Your company already pays for AI. Take your cut.
The ModelGates affiliate program pays you 5% of every dollar your referrals spend on AI — for life. Your team, your clients, the dev two desks over. No caps. No catch. Paid within 48h of your request.
Pick your angle
Same 5%, same lifetime payouts. The only question is who you bring.
Bring your company
You're the one who picks the tools at work. So pick the one that pays you back. Move your team's AI usage to ModelGates — same models, one API — and earn 5% of everything the company spends. Every month. For as long as they keep building.
Bring other builders
Know people shipping with AI? Drop your link in a newsletter, a Discord, a reply to the next “which API should I use” thread. When they sign up and start spending, you earn 5% of their usage — forever.
Same 370+ models, same pay-as-you-go pricing — you route the spend, we send your share.
Three steps, then it runs itself
Under a minute to set up. After that you mostly just watch the balance move.
Grab your link
Sign in, copy your referral link. That's the whole setup — no forms, no approval queue, nobody to email back and forth with.
They sign up and spend
Your company, a teammate, a friend from that Discord — anyone who joins through your link is tied to you for good. The second they start running tokens, your cut starts counting.
You get paid
Watch it stack up on your dashboard. Hit $50, request a payout, and the money lands within 48 hours through our payout partner. No invoicing, no chasing.
Why this beats every other affiliate program
We built the payout side the way we built the API — simple, honest, no fine print.
Nobody else pays you back
Every other gateway charges you and keeps the margin. We hand 5% of it back to whoever brought the business. That's the whole pitch — and as far as we've seen, we're the only ones doing it.
Once yours, always yours
Lifetime attribution, full stop. Someone clicks today, signs up next week, scales six months out — you still earn. Most programs quietly drop your referrals after 30 days. We don't.
You see every cent
A live dashboard with each referral, what they've spent, what you've earned, and exactly when the next payout clears. Same no-mystery math we run the API on.
Common questions
Can I refer my own company?
Yes — honestly, that's the main idea. If you decide which tools your team uses, route that spend through ModelGates and earn 5% of it every month. The company gets the same models and pricing; you get a cut for making the call.
How much can I earn?
No cap. You earn 5% of every dollar your referrals spend on AI through ModelGates. A team burning a few thousand a month on tokens adds up quick.
When do I get paid?
Request a payout any time your balance hits the $50 minimum. We process it within 48 hours through our payout partner.
What's the minimum payout?
You can cash out once your earnings reach $50. Below that, your balance just sits and grows until you're ready.
How is attribution tracked?
Someone hits ModelGates through your link, we drop a cookie. Sign up within 30 days and they're tied to you for good — no matter when they actually start spending.
Can I just refer myself?
No. Funneling an account you personally pay for back to yourself gets flagged and excluded. Referring your company or your clients is fair game — gaming your own bill isn't.
What if a referral refunds?
Commissions run on net spend. Refunded or reversed charges drop out of the math, so nothing odd lands on your balance.
Ready to take your cut?
Sign in, grab your link, start earning. Every $100 your referrals spend puts $5 in your pocket — and it doesn't stop.
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