Muzahid Maruf is the founder of TrackRev.io, SaaS affiliate software for indie hackers and small SaaS teams that lets you run your affiliate program with no limit on tracked revenue, and of Contant.io. He writes about SaaS affiliate programs, first-party tracking, and partner revenue.
Articles by Muzahid Maruf
110 articles on the TrackRev blog.
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Ten SaaS affiliate programs compared on payout: systeme.io's 60% lifetime rate, WP Engine's $200 minimum bounty, plus cookie windows and payout terms.
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How to motivate referral partners to send more leads: a 30-day onboarding plan, commission design, payout speed, assets and when to cut inactive partners.
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Free affiliate software compared: PromoteKit's free tier, 14-day trials, open-source options and TrackRev's Free plan, with each cap and the price after it.
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9 Linktree alternatives compared on free plan limits, paid price, custom domain, analytics and selling, with prices from October 2026.
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Customer acquisition cost explained: the CAC formula with worked examples, blended vs channel CAC, payback, published SaaS benchmarks and ways to lower it.
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4 ways to track link clicks in 7 steps: shorteners, UTM tags, redirects and your own server, plus where bots and Safari skew counts and how to match sales.
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Referral marketing rewards customers for new signups. How a referral program works, 6 reward types with costs, and how it differs from affiliate programs.
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Marketing attribution credits each sale to the touchpoints behind it. See the data it needs, 5 models on one $120 sale, where it breaks and how to pick a tool.
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An affiliate agreement should fix commission, cookie window, hold and payout terms, banned methods, FTC disclosure, termination, IP and data. Template outline.
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Set up an affiliate or referral program on Paddle Billing: pass the partner in custom data, commission on transaction.completed, and reverse refunds.
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How a SaaS referral program works: credit or cash, two-sided rewards, where the invite lives, 7 real programs checked in 2026, and tracking to paid.
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Stan Store vs Linktree head to head, then 9 Stan Store alternatives from free tiers to course platforms, using each vendor's October 2026 prices.
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