The NAUT affiliate program pays a cash commission on every invoice NAUT collects from the accounts an affiliate introduces, at a tier rate of 15% to 30%, and a referral link stays credited to the affiliate for 60 days after the click. NAUT's own affiliate ledger, read on 9 November 2026, holds 237 tracked clicks since 29 July 2026, 65 signups attributed to a referral, 8 commission rows worth $282.28, and 0 cash payouts ever sent, because every commission booked so far ran through the open referral program and was paid in credits at 60 credits per dollar.
Data note. Every figure here was read from NAUT's own database on 9 November 2026: the referral click log, the link visit log, the referred signup records, the commission rows, the affiliate application table, the affiliate flags on portal accounts, the payout table and the leaderboard snapshot runs. The public NAUT affiliate program page was read on 8 November 2026 for the tier rates, the application flow and the seat counter. 4 statements on that public page were put to a source check against the page itself: 2 came back with the exact wording located, so they are quoted below, and 2 came back confirmed without the wording located, so they are paraphrased. 1 defect is flagged: the page's seat counter displays 7 of 50 founding seats taken while NAUT's portal data holds 0 accounts flagged as an affiliate and 0 applications of any status, so the 7 is the counter's starting floor on the first seats rather than a count of approved people. Written by NAUT Research.
How does the NAUT affiliate program pay out?
The public page lays the program out in 5 steps, and NAUT's database, read on 9 November 2026, shows how far any real person has walked them. An application takes about 90 seconds and leaves payout details for later. A decision follows within 3 business days, and approval opens the affiliate dashboard. The dashboard hands over a referral link, a personal code and marketing assets. Attribution then runs off the click: "Your link credits you for 60 days after the click." Commission lands on every invoice NAUT collects from each referred account and shows live in the dashboard.
| Step | Public page | NAUT's data |
|---|---|---|
| Apply | a short form, payout details come later | 0 applications of any status |
| Review | a decision within 3 business days, then the dashboard opens | 0 accounts approved as an affiliate |
| Get the link | a referral link, a personal code and assets | 138 clicks on the busiest single code |
| Attribution | the link credits the affiliate for 60 days after the click | 237 clicks, 29 July to 8 November 2026 |
| Commission | on every invoice, live in the dashboard | 8 rows booked, $282.28, all at level 1 |
The gap in that right-hand column is the thing a prospective affiliate should read first. The cash-tier program sits behind an admin approval, and NAUT's application table holds 0 rows of any status, so the 15% to 30% rates have never been applied to or paid in cash. The 8 commission rows that do exist were booked by the open NAUT referral program, which anyone with a NAUT account can use without an application, and which pays a flat 20% of the referred payment in NAUT credits at 60 credits per dollar. 7 of those 8 rows are granted, worth $272.48 and 16,348 credits, and 1 is pending at $9.80 and 588 credits. 0 rows have ever been marked payable, 0 have been marked paid, and the payout table holds 0 rows.
What does NAUT's affiliate ledger show so far?
237 clicks have landed on a NAUT referral link between 29 July 2026 and 8 November 2026. The 15 busiest codes behind them, some of them internal test codes, run from 138 clicks on the top code down to 1 click. Those clicks produced 115 logged link visits from 54 distinct visitors, 65 signups attributed to a referral, and 10 referred accounts that went on to pay. Commission rows were booked between 12 August 2026 and 4 November 2026.
| Stage | Figure | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked clicks | 237 | every click on a referral link since 29 July 2026, 138 on the busiest code |
| Link visits | 115 / 54 | logged landings, and the 54 distinct visitors behind them |
| Referred signups | 65 | accounts created with a referral attached |
| Paid accounts | 10 | of the 65 referred signups, the ones that bought a plan |
| Commission rows | 7 granted + 1 pending | 12 August to 4 November 2026, all level 1 |
| Dollars booked | $282.28 | $272.48 granted, $9.80 pending |
| Credits awarded | 16,348 | granted in credits at 60 credits per dollar |
| Cash payouts | 0 | rows ever sent in NAUT's affiliate payout table |
| Founding seats | 7 of 50 | displayed by the public counter, with 0 approved affiliates held |
237 clicks to 65 signups to 10 paying accounts is the whole conversion story in 3 numbers, and the 8 commission rows sit underneath the 10.
