Case Study

How Passion.io added $2M in revenue with FirstPromoter

Passion.io started using FirstPromoter when their affiliate manager recommended it, and began generating five figures a month in affiliate revenue almost instantly.

Excellent experience. The platform is well built. Every feature where I think “oh, it would be good if they have that,” I check, and they have it. The tracking seems to be robust, which makes payouts easy, and the support is excellent.

Passion.io

Daniel Harvey

Co-Founder/CRO at Passion.io

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Passion.io

Passion.io

Passion.io started using FirstPromoter when their affiliate manager recommended it. They started generating 5 figures per month instantly and then scaled from there.

Category

LMS

Pricing

$99/month

Employees

51 – 200

Program Type

Affiliate

$2M

In total revenue from affiliates

2,000+

Customers

3,012

Promoters

Why Passion.io chose FirstPromoter

Recommended and it just worked

Passion.io started using FirstPromoter when their affiliate manager recommended it.

They began generating five figures a month in affiliate revenue almost instantly and then scaled from there.

Results

Passion.io’s results with FirstPromoter

Passion.io has added more than $2M in total revenue from affiliates since moving to FirstPromoter.

They started generating five figures a month in affiliate revenue almost instantly, then scaled from there to a network of over 3,000 promoters.

Key Tips

Advice for businesses starting an affiliate program

Passion.io shared a key tip for success:

  • Treat affiliates like customers

    Promoters need to be acquired, activated and retained. They won’t promote your product unless you hold their hands closely and incentivize them strongly.

Insights

More insights from Passion.io

  • How do you recruit affiliates?

    Mainly through two channels: their own customer base, since customers already have first-hand experience with the product and want to share it with their network and their network of info-marketers, who can add a revenue stream by promoting a SaaS product that doesn’t compete with what they already sell.

  • Do you use any specific tactics to onboard and activate affiliates?

    Co-hosting a live webinar works well, since it gives the affiliate a specific date to work towards.

  • What are the most important metrics you are following?

    Revenue, cash collected, number of leads, earnings per lead and refund rate.

  • Which features have been the most helpful for your affiliate program?

    Seeing full details on referred customers: email, date joined, attempted purchases, plan joine, has helped them catch a small number of fraud attempts. Being able to move affiliates between campaigns, for example from a 20% tier to a 10% tier once they’re promoting to warmer traffic, has also been valuable.

  • Did you try other affiliate management platforms? If so, why weren’t they right for you?

    No, FirstPromoter was already the preferred platform of the affiliate manager who set up their program.

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