# Gyro Affiliate Program: link, discount code, commission rates and payouts

https://www.gyrohosting.com/en/knowledgebase/article/gyro-affiliate-program

- **What you will learn**: How to join the affiliate program, how to share your link and discount code, how commission is calculated and how to get paid.
- **Time**: 8 minutes

## 1. What is the affiliate program?

You recommend Gyro; you earn commission on the **first payment** of every **new customer** who comes through your link or discount code and, depending on the product, on **24 months of renewals**. The customer buys directly from Gyro and is invoiced by Gyro; you only recommend.

- **90-day cookie:** a visitor who clicks your link and signs up within 90 days is attached to you (the first affiliate who was clicked counts).
- **Discount code:** every affiliate has a personal code. The new customer gets **10% off** on the first order and the sale is always yours. The code takes priority over the link.
- **Permanent affiliate tag (account tag):** the customer who comes through your link or code is tied to you on their account. Later orders placed in the panel, through the API or with the CLI/Terraform still earn you commission (the service must start within 24 months of the tag). Attribution order: code, cookie, account tag.
- **35-day hold:** commission is recorded with the customer's payment and becomes available after 35 days (refund period).
- Only **new customers** count; a sale to an existing customer earns no commission.

> **Info**
> 
> The affiliate program is **different from the reseller program**. A reseller buys at a discount, sells to their own customers and is invoiced ([Reseller program](https://www.gyrohosting.com/en/knowledgebase/article/bayilik-programi)). An affiliate only recommends.

## 2. Joining: three steps

1. Sign in with your Gyro account and press the join button on the [Affiliate page](https://www.gyrohosting.com/en/affiliate) (one click, no approval).
2. In the customer panel open **Account** > **Affiliate Program**. Your link, discount code, QR code and ready-made banners are there.
3. Share your link or code on your blog, in your videos and in your community.

In the panel you can also:

- **Link builder:** create a link to any page of the site (for example the Business Email or Gyro Cloud Istanbul page) and add a **campaign tag** to see which channel earns for you. External addresses are rejected.
- **Statistics:** clicks, sign-ups, paying customers, conversion rate and your earnings, with 30/90/365-day charts.
- **Changing your code:** your code is made of `GYRO` and your customer number (for example `GYRO1234`); you can pick a more memorable one in the panel.
- **Banners:** 9 sizes in Turkish and English (PNG/SVG) with an HTML snippet containing your link.

## 3. Commission rates

Rates are calculated on the amount the new customer pays (excluding VAT, after discounts). High-margin products pay more, low-margin products less. The current, binding rate table is on the [Affiliate page](https://www.gyrohosting.com/en/affiliate) and in your panel; in short:

| Product family | First payment | Renewals (24 months) | Discount code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shared, Unlimited, WordPress and Reseller hosting | 30% | 10% | Yes |
| Managed Private Hosting | 25% | 10% | Yes |
| Object Storage, Protected Storage, Uptime Monitoring, Business Email, Gyro DNS Pro | 25% | 15% | Yes |
| Istanbul VDS, Plesk VDS, Turkey dedicated servers | 20% | 10% | Yes |
| Ready-made websites and software | 20% | 10% | Yes |
| Cloud Load Balancer | 15% | 10% | Yes |
| Gyro Cloud Istanbul, Gyro Containers and Serverless Containers (hourly) | 15% of the credit the customer spends in the first 3 months (calculated monthly; 6 months for customers tied before 13 Nov 2026) | , | No |
| Other cloud and dedicated servers, licenses, other products | 5% to 10% | Depends on the product | No |
| Domains, SMS, direct balance top-ups | No commission | , | , |

When a discount code is used, the customer's 10% discount is **deducted from the first-payment commission** of that sale. The code does not apply to low-margin products.

> **Info**
> 
> Rates may change; changes are announced at least 30 days in advance and are not retroactive.

## 4. Getting paid

Your commission moves to your **available balance** after 35 days. There are two ways to take it:

| Method | Minimum | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Transfer to Gyro balance** | 50 TRY | Instant; a **10% bonus** is added. The balance is spent on Gyro services. |
| **Bank transfer** | 1,000 TRY | Enter your name or company name and IBAN. Everyone can withdraw cash; tax obligations are yours. |

You request a payout from the payout section of your affiliate panel. If an order is refunded, cancelled or charged back, its commission is cancelled; if it was already moved to your balance it is taken back, and if the balance is not enough it is deducted from your later earnings.

**E-mail notifications:** you get an e-mail when a new commission is added, when a commission becomes available, if a commission is cancelled, when your payout request is received and when you are paid (Refer a Friend credit included). These e-mails follow your general notification preference; you can switch them off in your account settings.

## 5. Refer a Friend

Even if you are not an affiliate, every customer can share their **invite link**. When the person you invite pays at least **100 €**, your friend receives **10 €** and you receive **15 €** of Gyro credit (credit, not cash; spent on services). For one customer the affiliate link and the invite link do not combine; for a customer who came through an affiliate link only the affiliate commission applies.

## 6. Frequently asked questions

**Can I sell to myself or my own company?**

No. Registrations from the same person, company, phone, card or IP are put under review and earn no commission.

**May I run ads using the brand name?**

No. Search ads on "Gyro", "Gyro Hosting" and similar brand words, and registering look-alike domains or social accounts, are prohibited. Spam and incentivised sign-ups are prohibited as well; rule-breaking sign-ups earn no commission.

**Why does my commission say "under review"?**

Registrations with a suspicious pattern (the same IP, card or phone, for example) show as "under review" in your commission list until the review ends.

**How long do recurring commissions last?**

For 24 months after the service starts, on every renewal, at the renewal rate of the product family. Some low-margin products pay only on the first payment.

**Do I earn commission if the customer orders through the API?**

Yes. Because the customer's account is tied to you, panel, API, CLI and Terraform orders all earn you commission. Your discount code works in API orders too, only on a new customer's first order; you cannot use your own code.

**Do I see the customer's name in the commission list?**

Customer names are masked (for example "A*** Y***").

**Is joining free?**

Yes. For details read the [affiliate agreement](https://www.gyrohosting.com/en/affiliate-agreement).

## Next step

- [Reseller program](https://www.gyrohosting.com/en/knowledgebase/article/bayilik-programi)
- [Customer panel tour](https://www.gyrohosting.com/en/knowledgebase/article/musteri-paneli-turu)