The 3 ranked entries on NAUT's referral leaderboard
NAUT runs a leaderboard snapshot twice a day. The run at 04:00 UTC on 8 November 2026 read the same 65 referrals and ranked 3 entries. The table below is ranked by referrals credited, highest first, and its 4 data columns are referrals credited, referrals verified, referrals the leaderboard marks paid, and credits granted. NAUT's data shows no names on these rows, and the paid column here is the leaderboard's own count, which is a different counter from the 10 referred accounts that paid.
| Rank | Referrals | Verified | Paid | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47 | 38 | 3 | 16,348 |
| 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1 code carries 47 of the 65 referrals and holds every granted credit in the ledger. Rank 2 holds the 588 pending credits behind the $9.80 row.
Which NAUT affiliate program tier pays what?
The public page carries 4 cash tiers, each a percentage of every invoice NAUT collects from the accounts an affiliate introduced, and the coverage column below is the page's own description of each. The last column is the cash paid under that tier to date. Nobody holds any of them yet, because 0 applications have been submitted.
| Tier | Rate | What it covers | Cash paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explorer | 15% | where everyone starts, cash on every invoice from the first introduction | $0 |
| Flag Bearer | 20% | at 10 paying accounts, all 10 move up to the higher rate | $0 |
| Navigator | 25% | 25% of every invoice NAUT collects from anyone on the affiliate's list | $0 |
| Principal | 30% | the top rate on all accounts, for as long as each one stays | $0 |
There are 50 founding seats. The page states of a founding seat: "Your rate is locked for the life of every account you bring." The counter on the page displays 7 of 50 taken, and NAUT's portal data holds 0 accounts flagged as an affiliate, so a reader should treat that 7 as the counter's floor on the first seats and the real approved count as 0.
What this is worth to a BD lead or a creator
- As a crypto affiliate program the economics are known before any work starts: 15% at the entry tier, 30% at the top, on every invoice from each account introduced, with a 60-day credit window on the click.
- The queue is empty. 0 applications of any status sit in NAUT's application table on 9 November 2026, and the review window stated on the page is 3 business days.
- The open referral program already works end to end on NAUT's own data: 237 clicks, 65 signups, 8 commission rows, $282.28 booked. What it pays is credits at 60 per dollar, never cash, and the cash path is the approved tier program.
- The attribution is per click, so audience work counts. 1 code pulled 138 of the 237 clicks on the ledger.
- Read the tiers15% at Explorer, 30% at Principal, on every invoice NAUT collects from each account you introduce.
- Apply for a founding seat50 seats exist, 0 applications sit in NAUT's table, and the stated decision window is 3 business days.
- Plan around the 60-day windowYour link credits you for 60 days after the click, so publish where a reader acts inside that window.
- Expect credits before cashThe 8 commission rows booked so far paid 16,348 credits at 60 credits per dollar, and 0 cash payouts have been sent.
What this is worth to a founder raising or an investor sourcing
- A referral is worth sending only if the product does the job. NAUT is a crypto and Web3 deal directory: company pages, fund pages and people pages with the channels NAUT holds for each person.
- A founder raising can refer the funds and operators already using NAUT, and earn on their invoices at the tier rate, while using the same pages to find the partner who writes the check.
- An investor sourcing deals can refer portfolio founders into NAUT for their own BD, with the 60-day click window covering the lag between an introduction and a signup.
- 10 of the 65 referred signups on NAUT's ledger went on to pay, which is the only conversion figure NAUT holds for referred traffic.
- Check the product firstOpen a company page and a fund page on NAUT and read the people and channels you would be sending a contact to.
- Refer the people who need itPortfolio founders and BD teams are the accounts that pay, and 10 of 65 referred signups on NAUT's ledger did.
- Track the clickAttribution runs 60 days from the click, so send the link with the reason, not alone.
