Affiliate vs Agency Partner: Which Option Is Best for Your Agency?

If you’re a Servebolt customer already, or simply an online entrepreneur looking to diversify your income streams, you might be interested in our partnership options. 

At Servebolt, we believe in building strong relationships. Whether that’s with our clients, our community, or the people who help spread the word about our high-performance hosting platform. But if you’ve ever landed on our site and wondered whether you should become a Partner or an Affiliate, you’re not alone. 

On the surface, both programs seem like ways to collaborate and earn money through referrals. But they serve very different goals, and the path you choose depends on how you want to work with us.

Let me walk you through it.

A Tale of Two Collaborators

Meet Alex and Sam.

Alex runs a boutique web agency. Their team builds high-performance websites for growing brands. They need fast, secure, scalable infrastructure that just works. Clients trust Alex not just to design and develop, but to make hosting decisions that deliver results. Alex is technical, hands-on, and invested in long-term performance. 

Sam, on the other hand, is a content creator and online educator with a loyal audience of developers and entrepreneurs. They run a YouTube channel and blog where they talk about digital tools, tutorials, and entrepreneurship. They don’t host or build sites for others, but they’ve got a loyal audience who values their recommendations.

Both Alex and Sam love Servebolt. Both want to help others discover it.

But the way they work with us? Completely different.

The Servebolt Partner Program: For Hands-On Pros Who Host Clients

For someone like Alex, the Servebolt Partner Program is a perfect fit. 

This program is made for web and creative agencies, developers, and technical professionals who manage websites and hosting for their clients. As a Servebolt Partner, you’re not just sending traffic our way; you’re involved in the actual hosting setup, client onboarding, and support process. This model allows you to fully manage your clients’ hosting experience, including the billing. It’s a hands-on role, and because of that, you get rewarded accordingly. It’s a relationship that goes deeper than a referral.

Here’s what you get as a Servebolt Partner:

  • Access to client Bolts as a developer or technical contact.
  • Early access to new Servebolt features and testing opportunities.
  • Exclusive marketing materials.

And the rewards?

  • You earn a 20% recurring kickback on every invoice your clients generate.
  • Kickbacks accumulate over time, with quarterly payouts once you hit a $500 threshold. Invoices go through an 83-day threshold period before the kickback becomes active.
  • You also get early access to new Servebolt features, opportunities to resell extra services like Accelerated Domains and Servebolt CDN.

You can use the Servebolt API to interact seamlessly with the Servebolt platform. This makes it easy to set up Bolts, retrieve data, perform actions, build workflows, and automate tasks.


And it’s only getting better. Servebolt is building a brand-new Partner Admin Panel, where you’ll be able to track clients, kickbacks, and resource usage with full transparency.

So if you’re someone who builds, manages, or scales websites for clients, and you want to be part of a platform that performs at the edge of speed, the Partner Program was made for you. If this sounds like a good fit for you, check the Servebolt Partner program and get in touch!

The Servebolt Affiliate Program: Spread the Word, Earn Commission

Now let’s go back to Sam.

Sam isn’t managing websites or digging into DNS settings. But what they are doing is creating content, educating their audience, and recommending great tools, and they know a great hosting provider when they see one.

That’s where the Servebolt Affiliate Program comes in.

As an Affiliate, your job is to share Servebolt using your unique referral link. You’re not involved in setup, support, or technical details. You focus on content, marketing, and community, and every time someone signs up through your link, you earn commission.

Keep in mind that per Servebolt’s affiliate terms, the customers need to take care of the billing for their new Servebolt account themselves. They’re welcome to grant you access as a “Technical contact” or “Developer” user, but they must be the ones to buy the plan and maintain ownership of the account.

Once you enrol, you’ll get access to custom banners, unique promotional materials, trackable affiliate links, and a powerful dashboard to keep track of your referrals.

What you get as a Servebolt Affiliate:

  • Tiered commission structure: the more referrals, the more you earn.
  • Dedicated tracking portal to monitor clicks, signups, and payouts.
  • Marketing materials tailored to your channel, audience, and niche

This is a low-friction, high-potential program for bloggers, YouTubers, influencers, and educators who want to advocate for quality hosting without touching the backend.

So if you have reach and an audience that cares about speed, security, and scalable hosting, the Affiliate Program is a win-win. Feel free to apply for Servebolt’s Affiliate Program at any time.

One Key Rule: You Can’t Be Both

This is important. We often get this question: “Can I be an Agency Partner and an Affiliate?”

The answer is no, and for good reason. 

These programs are designed for very different types of collaborators. With the Affiliate model, you refer your clients to Servebolt and earn a commission. However, you won’t have any control or access to their account unless your client gives it to you. With the Agency model, you fully control your client’s hosting experience, including billing.

Being both would blur the lines of accountability and payout structure. That’s why we keep them separate and focused, so you can pick the model that works best for you.

So, Which Program Is Right for You?

Whether you’re scaling businesses or scaling your content income, Servebolt is here to support your growth,  with performance-first hosting, solid relationships, and real rewards.

Would you like to know more? Reach out to our sales team, and we’ll be happy to chat with you!