Connect Paddle once and Partnero commissions every transaction it processes — and keeps paying on renewals, not just the first invoice. Discount-code sales are tracked too, and refunds claw the commission back automatically.

What is Paddle?

Paddle is a payments and billing platform that acts as merchant of record, handling checkout, sales tax, and compliance for software businesses. Every purchase, renewal, and refund is recorded there, which makes it the most reliable place to decide which partner earned a commission. Partnero’s Paddle integration supports both Paddle Billing and Paddle Classic, enabling seamless affiliate and referral tracking for one‑time purchases, subscriptions, and renewals.

Two ways a partner gets credit

Referral links for partners who send traffic. Every partner gets a tracking link. Partnero records the visit, attributes the signup that follows, and then commissions every Paddle transaction that customer ever makes.

Discount codes for partners who can't send traffic. Every partner gets their own Paddle discount code. When a customer redeems it at checkout, the sale is credited to that partner — no link, no cookie, no signup tracking. This is how you track podcasters, YouTubers and newsletter writers whose audience types your URL in by hand.

You can run both in the same program.

Connect Paddle in a couple of clicks

1. Paste your Paddle API key into Partnero under Program → Integration → Paddle.
2. Add tracking to your site using the guide in your Partnero account.
3. Make a purchase and watch the commission appear.

Works with your Paddle setup

Paddle Billing: Your checkout passes Partnero's referral reference along with the customer, so every transaction that follows is credited to the right partner. The guide in your account has the code.

Paddle Classic: Still on the legacy platform? Partnero supports it with its own guide and its own tracking snippet.

Sandbox accounts: Connect a Paddle sandbox account to test the whole flow before you point Partnero at live billing.

Nothing to configure inside Paddle. Partnero creates the webhook for you when you connect, and removes it again if you disconnect.

Turn your Paddle discounts into a tracking channel

• Bring your existing Paddle discounts across, all of them or only the ones you pick. Amounts, durations and redemption limits come with them.
• Give every partner their own code automatically. Set a naming pattern once and Partnero creates a discount per partner, including for the ones who join next month.
• Put guardrails on it — redemption limits, expiry dates, and codes locked to specific partners.
• Pay less commission on discounted sales — reduce or zero out commission when a discount was used, as a flat cut or in tiers based on how deep the discount went.

Create or edit a discount in Partnero, and it's pushed to Paddle for you.

What gets tracked with Paddle + Partnero

Solutions

• Affiliate software for Paddle: run an affiliate program on top of your Stripe account.
• Affiliate marketing: recruit, track and pay affiliates at scale.
• Customer referrals: reward customers when their referrals pay.
• Affiliate software for SaaS: track subscriptions and recurring commissions.

Frequently asked questions