- Watch the dashboardCommission posts per invoice collected, which is where the 8 rows and $282.28 on NAUT's ledger were booked.
How to reach the people behind the accounts you refer
Everything a referred account pays for sits on NAUT's own pages: company and project records with their teams, fund records with portfolio rounds and lead flags, and people records carrying job title, X handle and the channels NAUT holds. A project page like Uniswap's carries the team, and a fund page like a16z crypto's carries the portfolio rounds with the lead flag on each. A deal maker opens a company page, reads who runs it, then opens that person's page for the verified Telegram, email or LinkedIn. That is the job a referral is sending someone to do, and it is the reason the invoices behind a referral commission of 15% to 30% get paid at all.
Related reading on NAUT: What is NAUT: the crypto directory of 14,275 people and Crypto data API: 3 calls, 5 credits a pull, 14,350 people.
Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?
No. The affiliate ledger behind this article sits in NAUT's own portal data and no documented /v1 endpoint returns clicks, commission rows or payouts, so every figure above is NAUT's data read from the database rather than an API response. What a referred account does pay for is the directory: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/search?q=bd%20lead returns projects and people together at 5 credits a call, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/me is the account call NAUT documents as free. Keys are minted at https://naut.so/developer, calls are authorised with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY, the endpoints are documented at https://naut.so/docs/api and plans start at Essential $49 a month for 3,000 credits at https://naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn on those people records unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial at https://naut.so.
NAUT affiliate program FAQ
How does the NAUT affiliate program pay out?
The NAUT affiliate program pays a tier percentage of every invoice NAUT collects from each account an affiliate introduced, from 15% at Explorer to 30% at Principal, and commission posts in the affiliate dashboard per invoice. On 9 November 2026 NAUT's data held 8 commission rows worth $282.28 and 0 cash payouts ever sent, all 8 booked by the open referral program at a flat 20% paid in credits.
How long does a NAUT referral link stay credited to me?
60 days. The NAUT affiliate program page, read on 8 November 2026, states: "Your link credits you for 60 days after the click." NAUT's click log holds 237 tracked clicks under that rule between 29 July 2026 and 8 November 2026.
How many people have been approved as a NAUT affiliate?
0 on 9 November 2026. NAUT's application table holds 0 rows of any status and 0 portal accounts carry the affiliate flag, while the public page's counter displays 7 of 50 founding seats taken, which is the counter's floor on the first seats.
What has NAUT's referral program actually paid so far?
16,348 credits, granted across 7 of the 8 commission rows on NAUT's ledger, worth $272.48 at 60 credits per dollar, with 1 row pending at $9.80 and 588 credits. 0 rows have ever been marked payable or paid and NAUT's payout table holds 0 rows, so nothing has moved as cash.
Where can I find the crypto founders and investors my referrals would be paying to reach?
On NAUT's own company, fund and people pages, which is what the 10 referred accounts that paid out of 65 signups bought. The same records come back through GET https://api.naut.so/v1/search?q=bd%20lead at 5 credits a call, and verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for those people unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial at https://naut.so.
Sources
- NAUT database, read 9 November 2026: referral click log (237 clicks across 15 codes, 29 July to 8 November 2026), link visits (115 from 54 distinct visitors), referred signups (65, of which 10 paid), commission rows (7 granted at $272.48 and 16,348 credits, 1 pending at $9.80 and 588 credits, all level 1, booked 12 August to 4 November 2026), affiliate applications (0 of any status), affiliate flags (0 accounts), payout table (0 rows) and the leaderboard snapshot run at 04:00 UTC on 8 November 2026 (65 source referrals, 3 ranked entries).
- NAUT's public affiliate page, read 8 November 2026: the 4 tiers (Explorer 15%, Flag Bearer 20%, Navigator 25%, Principal 30%), the 5-step flow, the 60-day click window, the 3 business day review and the 7 of 50 founding seat counter: https://naut.so/affiliates
- NAUT API documentation and plans, read 31 October 2026: https://naut.so/docs/api and https://naut.so/pricing