Castos
Rewardful
Global
Castos is a podcast hosting platform that distributes to all major podcast apps, provides analytics, monetization tools, and audience management. Built for podcast creators looking to own their content and revenue.
Castos pays 25% recurring on hosting subscriptions + 10% on premium services (12 months each), through a program you apply to directly. The referred customer gets access to Castos's podcast hosting with distribution, analytics, monetization, and team tools ($9-$99/month depending on plan). Verified 26 Sept 2026 from Castos's own published material.
Paid when
Referred customer signs up via affiliate link and activates paid hosting or…
Payment delay
No separate delay beyond reaching the payout minimum; commission is paid on or around the 15th of the month once the $40 threshold is met
Minimum payout
$40 minimum before payout
Click counts for
30-day cookie lifetime
Your commission
25% recurring on hosting subscriptions + 10% on premium services (12 months each)
Dual commission: 25% of hosting plan fees (12 mo) + 10% of premium add-on services like monetization tools (12 mo). Two separate revenue streams from the same referral.
Customer incentive
Access to Castos's podcast hosting with distribution, analytics, monetization, and team tools ($9-$99/month depending on plan)
Plans start at $9/month for solo podcasters up to $99/month for teams. Free tier available with limited episodes.
The terms that decide whether you get paid
Paid whenReferred customer signs up via affiliate link and activates paid hosting or services within 30-day attribution window
Duration12 months from referral (caps at month 12)
Attribution window30-day cookie lifetime
Payment delayNo separate delay beyond reaching the payout minimum; commission is paid on or around the 15th of the month once the $40 threshold is met
Payment scheduleMonthly, on or around the 15th
Minimum payout$40 minimum before payout
Payout formPayPal (USD only)
Where it paysPayPal
Important
Castos's dual commission is appealing: 25% on hosting (primary revenue) + 10% on premium services (monetization, advanced analytics). The 30-day cookie is standard for creators. Positioning appeals directly to podcasters and audio creators—though it competes with Transistor and Libsyn in the same category. Commission caps at 12 months.
Whether affiliates must already be paying customers is unstated on the public affiliate page. Clawback or refund-driven commission reversal policy is unstated. Whether self-referral is permitted or prohibited is not addressed on the public page, so the earlier claim of a self-referral ban could not be confirmed and has been removed. Post-12-month commission terms are confirmed capped, not merely unclear: commission ends after 12 months of a referral's spend.
What you would be selling
A direct, reviewed-application dual-rate commission (25% hosting + 10% premium services) capped at 12 months on a podcast-hosting platform — decent recurring income for a niche creator audience, but time-limited.
Castos is one brand with 4 products, bought by different people. Each row shows what one converted customer is worth to you, on the plan that buyer actually lands on, for the 3 where every figure needed is published.
$147
per customer over 12 months
podcast hosting
Podcast Hosting and Distribution
Episode hosting with automatic submission to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and the other directories from a single upload.
25% × 12 mo · $49/mo
On the Growth plan.
$147
per customer over 12 months
audience analytics
Episode Analytics and Statistics
Downloads by episode, app and territory, measured against the IAB podcast standard rather than raw request counts.
25% × 12 mo · $49/mo
On the Growth plan.
$147
per customer over 12 months
podcast hosting
RSS Feed and Show Notes Management
The show's RSS feed, episode pages and show notes, editable without touching a separate website.
25% × 12 mo · $49/mo
On the Growth plan.
Not published
Not every figure needed is published.
podcast hosting
Podcast Monetization and Ad Integration
Dynamic ad insertion and sponsorship slots stitched into episodes at download time, so a placement can change after publication.
What each product earns you — the same on every plan
A flat commission: which product the customer buys does not change the figure.
Podcast Hosting and DistributionGrowth · $49/mo
$147
Episode Analytics and StatisticsGrowth · $49/mo
$147
RSS Feed and Show Notes ManagementGrowth · $49/mo
$147
Everything Castos publishes about how the commission is earned and paid. A term shown as not researched is one Castos does not publish, not one that does not apply.
How it pays
Route inApply at castos.getrewardful.com/signup (Rewardful-hosted); applications reviewed within 5 business days
Duration12 months from referral (caps at month 12)
Attribution window30-day cookie lifetime
Payment delayNo separate delay beyond reaching the payout minimum; commission is paid on or around the 15th of the month once the $40 threshold is met
Payment scheduleMonthly, on or around the 15th
Minimum payout$40 minimum before payout
Payout formPayPal (USD only)
Where it paysPayPal
ApprovalReviewed application, not instant; processed within 5 business days
Restrictions
·Commission caps at 12 months per customer, not lifetime
·Applications are manually reviewed within 5 business days, not instant approval
·Niche audience competing directly with Transistor and Libsyn for podcasters
Customer pricing
Castos uses plan-based pricing with increasing episode counts and advanced features. Free tier available with limited episodes.
Free$0 · 3 episodes/month, basic analytics
Starter$9/month · unlimited episodes, advanced analytics
Professional$25/month · email opt-in, sponsor directory, monetization
Professional Plus$99/month · team features, private podcasts, advanced tools
DistributionAutomatic distribution to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, and 50+ platforms
MonetizationBuilt-in sponsorship and listener support tools
AnalyticsDetailed listener and growth tracking
Team collaborationInvite team members and manage shows together
Audience ownershipDirect access to listener emails and data
Additional earning tracks
Podcast creator positioningCastos targets independent and professional podcasters—audience overlap with Transistor and Libsyn but distinct positioning on monetization.
Verified
Read from Castos's own published material on . Figures change without notice — quote this date alongside any figure.
Sources
Castos Affiliate Program ↗Castos Pricing ↗
25% hosting + 10% services verified from Castos affiliate page, August 23, 2026
12-month duration confirmed from affiliate terms
Direct enrollment with no approval requirement verified from signup page
Pricing reflects current Castos plans as of August 2026
How this programme compares to its rivals was written on August 26, 2026, from the verified terms above.
Program is hosted on Rewardful (castos.getrewardful.com), not a bespoke direct system; apply URL, $40 minimum payout, PayPal-only payout, and 5-business-day review confirmed from castos.com/affiliates/ on September 27, 2026.
Payment schedule and payment delay confirmed on September 27, 2026, from the Castos affiliate page: commission is paid on or around the 15th of the month once the $40 minimum is reached, with no separate holding period stated beyond that threshold.
The 30-day cookie window and the 12-month cap on commission for a referral's spend were both confirmed directly from the Castos affiliate page on September 27, 2026.
No statement about self-referral eligibility appears on the Castos affiliate page as of September 27, 2026, so the field previously marked prohibited has been set to unknown rather than left as an unverified claim.
No statement about a customer requirement for affiliates, or about clawbacks and refund-driven commission reversal, appears on the Castos affiliate page as of September 27, 2026; both remain genuinely unpublished.
Read, and not published
Castos’s own material was read on these and says nothing. That is the answer: a program that does not state a term is not bound by one.
Self-referral
Must you be a customer
Clawback
Citing this page
Ancaster, “Castos affiliate terms”. Verified 26 September 2026. https://ancaster.io/offers/castos
How this was verified
Verified
Read from Castos's own published material on . Figures change without notice — quote this date alongside any figure.
Who buys this
Tagged at product level, not brand level. Castos's products sell to podcasters & audio.
Who else does this
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The re-verification note
We read Castos's terms on 2026-09-26. Programs change a rate, a cookie window or a payment threshold without announcing it — we re-read them and send one note a week saying what moved.
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