In simple English
Refferq helps you set up an affiliate program for your software business. You can invite partners, track their referrals, and pay them commissions. It gives you an admin panel to manage everything and a portal for your affiliates to see their earnings. You host it on your own server, so you keep control of your data. It costs nothing in licence fees, but you need a database and an email service to run it.
What it is
Refferq is an open-source affiliate marketing platform built with Next.js and Prisma. It provides a complete web application for managing affiliate links, lead submissions, and payout schedules.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want to launch a referral program for their software product without paying high monthly fees to third-party affiliate networks.
- Complete dashboard for both admins and affiliate partners.
- Supports automated commission calculations and multiple payout methods.
- Free and open-source under the MIT licence.
- Requires manual setup of a PostgreSQL database and an email service like Resend.
- Requires a database query to assign your first administrator account.
- You must manage your own hosting, backups, and security updates.
Expensive third-party affiliate management services
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git clone https://github.com/Refferq/Refferq.git cd Refferq npm install npx prisma generate npx prisma db push npm run dev