One of the best ways to make money online is by selling web hosting services via an affiliate link. The profit margins are so large in the web hosting niche because it requires absolutely no startup costs, you don’t have to buy anything to start selling, and you can quit any time you want. The reason people fail in this niche is because they are promoting companies that pay $40-60 per sale when they could be making up to $125 or so for the same exact sale with a different company. That’s why I’m here to show you which affiliate programs pay the most.
Best Web Hosting Affiliate Programs
Web Hosting Hub – Up To $125 Per Sale
One of the web hosting companies that I promote here on Omega Web is Web Hosting Hub. They are owned by the same company as InMotion Hosting (see below) and will offer up to $125 per sale if you promote both InMotion and Web Hosting Hub on your website or blog. In addition, they have a tiered affiliate program which means you also make money from the people you refer. For example, if Susan refers Johnny to Web Hosting Hub, Susan will make up to $125 for the sale. Then if Johnny signs up for the Web Hosting Hub affiliate program and sells a web hosting package, Susan will make a commission from Johnny’s sales as well.
InMotion Hosting – Up To $125 Per Sale
As I mentioned before, Web Hosting Hub and InMotion are the same company. Web Hosting Hub offers basic web hosting and InMotion offers high-end business hosting, VPS, and dedicated servers. If you promote both InMotion and Web Hosting Hub on your website, they will raise your commissions to $125. Also, just like Web Hosting Hub, they have the tiered affiliate program so you can earn from the people you refer as well.
iPage – $105 Per Sale
One of the most unheard of affiliate programs out there is iPage. I normally see a lot of bloggers promoting HostGator and Blue Host, but iPage actually pays more than these popular companies.
FatCow – $100 Per Sale
The first web hosting affiliate program I ever belonged to was FatCow. They pay $100 for every sale you make but keep in mind that if the person you are referring cancels within 30 days, you will not earn the commission. The FatCow affiliate program is very nice because on average, their hosting plans only cost around $40, so it’s easy to get people to sign up.
Green Geeks – Up To $100 Per Sale
Green Geeks is another web hosting company that uses a tiered system that you can earn from the people you refer. As for their standard earnings, however, you can make anywhere between $50-100 per sale depending on how many customers you refer each month. If the customers you refer make any sales, you will earn $100 tiered earnings.
Blue Host – $65 Per Sale
Blue Host is one of the best web hosting services out there and I see a lot of bloggers promoting it, so I decided to add it to this list. If you promote Blue Host, you will make $65 per sale.
Do you know of any others?
Of course, this isn’t an exhaustive list of affiliate programs. I’m sure there are others that offer $100 or even $120 commissions – it’s just that I don’t know about them at this time. If you know of any other good web hosting affiliate programs, mention them in the comments and I will add it to this list.
I’ve never heard of hub before definitely have to add that to my site
Excellent list of hosts Robert, thank you. Thinking now I’ll go with Webhosting Hub, since they aren’t affiliated with Endurance. Do you get at least $100 for each referral at Webhosting Hub?
Thanks for the great list of hosting companies. There are a few that I didn’t think about and now i will look into possibly promoting. Thanks again!
In Success, Howie – Pure Leverage Pros
What about GoDaddy affiliate and reseller accounts?
great list i am going to make affiliates accounts on these hosting account and soon going to promote on my website.Thanks admin to give us such a wonderful list.
I have been HostGator Affiliate since many years, It really helps me to drive some extra bucks to my pockets apart from my regular blogging incomes.
Do you ever have problems with them not paying you?
I have lost quite some cash with hostgator too. They are fun of that
Any webhost that pays recurring income?
Not that I know of. However, Web Hosting Hub and InMotion have really high payouts as it is.
Which is the webhost that requires the least amount to make a payout?
I’m not sure, but I know that Web Hosting Hub and InMotion do not have a minimum payout. They pay affiliates on a monthly basis, not after so much money has been earned.
Okay Ian, thanks for taking the time to write and let me know. Regards
Hello Ian,
How do you get $125 per sale, their website says $100 is the commission for a sale; that too if you get more than 2 sales in a month.
If you get less that 3 sales in a month then they will pay you $50 for each sale?
How can we get $125 per sale instead of $50?
Did you negotiate for a raise with them or is it open for all?
