Manta

Manta Partner Program

Earn 20% of net per Diagnostic, $300 qualified-call bounties, and up to $4,000+ in volume bonuses on a single Diagnostic. Plus 10% recurring on implementation.

We pay partners to send small-business owners and operators to the Manta Diagnostic. Commission, booking bounty, volume bonuses, and recurring on every implementation engagement. Transparent rates. Monthly payouts. No tier-based gatekeeping — every partner can hit every bonus.

20% base commission·$300 qualified-call bounty·10% implementation recurring (12 months)·Up to $4,000 in volume bonuses·Monthly payouts via Whop / Stripe Connect·$100 minimum threshold

The offer

What you're promoting: The Manta Diagnostic.

The Manta Diagnostic is a $997 service that helps small-business owners with 3–50 employees find 10+ hours/week of automation opportunity across their team. The process:

  • 20-minute phone call with the AI assistant we built (the customer calls in — no scheduling required)
  • Custom written report delivered within 48 hours, ranking the top 3–5 automation opportunities by ROI
  • 30-minute implementation call where the Manta team walks the customer through how to put each automation in place
  • 30-day follow-up to make sure the hours are actually being saved
  • 10+ hours/week refund guarantee — if we don't identify it, the customer gets their money back

Implementation engagements (where Manta builds the recommended automations) are scoped separately per customer — pricing depends on the build. As an example: if implementation runs $3K/month, you earn $300/month for 12 months on that engagement. SMB implementation pricing is not a locked offer; treat the $3K/month figure throughout this page as illustrative.

Your job as a partner is simple: send qualified small-business owners and operators to your unique landing page or direct checkout link. We handle the sale, the delivery, the support, and the implementation. You earn on every step.

The process

Here's the whole process, end to end.

Step 1

Apply

Fill out the application form below. Takes about 3 minutes. We ask for the basics: who you are, where your audience lives, what kind of content you produce, and what slug you want for your custom URL.

Step 2

Reviewed by the Manta team

The Manta team reviews every application within 48 hours. Most applications get approved. The ones that get declined are usually one of two things: (a) the audience doesn't overlap with small-business operators in any meaningful way, or (b) the applicant can't or won't disclose #ad on their content. Both are dealbreakers.

Step 3

Get your landing page + links

Once approved, you get a custom landing page at runmanta.com/p/[your-slug], a direct partner checkout link with your affiliate code embedded, a unique beehiiv newsletter signup link, a brand asset kit, and access to your Whop dashboard. All of this lands in your inbox within 1 hour after approval and your affiliate agreement signature.

Step 4

Start promoting

Post when you're ready. Most partners post within the first week. Some take 2–3 weeks before their first content goes live — that's normal too. Your first commission is paid the first business day of the month after you cross the $100 threshold.

The money

Transparent commission breakdown.

We don't hide the math. Here's exactly what you earn.

Per-sale commission

ComponentAmountTrigger
Base commission20% of net collectedWhen the customer pays. On a $997 Diagnostic that's $199.40.
Booking bounty$300 flatWhen a qualified prospect shows up to their pre-purchase discovery call (gates against no-show fraud)
Implementation recurring10% of monthly retainerPaid monthly for 12 months on every implementation engagement that originated from your referral

Example engagement (illustrative — implementation pricing is per-customer, not a locked offer): one closed Diagnostic ($199.40 commission) + one closed implementation at an example $3K/month for 12 months ($300/month × 12 = $3,600 recurring) = $3,799.40 over 12 months from a single referral.

Volume bonuses

Performance-based. Everyone starts at the same rate. Everyone has the same path to upside.

Tier 1

Trigger

3 cumulative paid Diagnostics

Reward

+$500 flat bonus

Tier 2

Trigger

7 cumulative paid Diagnostics

Reward

+$1,500 flat bonus + 'Top Partner' badge on your landing page

Tier 3

Trigger

15 cumulative paid Diagnostics

Reward

+$4,000 flat bonus OR 25% commission unlock for the next quarter (your choice)

No tier-based access restrictions on the program itself. The bonus ladder is purely performance-based — every partner can reach Tier 3, including partners with audiences under 10K.

Payout cadence

  • Monthly payouts via Whop / Stripe Connect, paid on the first business day of each month
  • $100 minimum threshold — earnings below $100 in a given month roll over
  • 30-day hold on commissions — covers the customer refund window. If a customer refunds within 30 days, no commission is paid. If a customer refunds after a commission has already been paid (rare), the amount is deducted from your next payout.
  • No payout fees taken on our side — what's in your dashboard is what hits your account.

Honest fit check

Who this is for (and who it isn't).

This is for you if you have any of these audiences

  • AI-practitioner creators (YouTube, TikTok, X, newsletter) whose audience is small-business operators trying to figure out what AI to actually use
  • Agency owners — your clients are running 3–50 person service businesses and asking you about AI
  • Fractional CFOs, COOs, CTOs serving SMB and mid-market clients who are constantly asking "what should we automate?"
  • Business consultants and operators with a peer network of business owners
  • Skool / Discord / community owners whose audience is small-business focused
  • Industry-vertical creators ("AI for HVAC," "AI for law firms," "AI for accountants") — your audience IS Manta's ICP

This is NOT for you if

  • You can't or won't disclose #ad / "Manta partner" on your promotional content. FTC compliance is non-negotiable.
  • Your audience is consumers, not business operators (cooking, fitness, travel, gaming, etc.) — the offer won't convert.
  • You're looking for a CPC affiliate program where you get paid per click. We don't do that. We pay on closed sales, period.
  • You want to clone the Manta offer and run it yourself. Cool with you promoting Manta alongside other tools — not cool with using the program as a research project for your own competing service.

