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Indie Affiliate: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get
An invite-only index of affiliate programs from indie software companies, where every outbound link is a sponsored redirect.
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Eligibility
Who Indie Affiliate accepts
You need
An access code, issued by invitation to program owners
A live affiliate program with published terms
A paid product that can pay a commission
You'll be rejected if
Anyone without an invitation, since signup cannot complete without a code
Products with no affiliate programme to list
Marketing toolsAI toolsCreator toolsBusiness toolsSEO toolsDeveloper toolsProductivity tools
What you actually get
A structured page for your affiliate program showing commission rate, structure, cookie duration, payout schedule and minimum payout, filed under a category and a commission-rate band. The audience is affiliates looking for programs to promote, so the value is partner recruitment rather than customers or link equity.
How to submit to Indie Affiliate
- Try /submit and get bouncedGoing to /submit redirects to /auth/sign-in?next=/submit. The sign-in card is email and password through Better Auth, with no Google, GitHub or other provider button on it.
- Hit the invite wallCreate an account leads to /auth/sign-up, whose first field is a required Access Code, captioned "Access codes are provided to invited program owners". Without one, no account can be made and no listing can be started.
- Build the listing from a URLThe signup page says that once the code is accepted they help build the listing from its URL, so expect the program URL to drive most of the fields rather than a long manual form.
- Land on the program boardLive listings render as an affiliate file with commission rate, commission type, term, cookie duration, payout schedule, payout method and minimum payout, filed into a category and a commission-rate band.
Indie Affiliate requirements
An access code issued by the operators
Name, email and a password of at least 8 characters
The affiliate program URL
Commission rate, structure and term
Cookie duration, payout schedule, payout method and minimum payout
Gotchas
Signup is invite-only and the gate is silent until you reach it: /submit and the sign-in card show nothing about it, and the required Access Code field only appears on the create-account page.
Sign-in is email and password with no provider buttons, so the account cannot be carried in from an existing Google or GitHub session and has to be created by hand once a code arrives.
Let your agent submit to Indie Affiliate
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Indie Affiliate playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.
What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 5 Indie Affiliate rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 5 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Types it into Indie Affiliate in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to Indie Affiliate?".
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Indie Affiliate FAQ
How long does Indie Affiliate approval take?
Indie Affiliate does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to Indie Affiliate?
Submitting to Indie Affiliate is free.
Does Indie Affiliate give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from Indie Affiliate are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 8.
Does Indie Affiliate require a backlink to your site?
No, Indie Affiliate does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Indie Affiliate?
Anyone without an invitation, since signup cannot complete without a code; Products with no affiliate programme to list.