Get paid to recommend other creators to your subscribers!
If you are part of the Creator Network, you can set up Paid Recommendations where creators will pay you anywhere between $1 and $4+ for every subscriber you send their way. 🤑 (We take a 20% service fee and a 3.5% transaction fee for each successful referral.)
There are two stages to setting up Paid Recommendations:
Enabling Paid Recommendations by integrating with SparkLoop
Selecting your Paid Recommendations (which we cover in this article)
Let's get into the first stage of enabling Paid Recommendations now.
NOTE: The setup process might be slightly different depending on whether or not you already have a SparkLoop account.
If you don't have a SparkLoop account yet
1. Launch the Paid Recommendations settings
Go to Paid Recommendations under the Earn tab in the navigation.
Click the Install SparkLoop button.
An Integrate with SparkLoop window will appear.
2. Create a SparkLoop account
Click the Go to SparkLoop button in the Integrate with SparkLoop window to create a new SparkLoop account in a new browser tab.
After you create an account, SparkLoop will send you an email containing a link to confirm your email address. Click the link.
3. Connect ConvertKit and SparkLoop
Upon confirming your email address, you will be prompted to connect your SparkLoop account with ConvertKit:
Click the Connect your ConvertKit account button to be sent to ConvertKit to confirm the connection.
This is the message you will see. Click Grant access to SparkLoop.
4. Add your newsletter
Next, add your newsletter—or "publication" in SparkLoop's terms—to your SparkLoop account.
(Optional step: enable the Feature publication in Upscribe option so that creators in SparkLoop's own Partner Network can recommend your newsletter to their subscribers.)
5. Connect your Stripe account to SparkLoop
Doing so helps SparkLoop pay you successful referrals!
At this point, you'll be able to create a Stripe account for free if you don't have one.
6. Wait for SparkLoop to approve your account
You're all finished! SparkLoop will need to approve your account before you can use it, but there are no other steps you need to take.
Approvals are usually granted within 24 hours of account creation (excluding weekends).
SparkLoop will send you an email when it has approved your account, and you'll be able to start selecting your Paid Recommendations after that!
If you're an existing SparkLoop user
If you already have a SparkLoop account, follow these steps:
1. Launch the Paid Recommendations settings
Go to Paid Recommendations under the Earn tab in the navigation.
Click the Install SparkLoop button.
An Integrate with SparkLoop window will appear. Click the Go to SparkLoop button.
2. Connect SparkLoop to ConvertKit
You'll be directed to SparkLoop's account creation page in a new tab. Click "Want to log in instead?" at the bottom and log in to your SparkLoop account.
Go back to your ConvertKit browser tab and click Go to SparkLoop again.
Another ConvertKit window will appear in a new tab. You'll see this screen asking for your SparkLoop API key:
Copy the API key from your SparkLoop account's Integrations settings and paste it into the provided box. Finally, click Connect.
If your SparkLoop API key was added successfully, you'll see a success message:
Click Done to close the window, and you're now all set to start selecting your Paid Recommendations!
What's next?
If you're running into error messages while setting up Paid Recommendations, this troubleshooting guide may be helpful.
But if you're ready to start selecting your Paid Recommendations—in other words, choosing the creators you want to recommend to your subscribers—the article below shows you how!