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Best Affiliate Programs for SaaS, Developer and Indie-Hacker Websites

A shortlist framework for matching technical audiences with affiliate programs they can trust.

This article is a draft placeholder while the complete guide is being written.

This draft will explain how technical publishers should evaluate affiliate programs for SaaS, developer tooling, and indie-hacker audiences.

Planned sections

  • Program categories that tend to fit technical audiences.
  • Signals that separate useful tools from low-trust offers.
  • Commission, cookie, and attribution considerations.
  • How to match programs to tutorials, comparisons, and founder content.

Working notes

The complete article should avoid a generic directory format and focus on how to choose programs that fit a specific publication.

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