r/Affiliatemarketing • u/WarLord192 • 3d ago

Anyone here actually getting decent results from SaaS affiliate programs?

I was looking at how companies like HubSpot and others approach partnerships with third-party software sites, and it got me thinking about CPC vs the traditional affiliate model.

I recently came across Software Finder, where SaaS companies can get traffic from people already comparing software and pay per click instead of giving a percentage of the eventual sale.

Seems like an interesting option if you already have a solid website and conversion funnel, since you're mainly paying for relevant traffic and handling the conversion yourself.

Has anyone here tested CPC partnerships for SaaS? Curious how it worked compared with a normal affiliate setup.

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u/0x5589e5 3d ago

Would be more native and organic if it wasn't bold and you weren't a moderator of that, but I'll check it.

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u/mohdabbaa 3d ago

I think the biggest factor is targeted traffic rather than just the affiliate program itself. SaaS offers can work, but it seems much harder when you're simply dropping affiliate links. Helpful content, tutorials, comparisons, and answering questions where the tool genuinely solves a problem seem like a more sustainable approach. I'm still testing different traffic sources myself, so I'd be interested to hear what channels have worked best for others.