A mobile app or software can be a serious marketing tool for your brand. It can allow for effective customers interactions. However, it can also become a source of high income through its monetization. How to monetize free apps and software if the income doesn’t come from downloads? Let’s talk about the most popular ways to do so, all the preparation required and the main stages.

Our Technical Writer, Egor Abramenko, has been working for Travelpayouts for five years, and now, he is proud to be the “Chronicler of Travelpayouts.” We call him this because of his ability to write the most understandable guidance for affiliates and to document the history of our development. Egor told us about the importance of documenting every step of the company and shared his work experience. He also explained how to work in the same room with children, why he’s never had existential crisis and parts of the world that will blow you away by the beauty of nature.

Starting a travel search engine website is a different process for every startup depending on the business plans and goals. The general process includes designing the website and then choosing what type of integration to do, depending on budget, license or access and stage of development. The two main types of integration solutions are affiliate or API.

Passengers in Europe and Turkey have the right to get compensated for delayed or canceled flights. Compensair is a service that helps get compensation efficiently and quickly. Join the Compensair affiliate program and earn 5 euros for each processed claim. From May to the end of 2019, Compensair doubles the commission for each processed application from a passenger residing in the EU — in this case, the affiliate reward will be €10.

All relations within the Travelpayouts affiliate network are regulated by a special agreement. For non-compliance with conditionalities, the following penalties are applied: Starting from a warning for minor violations, to fully banning the account of the infringer and withholding assessed commission in case of serious violations or fraud. In this article, you’ll find the basic information about Travelpayouts rules and corresponding penalties for violations.