Partner programme

Earn from the studying

Your audience saves 15% on the question bank that cites its sources. You earn 20% of every sale you send, for a full year after their first visit.

A referred Exam Prep Pass at $67.15 pays you $13.43. Ten a month is $134.30, and the calculator beside this uses our own rates where we have them and says so where we do not.

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What you would earn

Monthly audience

Visits to us a month: 20 · assumes 2% click through
Free accounts: 2 · 12% of visits, our rate on a small sample
Sales: about one every 6 months · 8% of accounts, same caveat
Your cut per Pass: $13.43 · 20% of $67.15 ex-tax

About $2.15 a month, $25.79 a year

From an audience of 1,000. Two of the three rates are ours and come from a small sample; the click-through is an assumption, not a measurement. Treat this as arithmetic you can check, not as a forecast.

The terms, in full

Nothing here is buried in a PDF

Commission: 20% of the paid amount, excluding tax
Audience discount: 15% off any plan, applied by your code
Referral window: 365 days from the first visit, first-touch
Hold before payout: 30 days after the sale clears
Approval: Manual — an approved code is a live discount

Who this works for

Captains and mates making YouTube or TikTok content about getting licensed
Sea-time schools and OUPV course providers whose students still sit the REC exam
Delivery crews, charter fleets and towing outfits training their own people
Maritime newsletters, forums and Facebook groups where the same questions come up weekly

Schools: if you teach the syllabus, this is the drilling your students do between sessions. Ask about a reseller arrangement instead of a code — the fears are opposite and so is the deal.

Before you recommend it

What you would be putting your name on

Every answer explanation carries an inline citation to 33 CFR, the COLREGs or Bowditch, and the citation opens the actual rule text. That is the whole product thesis: a mariner who is told why the answer is right passes the exam and stays safe afterwards; one who memorises a lettered answer does neither.

There is a real free tier, so your audience can check we are worth it before spending anything. Paid plans have a 14-day refund policy and no auto-renew on the one-time plans.

We would rather you send fewer people who convert and stay than a wave of refunds. If CaptainsGround is not right for your audience, say so — it costs us less than the chargebacks.

Partner questions

What partners ask before applying

What exactly does my audience get?

15% off any paid plan — the 90-day Exam Prep Pass, the monthly plan, or the 12-month "Until You Pass". The discount applies automatically through your link, and it also works if they type the code at checkout after hearing it in a video.

What do I earn, and on what amount?

20% of what the customer actually paid, excluding tax — so it is calculated after their discount, never on a list price nobody was charged. On a referred Exam Prep Pass that is a little over $13.

Do I earn on renewals?

Yes, for 365 days from that customer's first purchase. Most people buy a one-time Pass, so in practice this matters for monthly subscribers.

How long does the referral last?

365 days from the first visit, and it is never overwritten by a later source. Someone who finds us through you in March and buys in October still counts as yours.

What happens if a customer refunds?

The commission is reversed. That is the entire reason for the 30-day hold — we would rather delay a payout than claw one back.

Can I pick my own code?

Yes — you propose it in the application and we use it exactly as you wrote it. Codes are first-come across the whole store and can never be reused once issued, so on the rare occasion yours is already taken we'll agree an alternative with you before anything goes live.

Can I use my own code?

Yes for the discount — buy your own access at 15% off if you want it. No for the commission: a purchase made by the partner's own account earns nothing, automatically. It is not a trap you can fall into by accident.

What about taxes?

Payouts are gross. You are responsible for reporting your own income; we will send whatever paperwork your jurisdiction requires if you ask.

Is there a minimum audience?

No. A 400-person Facebook group of working mates in one port is worth more to us than 40,000 general boating subscribers — we would rather have the port.

Apply with the code you want

Approval is manual and usually takes two working days. We answer every application.

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