# Affiliates — Hanzo AI

> An affiliate earns 20% of Hanzo’s margin on what its referrals spend — 8% of the bill at the default margin — every period they spend.

Affiliates

# 8% of what your referrals spend

A direct referral pays you 20% of Hanzo’s margin on its metered spend, every period it spends. At the default 40% margin that is 8% of the bill, and the customer’s price does not change.

## How it works

- Apply with POST /v1/affiliate/apply, or write to affiliates@hanzo.ai.
- Once approved you have a code and a link, https://hanzo.ai/?aff=`. - An org that signs up through the link is yours: first touch, one affiliate per org, never your own. - Each period, commission accrues on that org’s metered spend, once per org per period. - Payouts are recorded against what has accrued, as Hanzo credits or in cash. ## Rates Each level is a share of Hanzo’s margin on the referred org’s spend.LevelShare of marginOf the bill, at the default marginWhoDirect20%8%An org that signed up through your link.Second5%2%An org one of your referrals brought.Third2%0.8%One step further. Nothing accrues past three. ## What you can read GET /v1/affiliate/me` answers your standing, what has accrued, what is pending and what has been paid. `GET /v1/affiliate/me/earnings` shows each period’s margin and the commission taken from it, and `GET /v1/affiliate/me/links` the clicks, signups and conversions behind each link.

A referral on its own pays nothing; what a qualified referral is worth is this commission. Authors of open source are paid on a separate schedule, described on [the royalty page](https://hanzo.ai/oss).