Railway
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The commission is 15% of every invoice a referred customer pays, with no end date, and their first month is covered by the credit.
Railway pays 15% of every invoice, through a referral link that already sits inside the product, with no application. Their first paid invoice. Free-tier signups earn you nothing until they convert. The referred customer gets $20 in railway credits. Verified 21 Aug 2026 from Railway's own published material.
Your commission
15% of every invoice
A share of revenue, not a flat bounty — and no stated end date.
Customer incentive
$20 in Railway credits
Railway's own docs call it the equivalent of a free month on Pro.
Paid whenTheir first paid invoice. Free-tier signups earn you nothing until they convert.
Qualifying eventTheir first paid invoice
DurationUnbounded — pays on every invoice they pay
Payout formCash or Railway credits
Default settingAuto-converts to credits — switch it off to take cash
Cash-out minimum$100 in available earnings
Payment railStripe — bank account or debit card, country-gated
Referral codeEditable vanity code, e.g. railway.com?referralCode=yourcode
The full terms
Everything Railway publishes about how the commission is earned and paid. A term shown as not researched is one Railway does not publish, not one that does not apply.
How it pays
Qualifying eventTheir first paid invoice
Commission basis15% of invoice revenue
DurationUnbounded — pays on every invoice they pay
Payout formCash or Railway credits
Default settingAuto-converts to credits — switch it off to take cash
Cash-out minimum$100 in available earnings
Payment railStripe — bank account or debit card, country-gated
Referral codeEditable vanity code, e.g. railway.com?referralCode=yourcode
Customer pricing
What the customer pays. Every figure above is calculated from these prices.
Hobby$5/mo
Pro$20/mo
Additional earning tracks
Referrals15% of every invoice a referred user pays
TemplatesKickback on usage from templates you publish
BountiesPaid for completing posted bounties
Verified
Read from Railway's own published material on . Figures change without notice — quote this date alongside any figure.
Not yet researched
Payment schedule
Attribution window
Existing customers
Clawback on refund
Citing this page
Ancaster, “Railway affiliate terms”. Verified 21 August 2026. https://ancaster.io/offers/railway