Stockfilm & Footage.cool Partner Program
Send us footage buyers. Earn up to 25% of every direct sale.
Stockfilm licenses restored vintage home-movie footage direct to buyers at a flat $149 per clip, 4K master included. Footage.cool does the same for modern Baja and Los Cabos drone footage. The average buyer licenses 10 clips at once for a project, a $1,490 order. If your audience includes documentary producers, editors, researchers, or marketers, you can earn a tracked share of every order you send, including the projects those buyers come back for over the following year.
162,000+ searchable clips · 115,000+ license instantly at a flat $149 · first-click attribution · 12 months of repeat commissions
What your audience would be buying
Stockfilm.com — the archive
162,000+ searchable clips of restored home-movie footage from 121 countries, 1930s-1980s. Over 115,000+ license instantly for a flat $149 with the 4K master included. Buyers are documentary producers, editors, museums, brand-heritage teams, and researchers.
Browse the catalogFootage.cool — modern drone
Modern drone footage of Baja California Sur and Los Cabos for resorts, tourism marketers, real-estate teams, and marine brands. Cross-brand partners earn on combined “then & now” packages spanning both catalogs.
The flat price does a lot of the selling for you. There is no quote form: your reader clicks your link, fills a cart for their project, pays at checkout, and downloads the masters. Buyers license per project, and the average order is 10 clips, so one referral is typically a $1,490 sale, not a $149 one.
Four commission tracks
| Track | You earn | On the average first order ($1,490) | Attribution window |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Creator | 20% of the first order, then 5% of every project that buyer licenses for 12 months | $298.00 | 60 days |
| Founding Partner | 25% of the first order, then 10% for 12 months (pilot cohort) | $372.50 | 90 days |
| B2B Referral | 12% of every invoiced deal you introduce | $178.80 | 180 days |
| Cross-Brand Then & Now | 18% of every combined archival + modern footage package | $268.20 | 90 days |
Most partners start on Standard Creator. Founding Partner is a pilot-cohort rate: if you think you belong there, pick it on the application and tell us why. B2B Referral fits agencies and consultants who make introductions rather than publish links. We confirm your track when we approve you.
What that looks like in dollars
One project
Your reader licenses the average order, 10 clips at $149 each, for $1,490. You earn $298 on Standard Creator, or $372.50 on Founding Partner, from one checkout. No minimums: a single $149 clip still pays $29.80 or $37.25.
The next project
That producer comes back for their next film. Every repeat project pays you 5% (Standard) or 10% (Founding) for 12 months without another click: $74.50 or $149 on each further 10-clip order.
A B2B introduction
You connect us with a production company and we close, say, a $2,500 package on invoice. At 12%, that introduction pays $300. Deals you register stay credited to you for 180 days while they close.
Model your first year
Drag the sliders to match your audience. The model starts from our average buyer: 10 clips at once for a project, $1,490 at checkout, with any repeat projects spread over the following 12 months, which is exactly how the commission windows work.
Same referrals on Founding Partner: $21,158
Cumulative by month. An illustration of the commission math at the flat $149 clip price, not a guarantee of income — what you earn depends entirely on the buyers you send.
How tracking works
Tracked links
You get tracked links on go.stockfilm.com for any page in either catalog: a clip, a collection, a search, the homepage.
First-click attribution
If your link brought the buyer in first, the sale credits to you, even if they close the tab and come back weeks later, anywhere inside your track's window.
Live dashboard
Watch clicks, conversions, and commissions in your dashboard at partners.stockfilm.com. Registered B2B deals show their protection window.
Payout
Commissions clear 45 days after the sale, matching the buyer refund window, and pay out from your dashboard's commission statements.
The fine print, upfront
Partners stay with programs that pay what they promised. These are the rules that make that possible, stated before you apply rather than after your first commission.
Only direct sales count
Some of the same clips sell on Pond5, Shutterstock, and Adobe Stock; marketplace sales never pay commission. Your links point at Stockfilm.com and Footage.cool for exactly this reason.
A person approves every commission
Your first three get a closer look, as does any commission over $500 or order over $2,500. Museum, enterprise, dataset, and AI-licensing deals always get manual review.
Payouts clear after 45 days
Self-serve commissions hold for 45 days to match the buyer refund window. Refunded or disputed orders don't pay.
Self-referrals don't pay
We match buyer and partner emails and domains, so referring yourself just delays your real commissions.
Who this fits, and who it doesn't
We're looking for
History and documentary creators on YouTube. Newsletter and blog writers who reach editors and producers. Film and media educators. Archival researchers. Museum and brand-heritage consultants. Agencies that source footage for clients. Travel, hospitality, real-estate, and marine marketers around Baja and Los Cabos.
We turn down, every time
Coupon, cashback, and browser-extension sites. Anyone bidding on our brand terms in paid search. Anyone who won't disclose a paid relationship. If that's the model, please don't spend your time applying.
Questions partners ask first
When do I get paid?
Self-serve commissions clear 45 days after the sale, matching the buyer refund window. Refunded or disputed orders don't pay.
Do marketplace sales count?
No. Some of the same clips sell on Pond5, Shutterstock, and Adobe Stock, and those sales never pay commission. Your tracked links point at Stockfilm.com and Footage.cool, where every direct sale is attributable to you.
How long does my referral last?
Attribution is first click. If your link brought the buyer in first, the sale credits to you even if they leave and come back weeks later, anywhere inside your track's window: 60 days on Standard Creator, 90 on Founding Partner and Cross-Brand, 180 on registered B2B deals. Once they buy, their repeat purchases pay you for 12 months without another click.
Can I still get the Founding Partner rate?
Founding Partner (25% first sale, 10% repeat) is a pilot-cohort rate. If you think you belong there, pick it on the application and tell us why. We confirm your track when we approve you.
What do I get when I'm approved?
A partner dashboard at partners.stockfilm.com with tracked links, click and conversion reporting, and commission statements; approved claim language and FTC disclosure wording; and deal registration with 180-day protection for B2B introductions.
Apply to the partner program
A person reads your application; there is no auto-approval. We email you either way. If you're approved, you get a portal invite, your tracked links, and the approved claim language, and you can start the same day.
Wherever you share a link, you must disclose the paid relationship (the FTC material-connection rule) and you must not misstate licensing terms. We give you compliant wording as part of onboarding; the application asks you to agree to use it.