Why OpenPartner exists.
We think the partner software market has a gap in the middle. Legacy affiliate networks feel closed and extractive. Simple affiliate tools help you manage a program, but not grow one. OpenPartner is our attempt to bridge that gap with partner program software plus a marketplace brands and creators can actually trust.
Built by Coherence.
OpenPartner is built by the team behind Coherence. We kept running into the same pattern while evaluating referral, affiliate, and partner tools: the software was either operationally useful but strategically small, or strategically interesting but economically messy.
We wanted a product that could do three things at once: run a serious partner program, help brands get discovered by creators, and keep payouts direct instead of routing them through a middle layer that skims the economics. That became OpenPartner.
Four principles behind the product.
Category fit first
OpenPartner should clearly be partner program software, not a vague mission statement. Buyers need to know what it is before they care why it is different.
Marketplace over lock-in
The Network should help brands and creators find each other without becoming the owner of the relationship or the money flow.
Direct payouts matter
When brands pay creators directly through Stripe, the economics stay cleaner and the trust story gets much easier to defend.
Open keeps us honest
An open-source core and self-hosting path keep the product accountable. Customers should always have a path out if we stop building what they need.
Where to find us.
Talk to us.
If you are building a partner program, comparing platforms, or deciding whether the marketplace model could work for your brand, we would love to hear from you.
- Email: [email protected]
- GitHub: getcoherence/openpartner
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