The math, with a real example

What "$3,799.40 from a single referral" actually looks like.

Take one real, typical engagement and walk it through end to end.

The setup

You have an audience of 12,000 small-business owners and operators across X and a newsletter. You post one well-positioned thread about Manta. A handful of people click. One of them — a 25-employee professional services company — signs up for the Manta list through your link, receives follow-up education, and buys the Diagnostic.

Month 1

  • Customer pays $997 for the Diagnostic
  • You earn 20% commission = $199.40
  • Customer retains Manta to build the automations. In this example we use $3,000/month — illustrative only; actual implementation pricing is scoped per customer.

Months 2 – 13 (illustrative $3,000/month)

  • Customer pays $3,000/month for 12 months
  • You earn 10% recurring = $300/month
  • Across 12 months = $3,600

Total from this one referral over 12 months

$3,799.40

Hit three of these in a quarter and Tier 1 bonus adds another $500. Hit seven by month six and Tier 2 adds another $1,500 plus the Top Partner badge. Hit fifteen by year-end and Tier 3 adds $4,000 — or unlocks a 25% commission rate for the next quarter.

This is why Manta partners stop chasing 10% Amazon-tier affiliate programs. One closed referral pays as much as a year of clicks somewhere else.

Apply

Apply to the Manta Partner Program.

Required fields below. The Manta team reviews within 48 hours. Approved partners e-sign the affiliate agreement, then their landing page + welcome email go live within 1 hour after the signature.

Once submitted, the Manta team reviews within 48 hours. If approved, we connect your Whop tracking, generate your page, and send the welcome email with your approved funnel links. If we have questions, we'll email you.

FAQ

Common questions.

When do I get paid?

Monthly, on the first business day of each month, via Whop / Stripe Connect. $100 minimum threshold — earnings below that roll over to the next month. Commissions are held for 30 days after each sale to cover the customer refund window.

What if a customer refunds?

If a customer refunds within the 30-day refund window and your commission hasn't been paid out yet, the commission is cancelled. If the commission has already been paid out (rare — would require a refund granted after 30 days, e.g., for a goodwill exception), the amount is deducted from your next monthly payout. Chargebacks are treated the same way.

Can I promote Manta alongside other AI tools / consultancies / courses?

Yes. Your audience is yours, your content is yours, your recommendations are yours. We have no exclusivity clause. We do ask that you not promote a direct competitor in the same piece of content where you promote Manta — but recommending Manta in one post and a different tool in another post is fine.

Do I need to be a Manta customer first?

No, but it helps a lot. The single highest-converting partner content format is "I took the diagnostic myself, here's what it found." If you want to take the diagnostic before promoting it, reply to your welcome email and ask the Manta team — we'll comp it for any approved partner. (We don't comp it for non-partners — too easy to abuse.)

What if I want to promote to my newsletter list but my list is small?

Audience size matters less than audience overlap. A 2,000-person newsletter where 80% are small-business owners and operators will outperform a 200,000-person list where 5% are. Apply and tell us about your audience — that's how we evaluate fit.

Do I get to see what other partners are doing?

You'll see anonymized performance benchmarks in your monthly partner review (e.g., "you're in the top 25% of partners who joined the same month"). Top Partners (Tier 2+) get a quarterly call with the Manta team plus first access to new offer iterations. We don't share specific names or revenue figures of other partners — that's their data, not ours.

What's the cookie duration?

90 days. If someone clicks your link, joins the Manta list, doesn't buy for 60 days, then comes back and buys — you still get paid. This is much longer than most B2B affiliate programs because we know B2B buying cycles are slow.

Can I run paid ads to my Manta link?

Yes, with two rules: (1) you can't run ads on brand keywords ("Manta diagnostic," "Manta automation," etc. — these compete with our own ads and inflate our CAC), and (2) any paid ads must clearly disclose that you're a partner (#ad, "Manta partner," etc.). Within those rules, paid promotion is fully allowed and several partners run it profitably.

What happens if I want to leave the program?

You can leave any time. Email the Manta team and your account is closed within 24 hours. Commissions on closed Diagnostics and active Implementation Engagements continue to pay out per the agreed 12-month implementation term, on the normal monthly payout cycle. Pending commissions sitting in the 30-day refund-protection hold pay out when they clear. We don't claw back commissions for closed engagements that were live before you left — those continue to be paid for the full 12 months per the original deal. (The one exception: if we terminate for material breach — fraud, brand misuse, etc. — we reserve the right to withhold or claw back commissions on fraudulently-induced sales. Honest partners never see this clause apply.)

Ready to send your audience to Manta?

Approval within 48 hours. Live within 1 hour after approval and agreement signature — landing page, links, and welcome email all land at once. First commission paid the first business day of the next month after you cross $100.

Run a small business yourself?

The Manta Diagnostic isn't just for your audience — it's for you. Get your own diagnostic at $997.

Bigger company?

For 51–5,000 employee companies, we run the Manta Onsite Diagnostic starting at $15K.