Choosing a crypto affiliate program for your trading community

Three programs worth checking

Start with the exchange your members can use and actually want to use. Moving an established group to an unfamiliar venue creates work for everyone. A higher commission is of little use if nobody follows you there.

Kraken: a direct route for community operators

Kraken explicitly includes trading communities in its creator program. It offers a direct relationship with Kraken and a separate Impact route for media and traditional affiliates. Its headline commission is a maximum, with terms varying by product, region and partner. Ask which route fits your group. See Kraken's affiliate program.

Binance: check the ongoing qualification rules

Binance welcomes community leaders and provides Referral Pro links with reporting and rebate options. Its guide also says affiliate eligibility is reviewed periodically. Understand the evaluation rules before budgeting for a particular commission tier. Read the Binance affiliate guide.

Bybit: tools built around Telegram groups

Bybit's affiliate tooling includes a Telegram group bot for managing admissions and directing users to affiliate registration. That makes it worth examining for operators whose community already uses Bybit. Check the group-bot documentation and confirm your commercial terms separately.

Get these answers before sharing a link

• Who counts? New accounts only, or existing users too? How long does attribution last?
• Which fees count? Ask about products, discounts, rebates and any excluded activity.
• Can your members participate? Check their countries and access to the products they trade.
• What keeps your tier active? Request the qualification and review rules in writing.
• What can you withdraw? Check payout currency, minimums, timing and adjustments.

A useful comparison starts with eligible fees. For example, a hypothetical 40% commission on $500 of eligible exchange fees pays $200 before your own costs. It does not pay 40% of the group's trading volume. Keep one-off signup bonuses separate from recurring revenue when comparing offers.

Tell members when you earn from a link. Put that explanation beside the link so they can judge your recommendation with the relationship in view.

When your own trading frontend makes sense

A group already trading Hyperliquid has another option: a trading site under the community's own brand. With floatout, members use a branded frontend connected to Hyperliquid's order book. Their trading funds do not pass through the group admin.

Hyperliquid builder codes let a frontend charge a separate fee on eligible orders it routes. Traders approve a maximum fee and can revoke that approval. It is an additional trading cost, so give members a clear reason to use your site and explain the fee before they do.

Floatout is free to create, but the free tier pays the operator nothing. Earnings require a one-time activation payment, followed by a platform share of builder fees. Compare the current pricing with the revenue you could reasonably expect. The retained share of a builder fee and an exchange affiliate commission are percentages of different amounts. Comparing the percentages alone will give you the wrong answer.

There is a third option if you would rather not run a site at all: our own partner program pays you a share of what floatout earns from any DEX you refer, and the payout arrives on-chain in your own wallet.

This also changes your job. Alongside running the group, you introduce a trading site, answer onboarding questions and give people a reason to return. If all you need is a referral link, an exchange program is the simpler choice.

Try one offer with a small group

Choose an offer that fits your members' existing habits. Explain it once, keep it easy to find, and track eligible referrals, actual payouts and support time for a month. Registration totals alone will not tell you whether it is working.

If a branded frontend is the better fit, start with the live demo. For the community side, read our guides to Telegram channel monetization and monetizing a trading Discord.