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I'm guessing the problem is that since you dont know how long users will stay on the monthly contract for, you dont know how much each user , on avg, will make you ergo don't know what to pay affiliates for commission?

Easy solution. Have your commission be a recurring commissions. Basically they get X% of each recurring payment. That way the marketers are trying to target users who will stay on board for a long time (ie. make them more commission).

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Yes I think we'll have to do something like this. We can certainly do this for our investor's website, but not sure how things are set up with third-party affiliates and whether this is even possible.

Any idea what a typical cut might be? Or is this like the length of string?

Yeah, its definitely possible (I own an affiliate network). Depending on how robust the tracking software your using is, you should have that option available.

Typical cut is a tougher question. What price are you thinking for as monthly subscription?

probably around £50 - £100 / month

I'd say do something like this.

Flat rate on initial signup + % of every recurring payment after (this way you can get away with giving them a smaller percent than if you just did straight %)

$20 on Initial signup and payment + 15% of recurring payments.

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