[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":411},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-32867737":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":42,"post_text":43,"what":44,"said":84,"maker_in_thread":221,"shape":234,"grid":238,"attempts":367,"same_week":372,"maker_shows":283,"maker_hidden":403,"reader_version":404,"card":405},"32867737","Reflio","Open-source affiliate program creator for SaaS","title","Show HN: Reflio – Open-source affiliate program creator for SaaS","https:\u002F\u002Freflio.com","reflio.com","mcilroy",1663343190,2022,135,56,449,2570,18,"notable","web_saas","affiliate marketing software","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"affiliate program","saas referral","stripe affiliate","open source affiliate","mixed",-0.103,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},5,12,0,10,27,{"idea":37,"pricing":40,"privacy":41},{"positive":38,"critical":39},3,1,{"positive":39,"critical":38},{"positive":33,"critical":33},[39,38,33,33,33,33,33,33,38,31,33,33,31,33,38,33,38,38,33,31,33,33,38,39,31,39,33,38,39,38,38,33,39,39,39,33,38,39,33,39],null,{"problem":45,"audience":54,"pricing":62,"motivation":43,"time_to_build":43,"stack":72,"openness":81,"stage":82,"team_size":83},{"value":46,"source":47,"evidence":48},"Creating and managing affiliate or referral programs for SaaS products","inferred",[49,51],{"id":50},"post",{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},"32872983","So with Reflio you just need to connect your Stripe, add the JS tracking script to your site and then your good to go. You can manage multiple different types of affiliate…",{"value":55,"source":47,"evidence":56},"SaaS businesses that want to run affiliate programs",[57,58],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},"32869756","cateye","Is 9% fee per successful referral not crazy expensive? Or am I missing something here?",{"value":63,"source":64,"evidence":65},"Hosted plan takes 9% fee per successful referral; self-hosting has no fee; manual 0% plans mentioned","maker",[66,69],{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"32869779","I don’t think so. The idea of the 9% fee is to allow you to try out the platform with no upfront commitment. You only pay per successful referral. So once you start to see…",{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},"32871481","If you self host then you don’t pay a 9% fee since you’re hosting your own Reflio instance. I’ll make the site more clear to reflect this :) There’s a lack of docs right now…",[73,77],{"value":74,"source":64,"evidence":75},"Stripe integration",[76],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},{"value":78,"source":64,"evidence":79},"JavaScript tracking script",[80],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":85,"objections":100,"requests":143,"questions":177,"alternatives":200},[86,94],{"value":87,"source":88,"evidence":89},"Open-source option in affiliate space is welcome","commenter",[90],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"32870022","knubie","I tried an affiliate service called LeadDyno recently for my SaaS. A lot of the companies I looked at all have very similar pricing (starting around ~$50\u002Fmo), but not all of them…",{"value":95,"source":88,"evidence":96},"Lower-cost option for trying affiliate programs with no upfront commitment",[97],{"id":98,"by":60,"text":99},"32869844","This explains a lot and a cap sounds great!",[101,109,119,133],{"value":102,"source":88,"evidence":103},"Pricing and 9% fee per referral seen as expensive",[104,105],{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"32870604","kundi","I’m sorry guys, but you will need to work out the pricing. The existing solutions offer much better functionality and being managed-hosted for the same price.",{"value":110,"source":88,"evidence":111},"Trust concerns with self-hosted or SaaS-controlled referral tracking",[112,116],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"32872923","throwaway2016a","Interesting project but I've always half-consciously avoided self-hosted affiliate programs because of one simple reason: trust. My (possibly misguided) thought is that when…",{"id":117,"by":114,"text":118},"32883511","You can inspect the source code of the published version. Doesn't mean what is running on the server is identical and not modified. So I'm not sure it adds trust. Trust it is bug…",{"value":120,"source":88,"evidence":121},"License mixes AGPL with proprietary enterprise terms, not truly open source",[122,126,129],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"32869989","s1k3s","Your license is very sketchy considering this product is aimed at businesses. You have parts of the app licensed under a proprietary license called \"ENTERPRISE\" and other parts…",{"id":127,"by":124,"text":128},"32870130","> This software and associated documentation files (the \"Software\") may only be used in production, if you (and any entity that you represent) have agreed to, and are in…",{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"32872699","matt-p","I regret the wording, apologies if it comes across negatively, but sometimes you can surprise people if you market as open source and then when reading the licence people find…",{"value":134,"source":88,"evidence":135},"Tracking reliability of third-party affiliate tools questioned",[136,140],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"32881609","XCSme","My experience was the most 3rd party affiliate system (rewardful, CJ) actually don't properly record conversions (most likely they are blocked by ad-blockers or other technical…",{"id":141,"by":138,"text":142},"32895986","I was an affiliate on both CJ and rewardful, got both clicks and conversions but they were not tracked. Maybe 1 in 10 clocks was tracked.",[144,150,158,165,172],{"value":145,"source":88,"evidence":146},"Support for Paddle and other billing providers beyond Stripe",[147],{"id":148,"by":131,"text":149},"32870001","so does this only work if i use stripe ?",{"value":151,"source":88,"evidence":152},"Promo code support and sync with Stripe coupons",[153,154],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"32872921","combyn8tor","Can I use promo codes instead of website tracking? Most of my new customers come from a Discord channel and never visit my website.",{"value":159,"source":88,"evidence":160},"Custom conversion events beyond signup",[161],{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"32869681","mchusma","I like where you are going with this. Is there any way to set a different \"conversion\" event, instead of signup? Just move the tracking event to later in the funnel I guess? I…",{"value":166,"source":88,"evidence":167},"EU-free or US-only infrastructure option",[168],{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"32872165","drusepth","Looks interesting. Will there be an option to skip the digital hop across the pond and just use US infrastructure for those that don't serve the EU?",{"value":173,"source":88,"evidence":174},"Documentation",[175,176],{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},[178,182,189,196],{"value":179,"source":88,"evidence":180},"Does it only work with Stripe?",[181],{"id":148,"by":131,"text":149},{"value":183,"source":88,"evidence":184},"Who receives the 9% fee when self-hosting?",[185],{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},"32871339","cercatrova","If I self-host, who is getting the 9%? I don't think the site is clear on this, as I'm wondering what the point of self hosting is if the app somehow still transfers the fee to…",{"value":190,"source":88,"evidence":191},"What makes it privacy first?",[192],{"id":193,"by":194,"text":195},"32869981","ahulak","What exactly makes this privacy first?",{"value":197,"source":88,"evidence":198},"Can promo codes be used instead of website tracking?",[199],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},[201,209,213,217],{"value":202,"source":88,"evidence":203},"Rewardful",[204,208],{"id":205,"by":206,"text":207},"32874242","saradhi","We recently moved away from Rewardful to Tapfiliate. The only reason being - provide an option to the user to add the conversion. 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