Said It Here

Why am I paying a monthly fee to sell software for commission?

Software partner programs charge high monthly membership fees, such as $400 or thousands annually, with no guaranteed client referrals in return. These rigid costs and non-refundable contracts mean partners lose money in slow years, making it impossible to justify the effort required to maintain partner status.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Leaving the partner program and stopping active recommendations
  2. 2
    Haggle pricing on software suites to maximize value
  3. 3
    Using alternative platforms or servicing clients without official partner status

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.

“Partners now pay a $400/month Partner Program Membership fee, renewed annually.”source ↗

“Leave mid-term, or get terminated by HubSpot, and the remaining months are not refunded.”source ↗

CleverRedditMoniker · r/hubspot · 49 upvotes

“With the new model this has dropped to £900. It doesn’t justify the effort and the support is not there unless you’re at the top level.”source ↗

Ok-Result-1440 · r/hubspot · 7 upvotes

“We have an almost $10,000 bill from HubSpot each year--they refer us ZERO work.”source ↗

zmattmanz · r/hubspot · 6 upvotes

“For me, it’s not worth paying the $400 per month since it barely makes up for the commission on a good year.”source ↗

monjogard · r/hubspot · 4 upvotes

Where this came up

r/hubspot

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