Affiliate Referral Program

Commission rates are discussed on the partnership call after your application is reviewed. The structure is built to scale with the partner type and the volume of referrals you're realistically positioned to drive. Wedding venues with high-volume client pipelines, hens-adjacent businesses with point-of-sale exposure, and creators with engaged audiences each operate on different baseline rates and bonus structures.

Standard tier rates start at a fair industry-comparable level and can scale upward through the tier mechanic described in the next FAQ. The booking coordinator walks through the specific numbers for your business type on the partnership call.

Commissions are paid promptly after each referred booking is confirmed and the deposit has cleared. The agency runs payouts on a rolling basis rather than a monthly invoice cycle, so you don't wait 30 days for a confirmed-and-cleared booking to settle in your account.

Payment is made via bank transfer or PayID using the details you provide during onboarding. Each payment is accompanied by an automated email confirming the booking, the deposit, and the commission earned, so you have a paper trail for every payment.

Every partner gets a unique referral code. For QR-based partners (wedding venues, hens-adjacent businesses), the code is embedded in your branded partner kit (cards or plaque). When a bride scans the QR or calls the hens night hotline mentioning your business, the booking is automatically attributed to your code. For online and creator partners, the code is embedded in a tracked link with attribution cookies.

Attribution is locked at the time of deposit. Once the booking deposit is paid, the commission is calculated against your code and held in your partner account until payout.

If a referred booking is cancelled before deposit is paid, no commission is earned (the commission only triggers on confirmed deposit). If a booking is cancelled after deposit but before the event, refund handling follows the standard deposit mechanic on the pricing page. The agency keeps the deposit if the cancellation falls within 14 days of the event. In that case, your commission on the deposit remains paid.

If a booking is cancelled outside that window and the client receives a full deposit refund, the commission for that booking is reversed from your account on the next payout cycle. Bookings are very rarely cancelled outside the deposit-protection window, so reversals are uncommon.

For business-to-business partnerships (wedding venues, planners, hens-adjacent businesses), yes. The agency pays commissions to a registered Australian Business Number, and your business handles its own GST registration and tax reporting. Most B2B partner applications come from already-registered businesses, so this is rarely a friction point.

For individual content creators and bridal influencers, an ABN is recommended but not strictly required for entry-level commission volumes. If your annual creator income is approaching ATO thresholds for ABN registration, you'll need to register before commissions exceed those thresholds. The booking coordinator walks through the setup on the partnership call.

Yes, this is the primary partnership mechanic. The whole point of the program is to give your existing clients (and your incoming clients) an entertainment option you can confidently recommend, with attribution back to you. Wedding venues mention us in client onboarding packs. Hens-adjacent businesses display our QR cards at point of sale. Creators reference us in content where relevant.

The only constraint is that promotion stays in line with the brand voice. The agency is comedy-first and respect-the-craft, not aggressive or salesy. Partners who promote in line with that brand position get the highest conversion. Partners who go aggressive on promotion tend to underperform.

Standard tier is the entry point. As your referral volume grows over time, you become eligible for higher commission rates and additional bonus structures. The tier mechanic is currently in active development, so specific thresholds and rates are discussed individually on the partnership call rather than published as a fixed structure.

What's locked in is the principle: long-tenure, high-volume partners get materially better commercial terms than the standard tier. The booking coordinator walks through what's currently available for your partner type on the partnership call.

The standard partner kit includes branded business cards with your unique referral QR code, a counter plaque if your business has a physical location appropriate for one, and digital assets you can use in client communications (logos, brand-aligned images, and copy snippets). For creator partners, the kit is mostly digital: tracked link, brand kit for content use, and a sizzle reel of recent footage if applicable.

The kit gets sent in the mail (or digitally for creator partners) within 7 to 10 business days of your partnership being approved. There's no charge to the partner for the kit.

Organic social media using your partner link is welcomed. Posts, stories, reels, link-in-bio, podcast show notes, and similar earned-distribution channels are exactly where the program performs.

Paid ads using your partner link require pre-approval from the booking coordinator. This is partly to prevent ad-platform brand bidding conflicts (paid ads competing against the agency's own paid acquisition) and partly to ensure messaging alignment. Most legitimate paid promotion arrangements get approved on a case-by-case basis.

Commissions are tied to the partner code, not the partner's geographic location. If your QR code is scanned by a bride in Melbourne and she books for a hens party in Byron Bay, the commission still attributes to you. The agency services bookings across all five capital cities and regional zones in VIC, NSW, QLD, and WA.

For wedding venues in particular, this matters: brides booking your venue might be travelling from interstate, and the hens party they organise might happen in their home city rather than yours. The attribution model handles those cross-state referrals seamlessly.

Email or call the booking coordinator at any time. There's no contracted minimum term, no exit fees, and no clawback on commissions already earned. Outstanding commissions on bookings already confirmed get paid on the next payout cycle, and your QR code is deactivated within 48 hours.

Existing partner kits, plaques, and printed materials with your QR are yours to keep, but referrals that come through after deactivation no longer attribute. Most partners who leave do so when their business changes direction (closing, pivoting, retiring), not because they're unhappy with the program.

No. Partners can simultaneously partner with other entertainment agencies, hens planning platforms, or wedding service providers. The 1-800 HOT COPS program does not require category exclusivity, and no clause in the partnership prevents you from referring to other businesses alongside us.

That said, the partners who maximise their commission earnings are typically the ones who recommend a primary entertainment partner consistently rather than splitting referrals across multiple agencies. Consistency and brand alignment compound over time.