Run your affiliate program from one Node process and one SQLite file.
Agencies pay per-seat and per-client fees that scale with their success. Self-hosted, pay-once tools replace per-seat pricing with a flat cost that margins actually survive.
The tool this job usually means renting is Tapfiliate, at $89/mo — roughly $1,068 a year, every year. Reflink does the job for a one-time $39 — running on infrastructure you control.
A short link records the click and 302-redirects to your landing page with a ref code appended for client-side pickup.
For agencies, tracking links pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $39, not metered per month.
A configurable window of 30, 60 or 90 days is your call.
For agencies, cookie-based attribution pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $39, not metered per month.
A server-to-server postback from your checkout webhook, or a JS pixel with a convert call.
For agencies, conversion tracking two ways pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $39, not metered per month.
One payment of $39 gets you the packaged Windows installer, or clone the MIT source and deploy it yourself for free.
Run it as a desktop app or on a $5 VPS, then call the postback from your checkout webhook on each purchase.
Approve conversions in the dashboard, bundle them into a payout, export the CSV and pay via Stripe or PayPal.
Reflink is $39, once. Tapfiliate at $89/mo — roughly $1,068 a year, every year. Pays for itself in the first two weeks of a Tapfiliate subscription, then keeps running for free.
Pays for itself in the first two weeks of a Tapfiliate subscription, then keeps running for free. Reflink costs $39 once; Tapfiliate charges $89/mo — about $1068 a year. For agencies, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
Yes — the source is MIT and always will be at github.com/bensblueprints/affiliate-tracker-mvp. The $39 buys a packaged Windows installer with updates; building from source is free.
On your server. Reflink is one Node process and one SQLite file that you own, and visitor IPs are stored only as salted hashes, never raw.