Pay your beehiiv subscribers real cash for real conversions.
beehiiv ships a built-in referral system that rewards subscribers with free swag and tier-unlocks. Rekomi adds the missing layer: actual cash commissions on actual conversions for the subscribers who are driving real revenue.
From paste-API-key to first paid affiliate in 10 minutes.
Paste your Beehiiv API key into Rekomi. Rekomi runs a test call to verify the key, then pulls your list/audience picker live from Beehiiv so you pick the right destination.
Affiliates apply via your public landing page or your bulk invite. Approve them manually, auto-approve on a campaign, or import an existing affiliate CSV from Rewardful.
Approved affiliates land in your Beehiiv list as tagged subscribers within seconds. Rekomi handles idempotency, retries, and per-campaign overrides; you handle the nurture sequence.
The exact Beehiiv fields Rekomi writes.
No surprise fields, no overwrites of contact data you already have. Empty values are omitted so existing nurture data is preserved.
email, affiliate email, deduped against your beehiiv publicationreactivate_existing: true, re-activates an unsubscribed contact rather than failing the callsend_welcome_email: false, Rekomi sends its own welcome, beehiiv stays out of it- Publication ID, required by beehiiv (one publication per integration; switch publication = disconnect + reconnect)
- Sync semantics: publication-wide subscribers, no per-list partitioning
What Beehiiv customers actually do with Rekomi.
Paid-subscriber to ambassador upgrade path
Build a beehiiv automation that fires on `Paid Subscriber Status: Active`: send a 'become a Premium Ambassador' email at month 3. Ambassadors who accept earn 30% recurring on every new paid subscriber they bring in, and your beehiiv referral system continues to reward them with free perks on top.
Newsletter cross-promotion as an affiliate offer
Negotiate a cross-promotion deal with another newsletter operator: they recommend your newsletter to their list, you pay them per referred paid subscriber via Rekomi. The deal lives outside beehiiv's built-in 'Boost' marketplace, with your own commission terms.
Author/contributor revenue share
Multi-author newsletters can use Rekomi to track per-author traffic + conversions. Each contributor gets their own tracking link (so deep-link to their posts), and beehiiv shows them as subscribers. Pay your top contributors a slice of your subscription revenue.
Rekomi handles Beehiiv's edge cases so you don't have to.
Every CRM API has quirks. Rekomi's integration code was built and audited against the live Beehiivdocs, these are the ones you'd otherwise hit yourself.
beehiiv's data model is one publication = one audience. There's no per-list partitioning. Rekomi's connect form skips the list-picker step and uses publication-level tags for segmentation. Multiple publications = multiple Rekomi CRM integrations.
Without `reactivate_existing: true`, beehiiv returns 400 for any email that's been unsubscribed at any point in the past. Rekomi defaults to `true` so your affiliate-program acceptance overrides a prior unsubscribe (the affiliate has just opted in to receiving program emails by accepting the terms).
beehiiv's tagging works on publications, not on subscribers directly. Rekomi sets a 'custom field' on the subscriber profile to capture the `Rekomi affiliate` flag, which beehiiv segments can filter on. Tags in the marketing-CRM sense don't exist in beehiiv's model.
Built for newsletter founders on beehiiv's Grow or Scale tier with active paid subscriptions + Boosts. If you're already monetizing your audience via ads + paid subs + the Boost marketplace, Rekomi adds the formal-affiliate-program revenue layer that beehiiv's built-in referral system can't.
Common Beehiiv questions.
Does beehiiv have an affiliate program?
beehiiv runs a Partner Program (15% recurring) for promoting beehiiv itself. That's separate from running YOUR affiliate program on YOUR newsletter. Rekomi is the platform for the latter, your subscribers become affiliates, get tracking links, earn commissions on referred subscriptions or one-off sales. beehiiv's existing free-swag referral system can run in parallel.
Can I run an affiliate program on a newsletter?
Yes, Rekomi tracks clicks + conversions on whatever you're selling (paid subscription, course, product), calculates per-affiliate commissions, and pushes the affiliate audience into beehiiv as subscribers. The affiliate-side experience runs through Rekomi; the email-side runs through beehiiv.
Does this stack with beehiiv's built-in referral system?
Yes, they target different rewards. beehiiv's built-in referrals unlock free perks (swag, premium tiers) for free subscribers. Rekomi's affiliate program pays cash commissions on paid conversions. Many newsletter operators run both: free subscribers refer for perks, paid subscribers refer for cash.
Which beehiiv plan do I need?
API access ships on Scale ($99/month) and above, Launch and Grow plans don't have API access yet. If you're monetizing, you're likely already on Scale.
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