Podcastle
Tapfiliate
Global
Podcastle provides podcast hosting, editing, and distribution tools for creators
Podcastle pays 20% commission on referred customer subscriptions, capped at the first 12 months, through a program you apply to directly. There is no reward for the referred customer. Verified 24 Aug 2026 from Podcastle's own published material.
Paid when
Referred customer signs up and converts to a paying plan.
Payment delay
Paid monthly once the minimum balance is reached; no other delay specified
Minimum payout
$100 minimum commission balance
Click counts for
90 days (cookie persists 90 days after referral)
Your commission
20% commission on referred customer subscriptions, capped at the first 12 months
Customer incentive
Nothing
The terms that decide whether you get paid
Paid whenReferred customer signs up and converts to a paying plan.
DurationCommissions are paid for the first year of the subscription only; no recurring pay after year one (per the Affiliate Partnership terms of service, last updated 15 September 2026 — Async's affiliate marketing and sign-up pages separately advertise a 25% commission with no stated cap; see provenance)
Attribution window90 days (cookie persists 90 days after referral)
Payment delayPaid monthly once the minimum balance is reached; no other delay specified
Payment scheduleMonthly for referrals on monthly subscriptions (spread across the 12-month cap); paid as a single lump sum for referrals on annual subscriptions
Minimum payout$100 minimum commission balance
Payout formInvoice-based remittance, paid via PayPal
Self-referralProhibited; self-referrals are excluded from commission eligibility
Important
20% for the first year only (not truly recurring) is a middling rate for an audio/podcast creation SaaS. Terms are documented: 90-day cookie, $100 minimum payout, PayPal payment (monthly for monthly-plan referrals, a lump sum for annual-plan referrals), self-referral banned, 2-business-day approval. Direct enrollment via Tapfiliate keeps signup simple for a single product. Note: Podcastle rebranded to Async in Jan 2026, and as of September 2026 Async's own affiliate marketing and sign-up pages advertise 25% commission with no stated cap — a materially better deal than the 20%-capped terms still written into the dated Affiliate Partnership terms of service — so affiliates should verify the operative rate directly with Async before relying on this figure.
What you would be selling
A 20% commission (first year only) on a podcast-creation SaaS, direct enrollment via Tapfiliate, now operating under the Async brand after Podcastle's January 2026 rebrand.
Podcastle is one brand with 1 product, bought by different people. What one converted customer is worth cannot be worked out for any of them: that needs a rate, a plan price and a commission window, and this program does not publish all three.
Not published
Not every figure needed is published.
podcast hosting
Flagship
Podcastle Pro Plan
Podcast recording, editing, and hosting platform with AI-assisted noise removal and transcription — an all-in-one studio for creators producing and distributing podcasts.
Bought by Podcast creators
Pro
Everything Podcastle publishes about how the commission is earned and paid. A term shown as not researched is one Podcastle does not publish, not one that does not apply.
How it pays
Route inUnique affiliate link tracked via Tapfiliate
DurationCommissions are paid for the first year of the subscription only; no recurring pay after year one (per the Affiliate Partnership terms of service, last updated 15 September 2026 — Async's affiliate marketing and sign-up pages separately advertise a 25% commission with no stated cap; see provenance)
Attribution window90 days (cookie persists 90 days after referral)
Payment delayPaid monthly once the minimum balance is reached; no other delay specified
Payment scheduleMonthly for referrals on monthly subscriptions (spread across the 12-month cap); paid as a single lump sum for referrals on annual subscriptions
Minimum payout$100 minimum commission balance
Payout formInvoice-based remittance, paid via PayPal
Self-referralProhibited; self-referrals are excluded from commission eligibility
ClawbackCommissions are voided on refunds, chargebacks, suspected fraud, or use of unauthorized coupon/promo codes
Where it paysPayPal (worldwide, wherever PayPal is supported)
ApprovalApplications reviewed within 2 business days; accepted/rejected at Async's sole discretion
Restrictions
·Commission stops after 12 months (not truly recurring)
·$100 minimum payout threshold
·Single product to promote, limited catalog breadth
·Podcastle rebranded to Async in January 2026; as of September 2026 the Async affiliate marketing and sign-up pages advertise a 25% commission described as recurring with no stated cap, while the dated Affiliate Partnership terms of service (last updated 15 September 2026) still specifies 20% capped to the first year — affiliates should confirm which rate actually governs before relying on either figure
·Customer-side incentive is unpublished: neither the terms of service nor the marketing page states any discount or perk for the person being referred
Verified
Read from Podcastle's own published material on . Figures change without notice — quote this date alongside any figure.
Sources
podcastle Official Affiliate ↗Async Affiliate Program Terms of Service ↗Podcastle Rebrands as Async (press release) ↗Async Affiliate Program (marketing page) ↗Async Affiliate sign-up (Tapfiliate) ↗
Affiliate program details from official sources.
Researched 24 August 2026.
Product line researched and descriptions added August 25, 2026 from https://podcastle.ai.
Attribution window, payout terms and approval time researched on August 26, 2026.
How this programme compares to its rivals was written on August 26, 2026, from the verified terms above.
Mechanics rows (route in, duration, attribution window, payment delay/schedule, minimum payout, payout form, self-referral, clawback, where it pays, approval) filled September 27, 2026 from https://async.tapfiliate.com/programs/podcastle-affiliate-program/tos/ (the same Tapfiliate-hosted program, now under Podcastle's post-rebrand Async domain). 'Must you be a customer' remains unpublished — not addressed in the ToS.
Podcastle rebranded to Async in January 2026 (existing accounts, pricing and workflows carried over per https://async.com/announcements/podcastle-is-now-async/); podcastle.ai and podcastle.tapfiliate.com now 301/308-redirect to async.com and async.tapfiliate.com respectively, both confirmed live September 27, 2026.
"Must you be a customer" was checked again on 27 September 2026 directly against the Affiliate Partnership terms of service, the Async affiliate marketing page, and the Tapfiliate sign-up form; none of the three states any requirement to already be an Async subscriber, so the question is recorded as unpublished rather than answered.
The Async affiliate marketing page and its Tapfiliate sign-up form currently advertise a 25 percent commission described as recurring with no stated cap, which conflicts with the Affiliate Partnership terms of service (last updated 15 September 2026) that still specifies a 20 percent commission capped to the first year of a referred subscription. Both are first-party pages read on 27 September 2026, so the conflict is documented here and in the program's listed tradeoffs rather than resolved by guessing which one governs.
Payment schedule was corrected on 27 September 2026 from the same terms of service page: it previously read simply "Monthly," but the terms specify that annual-subscription referrals are paid as a single lump sum for the year while monthly-subscription referrals are paid out monthly across the twelve-month cap.
Whether the referred customer receives any discount or other incentive was checked on 27 September 2026 against the Affiliate Partnership terms of service and the affiliate marketing page; neither document mentions any perk for the referred customer, so that question is now recorded as read-and-silent rather than left unopened.
The application link previously pointed at podcastle.tapfiliate.com, confirmed on 27 September 2026 to now permanently redirect to the generic tapfiliate.com marketing home rather than to any Async sign-up form. It was corrected to the live Tapfiliate sign-up page at async.tapfiliate.com, confirmed reachable the same day.
Read, and not published
Podcastle’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.
Must you be a customer
Customer incentive
Citing this page
Ancaster, “Podcastle affiliate terms”. Verified 24 August 2026. https://ancaster.io/offers/podcastle
How this was verified
Verified
Read from Podcastle'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. Podcastle's products sell to podcasters & audio.
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The re-verification note
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