When you sign up for the affiliate program, one of their affiliate customer support people will be in contact with you via email. You can negotiate for $125 with them. All you have to do is promote both Web Hosting Hub and InMotion hosting.
Ok so you promote webhositnghub for shared hosting and inmotion for vps. But what if you aren’t able to rack up sales for inmotion, are you still eligible for $125 commission on your webhostinghub sales?
You said that you also promote fatcow. I read on your blog that you moved from fatcow to godaddy. So is fatcow reliable enough to recommend to others?
Yes, you will still be eligible for the $125 from Web Hosting Hub even if you don’t have a single sale for InMotion. However, you will have to have both banners live on your site at all times. Also, I did promote FatCow, but only in the very beginning. I used FatCow hosting for a while and I guess they’re okay for small websites, but their terms of service and rules are a bit sketchy.
https://www.omegaweb.com/2012/06/how-fatcow-web-hosting-screwed-me/
So Fatcow isn’t good for a mid size website.
And how about WebHostingHub, is their service reliable? Have u used their service?
Hi Ian Eberle, Great list of highest affiliate payouts companies. I am promoting Hostgator, Bluehost and never tried any other companies. But am really shocked to see about Hostgator because i have met the minimum threshold for payout and waiting for the payment from them.
HostGator does pay its affiliates, but it’s spotty. Sometimes they pay, sometimes they don’t. What they do is try to find reasons not to pay people not necessarily scam them out of their money.
Hey…loved your post. Just a question though – I have heard that most of these web hosting companies do not pay their affiliates. Is that right? Regards.
The only web host I know of that doesn’t pay their affiliates is HostGator. But I specifically mentioned HostGator in my post.
Thanks for compiling this great list, Ian. I have heard a few names earlier like, Web Hosting Hub, Hostgator and Ipage. I will surely check the others out.
Good luck with your affiliate marketing!
Affiliate BlueHost is the best for me. However you need more traffic or coupon code to do with that program.
HostGator does the coupons too, but they don’t actually pay their affiliates…
the problem is all cheap and bad hosting companies have good affiliate payouts and hence affilaites are the one giving them customers and increasing their brand name.
i have used bluehost for almost 4 years and I have recently become their affiliate even though they pay less to their affiliates , i want to build trust here than money.
wow! never knew hostgator did that to you 😮 , thats sad and bad for their company image.
I actually referred a client of mine to Web Hosting Hub and I installed WordPress on his site and got everything up and running just fine. It uses cPanel, so the interface is fairly standard in that sense.
The reason I put Blue Host in this article is because I know there’s a lot of people (like you and Ehsan who commented above) who promote them. The one thing that’s nice about Blue Host vs. iPage or Web Hosting Hub is that it’s a known brand and easier to sell.
Last time I checked CommentLuv offered 50% of the total price for their affiliate marketing program. So that comes to around $50 at the full price.
This post was about web hosting companies though… CommentLuv is a plugin 🙂
I never tried Web Hosting Hub, but the commission they’re paying is incredible really! I’ve been using and promoting Bluehost and I love their service and everything. I’m not shocked to see the Hostgator issue here because I’ve seen a lot of people reporting about their service.
You should try Web Hosting Hub’s affiliate program! You’ll make twice as much as you do with Blue Host.
Nice list here Ian. But I’m shocked to see the HostGator issue here! Did you try and contact them? If required, did you raise your voice? You got to do that buddy – I mean, you deserve that commission.
Even if people raise their voice, HostGator just responds saying that the commission can’t be proven. Check out some of these other people complaining about it as well:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1990055
http://www.abestweb.com/forums/commission-junction-33/hostgator-affiliate-scam-fraudulent-reversal-129356.html
http://www.majoraffiliate.com/hostgator-affiliate-scam/
Hmm.Now that raised my eyebrows. Even I’ve been promoting Hostgator but seems like I’ll have to check my stats again.
Thanks for this Ian. Appreciate it!
I promoted HostGator for the longest time as well. I still use HostGator because they are a great host, but a terrible company to do affiliate marketing with.
I now promote Web Hosting Hub and InMotion and make $125/sale. I actually have already made one sale with them, so I can confirm that I am making money and they actually pay their affiliates. Same with FatCow – I’ve made $200 from them after making two sales.