Programme explainer

How the CareerDad Affiliate Programme Works

CareerDad partners use approved referral links to introduce job seekers to CareerDad. Eligible paid purchases can create commission after validation, while private user data remains protected.

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Short answer

CareerDad partners use approved referral links to introduce job seekers to CareerDad. Eligible paid purchases can create commission after validation, while private user data remains protected.

Who this page is for

  • New CareerDad partners
  • Creators reviewing terms before applying
  • Coaches and community owners
  • Support teams explaining the programme

What CareerDad offers affiliates

  • A South Africa-focused career product to promote to job seekers, creators, coaches, and employability communities.
  • A bottom-of-funnel ATS CV Scanner that gives audiences a practical reason to try CareerDad before applying.
  • Clear public rules, privacy boundaries, and partner terms instead of vague earnings promises.
  • Campaign-level tracking for partners who want to separate channels or content themes.

How the affiliate programme works

  • Approved partners get a CareerDad partner link that can use a via parameter and optional campaign labels.
  • Anonymous click-to-signup attachment uses a 90-day referral window based on the current Partner Terms.
  • Once a customer is validly attached to an active partner, future eligible paid CareerDad purchases may remain attributed to the original valid partner.
  • Commissions are reviewed against programme rules before payout; free users do not generate commission unless they later make an eligible paid purchase.

What partners can promote

  • ATS CV Scanner for checking a CV against a job description before applying.
  • CV Optimizer for honest role-specific improvement guidance.
  • CV Builder for cleaner ATS-friendly CV structure.
  • Interview Simulator for practising role-relevant answers.
  • Hidden Remote Roles and saved-job workflows where relevant to the audience.
  • Dream Job Accelerator or premium human support only with clear no-guarantee language.

What partners must not claim

  • That CareerDad guarantees jobs, interviews, salaries, ATS success, employer callbacks, or visa outcomes.
  • That using a partner link guarantees income, commission approval, or payout.
  • That CareerDad is officially affiliated with a university, employer, job board, or government programme unless CareerDad states it publicly.
  • That partners can view private CVs, job descriptions, billing details, saved jobs, or user profiles.
  • That a partner is a CareerDad employee, support agent, payment processor, recruiter, or official representative unless authorised.

Privacy boundaries

Affiliates may see approved referral and commission reporting for their own partner activity, but they cannot see referred users private CVs, uploaded documents, interview answers, job descriptions, private profile data, billing card details, saved jobs, or account content.

Payout and commission note

Current Partner Terms state that partners earn 35% on eligible CareerDad SaaS plan purchases and 30% on eligible premium human-delivered service purchases, subject to validation. Commissions are grouped by earned month, reviewed manually, and paid on the 1st of the month after the following month when approved unpaid commission reaches the R250 threshold unless CareerDad approves an exception. No commission is paid on free users, self-referrals, refunds, reversals, duplicate payments, rejected payments, or flagged transactions.

Example promotion angles

  • Use one clean via link for general promotion.
  • Add a campaign label for a specific content series.
  • Review the Partner Terms before publishing content.

Programme rules summary

  • CareerDad does not guarantee jobs, interviews, salaries, ATS pass results, employer responses, or affiliate income.
  • Partners must disclose their affiliate relationship where appropriate for the channel.
  • No spam, fake accounts, self-referrals, cookie stuffing, forced clicks, misleading redirects, or deceptive outreach.
  • No false urgency, fake discounts, fake job promises, or claims that a partner is CareerDad staff unless officially authorised.
  • The official Partner Terms control current commission, attribution, validation, and payout rules.

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FAQ

Does CareerDad use lifetime attribution?

Current Partner Terms say lifetime customer attribution applies after the first valid affiliate attachment, subject to programme rules and future changes to the terms.

Does CareerDad guarantee affiliate income?

No. CareerDad does not guarantee affiliate income. Earnings depend on eligible paid purchases, valid attribution, approval under the Partner Terms, and programme rules.

Can affiliates see referred users private data?

No. Partners should only see approved referral and commission reporting. They cannot see private CVs, job descriptions, profile data, billing card details, saved jobs, or account content.

Where are the current commission and payout rules?

The official source of truth is the CareerDad Partner Terms at /legal/partner-terms. Public guide pages summarize those terms but do not replace them.