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Earn 50% for 3 months on every player you refer

BetterChess is $79/month. You keep half of each referred subscriber's first three payments — 3 × $39.50 ≈ $118 per subscriber. Refer 10 and that's roughly $1,185.

Become an affiliate

The short version. Sign up free at the partner portal, get a personal link like betterchess.co/?via=yourname, and share it. When someone subscribes through your link, you earn 50% of their first 3 monthly payments. Tracking is automatic, payouts are PayPal NET-15 with no minimum, and there's no cap.

Who this is for

BetterChess is an AI chess coach for improving club players — roughly the 1100–1800 range. If your audience plays chess and wants to get better, the fit is natural:

Chess YouTubers and streamers. Your viewers are exactly the players BetterChess is built for — people who keep blundering in games they should win. A link in the description or a quick mention converts well because the free entry point asks nothing of them.
Chess coaches. BetterChess complements lessons rather than replacing them: students practice with the AI coach between sessions, and you spend lesson time on the things only a human can teach. Recommending it earns you a commission on something that genuinely makes your students improve faster.
Newsletter writers. A tool recommendation with a free, no-sign-up way to try it is the easiest kind of link to include.
Club and Discord communities. Pin your link once; everyone who subscribes through it counts toward your commissions.

How it works

Sign up at betterchess.tolt.io — it's free and takes a couple of minutes.
Get your link. You'll receive a personal link like betterchess.co/?via=yourname. The ?via= parameter works on any page of the site — not just the homepage. That matters: linking straight to the free roast or a famous-game page converts better than a generic homepage link, and your attribution carries through either way.
Share it. Commissions are tracked automatically by Tolt. You get paid via PayPal, NET-15, with no minimum payout.

Ready-to-share links (free things convert best)

You don't have to ask anyone to pay anything up front. Type your handle once and every link below becomes yours — copy, paste, done:

Your affiliate handle (the “via” name from your Tolt dashboard)

Links work on any betterchess.co page — just add ?via=yourname to the URL and attribution carries through.

The free Roast

Paste a game — or just a chess.com username — and get roasted. Free, no sign-up: the lowest-friction link on the site.

https://betterchess.co/roast?via=yourname

Fischer's Game of the Century (1956)

A 13-year-old sacrifices his queen and wins. A playable “can you do better?” challenge with its own share card.

https://betterchess.co/roast/nkvcrhqbfu?via=yourname

Morphy's Opera Game (1858)

The most famous teaching game in history — 17 moves, a queen sac, mate. Even casual players recognize it.

https://betterchess.co/roast/qvplzb6ich?via=yourname

Kasparov–Topalov 1999

Kasparov's Immortal — the king hunt every chess YouTube viewer has seen. They click to try the finish themselves.

https://betterchess.co/roast/bdc7dusrug?via=yourname

Fischer–Spassky 1972, Game 6

The Cold War masterpiece even non-players have heard of — Spassky applauded his opponent.

https://betterchess.co/roast/jzsdolswfi?via=yourname

Carlsen–Karjakin 2016 (tiebreak)

The queen sacrifice that decided a World Championship — modern, and millions watched it live.

https://betterchess.co/roast/3co2vnbgqy?via=yourname

Famous games library

Annotated classics with playable boards — the perfect “look at this” link for posts and video descriptions.

https://betterchess.co/games?via=yourname

All-time greats leaderboard

A ranked list of the greatest players ever. Reliably starts arguments — and arguments mean clicks.

https://betterchess.co/players?via=yourname

How to analyze your chess mistakes

Evergreen how-to content for newsletters and captions; readers arrive already wanting to improve.

https://betterchess.co/guides/how-to-analyze-chess-mistakes?via=yourname

The homepage

The classic front-door link for bios, link-in-bio pages, and pinned posts.

https://betterchess.co/?via=yourname

Frequently asked

When do I get paid?

Payouts go out via PayPal on NET-15 terms — commissions earned in one month are paid by the 15th of the following month. There is no minimum threshold: whatever you earned, you get paid.

How long does the commission last?

You earn 50% of each referred customer's first 3 monthly payments. At $79/month that's 3 × $39.50 — about $118 per subscriber who stays three months.

Is there a cap on earnings?

No. There's no limit on how many players you can refer or how much you can earn.

How does attribution work?

Tracking is handled by Tolt. Anyone who arrives through your tracked link (the ?via= parameter) and later subscribes is attributed to you automatically — no codes to redeem, nothing to reconcile manually.

I'm a chess coach — can I use this with my students?

Yes. Many coaches recommend BetterChess as structured practice between lessons: the student plays coached games during the week, you review the bigger picture in your sessions. Your affiliate link works the same way for students as for any other audience.

Do I need to tell my audience it's an affiliate link?

Yes. The FTC (and equivalent rules elsewhere) require you to disclose that you earn a commission when someone subscribes through your link. A simple "this is an affiliate link" near the link is enough — and your audience will trust you more for it.

Become an affiliate See what you'd be sharing — the free roast

Commission terms: 50% of each referred customer's first 3 monthly payments, as configured in the Tolt partner program. BetterChess Pro is $79/month; figures above assume the referred customer stays subscribed for those payments. Terms may change for future referrals; existing tracked referrals are honored. Questions: info@betterchess.co.