30% of Every Payment.
For as Long as They Pay.
Refer a developer or a team and you get 30% of every payment they make, with no 12-month cap. We'd rather pay developers than ad platforms.
Show your audience how you use Buoy in a real project
Run the Numbers
This example uses the $30 monthly Solo price and the 30% rate on this page. It assumes every selected referral keeps paying. Cancellations, refunds and payout fees can reduce the result.
$30/mo × 30% = $9 per referral per month, for every month they stay subscribed. There's no end date on a referral.
Or Refer Your Whole Company
Buoy isn't just for developers. QA replays network requests, support impersonates users to see exactly what they see, PMs edit live data with the React Query tools — and teams build their own custom tools on top. Get it adopted at work and every seat counts as your referral. A rough rule: 2–3× your mobile dev count once QA, support, and product are in.
Computed from monthly Business pricing: $60 a seat for the first 9, $50 from seat 10 and $45 from seat 20. At 50 seats or more, teams usually move to a flat site license, and you get 30% of whatever they pay.
Why Pay Recurring?
Devtools spread by word of mouth, not ad campaigns. We'd rather pay the people developers already trust, for as long as the customers they send us stay, than hand the same money to ad platforms.
30% of Every Payment
You get 30% of every payment your referral makes, monthly or yearly, Solo or Business.
No End Date
Not 12 months, not 24. You keep earning for as long as your referral stays subscribed. One video can pay you for years.
You're Recommending a Free Tool
A Free account includes inspection tools with limits. The basic MCP is free. The full MCP and some controls require Pro. Explain the setup and plan requirements for the workflow you demonstrate.
30-Day Cookie
Your link's 30-day cookie covers delayed signups, so someone who clicks today and buys next week still counts as yours.
Fast, Reliable Payouts
Paid monthly via Lemon Squeezy, $10 minimum threshold. Review the payout fees and schedule in your affiliate account.
Joining Is As Simple As 1-2-3
No complicated setup. No hoops to jump through. Just sign up and start earning.
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Share Your Link
Add it to your videos, course resources, blog, Discord — anywhere app developers hang out.
Get Paid Monthly
You get 30% of every payment your referrals make, for as long as they stay.
Who Is This Program For?
If app developers listen to you, this is the highest-paying way to point them at a tool they'll thank you for.
Course Instructors
Debug with Buoy on screen and your students will copy your setup. It's free for them to install. You earn 30% of every upgrade, for as long as that student stays subscribed.
YouTubers & Streamers
Use it in a debugging video and drop your link in the description. The 30-day cookie catches delayed signups.
Developers & OSS Maintainers
Add your link to your blog, GitHub repos, or forum answers. Share a tool you actually use, get paid when fellow devs discover it through you.
Community Leaders
Discord mods, meetup organizers, newsletter writers: share a free tool that makes your members' lives easier and earn 30% of what their upgrades pay, for as long as they stay.
Teach app development? Your Pro key is free.
We give lifetime Pro keys to course instructors, YouTubers, and bootcamp teachers — no strings, before you decide anything about the program. Email us and tell us where you teach.
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Everything you need to know before you start
30% of what each referral pays, for as long as they pay: $9/month on Solo and $18/seat/month on Business at list price. Refer 100 Solo developers who stay and that's $900/month. A 5-seat team at $60 a seat pays you $90 every month.
Recurring. You earn every month for as long as your referral keeps their subscription active. One video or blog post can pay you for years.
Lemon Squeezy generates that figure from the 30% rate and our plan prices. This page has the full terms of the program.
Through Lemon Squeezy, on their standard schedule: commissions are held 30 days to cover refunds, then included in payouts generated on the 1st and 15th of each month. In practice, money lands roughly 30–45 days after the sale.
$10. We kept it low so you can start seeing real money quickly, not wait months to hit some arbitrary threshold.
Your link sets a 30-day cookie, so delayed signups still credit you.
Developers can start with a Free account and upgrade for Pro capabilities. If they upgrade within your 30-day cookie window, you get full credit.
Yes, and it's the best case. If Buoy gets adopted at work because of you, every seat your company subscribes counts as your referral. Seats aren't just developers: QA uses the network tools, support impersonates users, PMs edit live data. You earn 30% of every seat, every month. Seats from the 10th on cost less, so your 30% of those seats is smaller too.
No — personal self-referrals aren't paid out (referring your employer is different, and very much counts). If you're producing content about Buoy, email us instead: we give lifetime Pro keys to educators and creators for free.
Lemon Squeezy takes a 1% processing fee from affiliate payouts. On a $9 commission, you receive $8.91. We cover all other fees.
30% for as Long as They Pay
Every Business seat pays you $216 a year for as long as the team stays.
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