MasterClass Affiliate Program

MasterClass sells cinematic courses taught by the most famous names in each field: Gordon Ramsay on cooking, Serena Williams on tennis, Neil Gaiman on writing, and hundreds more. It is sold as an annual membership, marketed like entertainment, and it is one of the most gifted subscriptions during the holidays.

The affiliate program runs on Impact and pays 25 percent commission per sale, a generous rate for education, with a 30 day cookie. Applications are reviewed, and MasterClass supplies creative, seasonal promotions and deep links to individual classes. Payouts follow Impact's monthly schedule. Commissions are one time on the membership purchase.

The membership price and the 25 percent rate combine into a healthy single commission, and MasterClass's gift and two for one promotions produce reliable seasonal spikes.

MasterClass converts from gift guides for specific interests, self improvement and creativity content, reviews of individual classes, best online course platform comparisons and profiles of the instructors themselves, which draw search traffic from fans. Because the product is aspirational, content that shows what a class actually contains, rather than the trailer, is what persuades sceptical readers to buy. Its annual membership covers every class, so one referral is a single sale rather than a per class purchase, and the at home learning angle suits gift season content especially well.