still apply, everywhere the code shows up:

• No false claims. Don't tell viewers FlipScout is licensed, endorsed by, or partnered with KBB, Cox Automotive, Autotrader, Auto Lenders / Algo, or any other third party we scrape or integrate with. We are none of those things.
• No fake urgency or scarcity. No "this discount ends Friday" unless it is actually a scheduled discount we agreed to in writing.
• No sourcing on behalf of viewers. Screenshare your own metro, absolutely. Do not offer to run scans for viewers as a paid add-on — that turns a creator into an unlicensed dealer aid under some state DMV interpretations.

Payment mechanics

• Payments issue from the FlipScout Stripe balance to your Stripe Connect account (if you set one up) or via ACH (Plaid-connected bank).
• Monthly minimum payout: $50. Sub-minimum months roll over.
• You get a per-month CSV of every subscriber under your code: subscriber id (never PII), plan, charge date, charge amount, 30% share. You never see the subscriber's email, license key, VIN, or scanned listings.
• Refunds inside Stripe's 60-day window claw back the share on the next payout. A chargeback claws back plus a $15 Stripe dispute fee, split 50/50.

Ending the arrangement

Either side can end it with 30 days' written notice. Existing referred subscribers stay attributed to you through the end of the current calendar month, then move to the FlipScout house.

FlipScout can end it immediately (no notice) if the compliance section above is violated — fake claims, missing disclosure, false urgency.

How to apply

Email support@flipscout.dev with:

1. Where you post (YouTube channel, TikTok handle, blog URL, newsletter, wherever the FlipScout mention will live).
2. Roughly how many people you reach in the used-car / flipper audience per month. No inflation, no invented numbers — we compare against your public channel stats before we set up a code.
3. The promo code you'd like (all-caps, alphanumeric, memorable — e.g. CHEVYDUDE10). If it's taken we'll pick something close.
4. Whether you want a customer-visible discount attached to the code (e.g. 10% off first month) or just a tracker.
5. How you want to be paid — Stripe Connect account handle, or "ACH via Plaid."

We reply within two business days. If we say yes, we create the code, send you a one-page welcome with the checkout URL, and start accruing. If we say no, we say why (usually "not enough audience overlap to be worth the admin," never anything mysterious).

Status — what's shipped, what's blocked

Honest snapshot as of the latest deploy:

• Terms: these ones — the same 30% / lifetime / FTC compliance shape that ships in our internal marketing kit.
• Server-side plumbing: the license server's Checkout endpoint deliberately blocks self-served promo codes (that closed a 100%-off abuse path). The affiliate rollout wires server-issued coupons from an allow-list, with a per-code discount cap that keeps the amount-total floor check honest. Small change, one commit — not shipped yet; it lands in the v0.3 window.
• Payouts: require FlipScout's Stripe account to be in live mode (SSN/EIN + bank). Today it's in test mode. We accrue revshare as soon as live mode clears and back-pay from day one.
• Reporting: monthly per-creator CSV lands with the same v0.3 ticket as the affiliate coupon plumbing.

Everything above is tracked in the roadmap so the state is public.

Questions

Anything not covered here goes to support@flipscout.dev. If it's a good question, the answer goes back on this page.