Send readers our way, earn up to 18% on what they order

Your audience already reads something. We sell magazine subscriptions, books and print goods at the lowest prices publishers allow, with a guarantee behind every order. Link to us, and you earn on what they buy for the next 60 days, up to 18% per order. Tracking and payments run through CJ.

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Up to 18%on print magazine subscriptions
10%on digital magazine subscriptions
5%on books, calendars and print goods
60 daysto earn on a referral, from first click

What you earn

Paid on the order total, per category, through CJ.

Category	Commission	What's included
Print magazines	Up to 18%	Most print titles earn the full 18%. A small number of low margin titles pay less, and CJ shows the exact rate for every item group.
Digital magazines	10%	Digital editions delivered through Zinio and Magzter.
Books & print goods	5%	Books, calendars and the rest of our print catalog.

Where the exact rate lives. Rates are set per item group in CJ, so the number you see there is always the number that pays. The rates above are what the large majority of orders earn.

The 60 day window. Someone clicks your link today and orders seven weeks later, you still earn. CJ tracks the referral for 60 days and reports it in real time, and CJ pays you on their standard monthly schedule.

How that compares

Where your readers buy magazines	What the affiliate earns	Referral window
DiscountMags	Up to 18% print, 10% digital, 5% books	60 days
Magazines.com	8%	30 days
Direct from publisher	One program per publisher, where one exists at all, each with its own application, rate and terms	Varies
Amazon	Nothing. Amazon stopped selling magazine subscriptions in 2023.	n/a

One application here covers the whole catalog. Going direct from publisher means a separate program, a separate approval and a separate payout for each family of titles you want to link to. Competitor terms as published on their affiliate network listings, checked September 2026. Any program can change its rates at any time, so check before you compare.

Why these links convert

What your audience gets when they land on us.

The lowest price publishers allow

Our prices are the lowest the publisher permits, and if someone finds the same subscription cheaper from an authorized seller, we match it. Price shoppers who click through tend to stop shopping.

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1,000,000+ titles to link to

Magazines, books, calendars and print goods, which means a relevant deep link for almost any niche: cooking, quilting, fishing, motorsport, kids, faith, trade titles.

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Orders that stick

Customers get six months to cancel for a pro-rated refund, so they buy without hesitating. A clear refund policy up front means fewer disputes later.

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Reviews you can point at

Our reviews are collected and verified independently by SmartCustomer from confirmed buyers. We can't edit or remove them, so you're sending readers somewhere they can check for themselves.

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How it works

Four steps, all of it inside CJ.

1
Apply
Join CJ if you're not already a publisher there, then apply to the DiscountMags program.
2
Get approved
We review applications by hand and look at what you publish and who reads it.
3
Place links
Deep link to any title or category, use our banners, or run our current promotions.
4
Get paid
CJ tracks every referral, reports it in real time, and pays you on their monthly schedule.

Who we work with

A good fit

Content sites and blogs with a reading audience
Niche and hobby communities, forums and newsletters
Gift guides, seasonal roundups and deal editorial
Schools, libraries and nonprofit fundraising pages

Not a fit

Trademark bidding on our brand or the titles we sell
Toolbars, adware, cookie stuffing or forced clicks
Unsolicited email or SMS promoting our links
Cash back and rebate sites
Browser extensions that apply coupon codes at checkout
Sites built on adult, hateful or illegal content

Coupon sites: we work with a small number of them and review each one individually, so apply and tell us how you source codes. We don't accept cash back sites or extensions that inject codes at checkout, because they take credit for a sale the customer was already making.

The full program terms live in CJ and are what govern. If you're not sure whether something is allowed, ask us before you run it.

Affiliate FAQs

CJ (formerly Commission Junction) handles tracking, reporting and payment. You'll need a CJ publisher account, which is free, and you manage everything from there.

Our margin isn't the same on every title. Most print magazines earn the full 18%, and a small number of low margin titles earn less. Rates are set per item group in CJ, so you can always see exactly what a title pays before you link to it.

60 days from the click. If the person you referred orders any time in that window, the sale is credited to you.

Commission is paid on the order your link produced. Later renewals are not commissioned separately.

If a customer cancels and is refunded, the commission on that order is reversed in CJ, the same way it works with every program there.

Yes. Deep link to any title, category or promotion page and the link tracks the same as a homepage link. Titles and categories are all linkable from our catalog.

Message us through CJ, which keeps the conversation attached to your publisher account, or email affiliates@discountmags.com. We answer affiliate email Monday through Friday.

Ready to start?

Applications are reviewed by our team. Free to join, nothing to maintain.

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