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How much can you pay a partner per sale?

Enter the numbers for one sale. Results update instantly and never leave your browser.

  1. 1Tell us what one sale brings in and what it costs you.
  2. 2Say how much profit you want to keep.
  3. 3We show the most you can safely pay a partner.

Your scenario

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Collected revenue for the period you reward (e.g. first-year invoices actually paid).

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What you want left over for your business.

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Discounts, ads or tools tied to partner sales.

The other 30% pays for running the program: partner support, content, checking sales.

The most you can pay a partner per sale

$268.80

That's 22.4% of the sale price.

For every $1,200.00 sale, you can pay a partner up to $268.80 and still keep your $480.00.

  • Your costs
  • Profit you keep
  • Other marketing
  • Partner reward
  • Running costs
Sale price
After tax
$1,200.00
Your costs
Making $180.00 · fees $36.00 · refunds $60.00
-$276.00
Left after costs
Sale price minus your costs
$924.00
Left after your profit
After keeping the profit you want
$444.00
Left for partners
After other marketing costs
$384.00
Kept for running costs
What's left after paying the partner
$115.20

Subscription / SaaS caution

Base commissions on invoices actually collected, not booked contract value. Trials, downgrades and early churn change the real value of a referral.

Decision support only. Results reflect the assumptions you enter — they don’t predict demand, recruit partners, verify conversions or create payment obligations.