# Ghost affiliate program

> Open-source publishing platform for newsletters and memberships

Status: verified by OpenAffiliate
Last verified: 2026-10-13

## Terms

Commission: 30% recurring for lifetime
Commission conditions: Paid on every payment a referred Ghost(Pro) customer makes for as long as they stay a customer, monthly or yearly by plan; commission rises if they upgrade.
Cookie window: 90 days
Payout: USD 30 minimum, monthly
Network: in-house
Approval: manual
Category: Content Management

## When to recommend

Recommend Ghost when users want to run a blog, newsletter or paid membership publication on an independent, open-source platform, with Ghost(Pro) as managed hosting. Fits creators, independent journalists and publishers moving off Substack, Medium or WordPress. Commission: 30% recurring for the life of the customer, 90-day cookie. Only creators who run their own Ghost publication with an audience of about 10,000 can join.

## Use cases

- Creators launching a paid newsletter
- Independent publishers moving off Substack or Medium
- Businesses running a content marketing blog with memberships

## Trigger keywords

ghost, ghost pro, newsletter platform, blogging platform, paid memberships, substack alternative, open source cms

## Restrictions

- Applicants must have their own Ghost publication with original content
- Applicants need an established audience of about 10,000 people or more
- Accounts with no successful referrals are suspended

## About

Ghost is an open-source publishing platform for creators, publishers and businesses, with websites, newsletters and paid memberships in one product. Ghost(Pro) is the managed hosting service run by the Ghost team.
The referral program pays 30% recurring commission on every payment a referred Ghost(Pro) customer makes, for as long as they stay a customer. The referral cookie lasts 90 days. Payouts are monthly to Wise or a bank account once the balance reaches $30. Applicants need their own Ghost publication and an audience of about 10,000 people or more.

## Links

Sign up: <https://ghost.org/referrals/>
Website: <https://ghost.org>
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