The price anchor
| Reflink | Tapfiliate | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | $89/mo |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $1,068 |
| 5-year total | $39 | $5,340 |
| 10-year total | $39 | $10,680 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing ($89/mo, ~$1,068/yr); the Reflink column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
Pays for itself in the first two weeks of a Tapfiliate subscription, then keeps running for free.
- After 1 year: Reflink has cost you $39 total — Tapfiliate has cost $1,068.
- After 3 years: Reflink is still $39 — the subscription is at $3,204.
- After 5 years: Reflink is still $39 — the subscription is at $5,340.
What you get for $39 once
- Tracking links. A short link records the click and 302-redirects to your landing page with a ref code appended for client-side pickup.
- Cookie-based attribution. A configurable window of 30, 60 or 90 days is your call.
- Conversion tracking two ways. A server-to-server postback from your checkout webhook, or a JS pixel with a convert call.
- Order-ID dedupe. The same order can never pay commission twice.
- Commission rules per affiliate. Percent of sale or a flat amount.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $39 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
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.
Where does my affiliate data live?
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.
Does it replace Tapfiliate entirely?
No, on purpose. If you need multi-level marketing trees and 40 native integrations, buy Tapfiliate. If you need who sent this sale and what do I owe them, that's Reflink.
Reflink — $39, one time
Or get Reflink plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.