Tracking links
One personal link that sets the 60-day cookie. Add it to reviews, tutorials, video descriptions and newsletters.
An affiliate program for hosting you'd actually use.
Earn up to 25% of a new customer's first payment when they buy hosting, a VPS or a dedicated server through your link. Commission is paid every month in rupees, by UPI or NEFT.
60-day cookie
₹1,000 minimum payout
Monthly UPI or NEFT
Already a partner? Open your affiliate dashboard →
Three steps from link to payout
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Apply
Tell us where you publish and who reads it. We review every application by hand and reply by email, with your affiliate login if you're approved.
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Share your link
Link to any page on the site: a plan, the VPS builder, the domain search. Banners and a personal coupon code are there when a plain link isn't enough.
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Get paid monthly
Each commission clears after a 30-day hold. Once your cleared balance reaches ₹1,000 it goes out in the next monthly payout, by UPI or NEFT.
Commission
Affiliate commission: 25%, 15% or 10% of the first payment
A percentage of the customer's first payment, excluding GST. Every example below uses the prices published on our plan pages.
| Product | Rate | Example first order | You earn | Range across plans |
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| Web hostingLaunch, Orbit, Galaxy, Universe | 25% | Orbit, 12 months₹189/mo × 12 = ₹2,268 | ₹567 | ₹297 – ₹1,79712-month terms |
| WordPress hostingWP Starter, WP Pro, WP Business | 25% | WP Pro, 12 months₹299/mo × 12 = ₹3,588 | ₹897 | ₹447 – ₹1,64712-month terms |
| Reseller hostingRS-25, RS-60, RS-150 | 15% | RS-25, 12 months₹999/mo × 12 = ₹11,988 | ₹1,798 | ₹1,798 – ₹5,39812-month terms |
| VPSVC-1 to VC-32, Linux or Windows | 15% | VC-2, yearly₹719/mo × 12 = ₹8,628 | ₹1,294 | ₹682 – ₹16,828yearly billing |
| Dedicated serversXeon E-2236 to 2× Xeon Gold 6338 | 10% | Xeon E-2388G, first month₹8,499 | ₹850 | ₹600 – ₹5,500first month |
| Not commissionable | 0% | Domains, SSL certificates, renewals, add-ons, licences, setup fees and anything not listed above. | ||
Longer terms pay more. Orbit on a 36-month term is a ₹5,364 first payment, which earns ₹1,341 instead of ₹567.
Commission is worked out on the amount actually paid, after any discount and before 18% GST, rounded to the nearest rupee.
What could a month look like?
Pick a typical plan and how many people you'd expect to refer each month. The maths uses the rates and prices above, which exclude 18% GST just as commission does.
Web hosting25%
WordPress25%
Reseller15%
VPS15%
Dedicated10% · first month
Program terms
Six terms that apply to every affiliate
The full affiliate agreement comes with your approval email.
- Cookie
- 60 daysTracked by our billing system from the click on your link. Coupon codes tied to your account count without the cookie.
- Commission
- First payment only25%, 15% or 10% by product, on the amount paid excluding GST.
- Hold
- 30 daysCovers the 30-day money-back window on hosting. Refunded or cancelled orders don't earn.
- Minimum payout
- ₹1,000Smaller cleared balances roll over to the next month.
- Payout
- Monthly, UPI or NEFTTo a bank account or UPI ID in the affiliate's own name, in INR only.
- Tax
- TDS as applicableDeducted under the Income-tax Act and shown on each payout statement. A valid PAN avoids the higher no-PAN rate.
Links, banners and your own coupon code
All of it lives in the affiliate area of your client account, ready to copy.
Banners in 4 sizes
Ready-made banners with our starting prices, in the sizes most blogs, sidebars and ad slots use.
Deep links to any product
Send readers straight to the plan you wrote about, or to our current hosting deals, instead of the home page. The cookie follows them around the site.
Personal coupon codes
On request, a code in your name for your audience. Sales that use it count for you even when the buyer never clicked your link.
Customer referral
Not a creator? Refer a friend.
Every VirtualCloud customer gets a referral link in the client area. No application needed.
- 1Copy your referral link from the client area and share it.
- 2Your friend signs up and orders hosting, a VPS or a server.
- 3Once their first paid invoice has cleared 30 days, you both get ₹500 account credit.
Open the client area
Credit is used against future invoices; it isn't paid out as cash.
Promote it the way you'd want to be sold to
Breaking these rules voids unpaid commission and closes the affiliate account.
Welcome
- Honest reviews, tutorials and comparisons, including what you don't like
- Video descriptions, pinned comments and course resources
- Newsletters sent to people who opted in
- Paid ads that point to your own review or tutorial
- Recommending us, and our free website migration, to clients who buy their own accounts
Not allowed
- Bidding on "VirtualCloud" or its misspellings in search ads
- Self-referrals, or referring accounts you control
- Spam over email, SMS, WhatsApp or social DMs
- Incentivised clicks, cashback for clicking, cookie stuffing
- Claims we don't make: "free forever", invented speeds, fake discounts
Apply in about three minutes
We read every application ourselves and reply by email.
- A real audience. A site, channel, newsletter or community that people in India or abroad actually read or watch. Size matters less than fit.
- Relevant content. Web development, WordPress, small business, e-commerce, freelancing or tech education.
- An account in your name. Payouts go only to a bank account or UPI ID held by the approved affiliate.
Hosting your clients' sites yourself? Reseller hosting lets you bill them directly, from ₹949/mo + GST on a 24-month term.
Questions before you apply? Write to sales@virtualcloud.in.
FAQ
Affiliate program FAQs: tracking, payouts, refunds and tax
Anything else? Email sales@virtualcloud.in and the team that runs the program will answer.
Bloggers, YouTubers, developers, agencies, educators and community owners whose audience buys hosting. You need a site or channel we can look at, and a bank account or UPI ID in your own name for payouts.
No, although recommendations land better when you've used the product. If you'd like to try it first, the 30-day money-back guarantee on hosting applies to you like anyone else.
Your link sets a 60-day cookie in our billing system. If the visitor places an order from the same browser within 60 days, it's credited to you. Orders placed with a personal coupon code tied to your account are credited even without the cookie.
Each commission is held for 30 days. Once your cleared balance is ₹1,000 or more, it's paid in the next monthly payout by UPI or NEFT, in rupees. Smaller balances roll over.
Orders refunded or cancelled during the 30-day hold don't earn commission, and neither do orders we reject in fraud screening. That's why the hold matches our money-back window on hosting.
No. Commission is paid on the first payment only. Renewals, domains, SSL certificates, add-ons and setup fees are excluded. A longer first term means a bigger first payment, so a 36-month hosting order earns more than a 12-month one.
TDS is deducted as applicable under the Income-tax Act and shown on each payout statement, and we issue the TDS certificates the law requires. Without a valid PAN the law sets a higher TDS rate, so add your PAN when you're approved. If you're GST-registered, mention it in your application.
Yes, if the ad sends people to your own content, such as a review or tutorial. You can't bid on "VirtualCloud", its misspellings or brand-plus-hosting phrases.
The affiliate program pays cash commission to approved creators, agencies and educators. Customer referral is open to every customer without applying: share the link from your client area, and once your friend's first paid invoice clears 30 days you both get ₹500 account credit.
Affiliate program
Already recommending hosting? Get paid for it.
Apply in about three minutes. Approved affiliates get their link, banners and dashboard access with the approval email.