The Retouching Academy Affiliate Program lets creative professionals and educators earn commissions by recommending RA courses and tools to their audience.

// Affiliate Program

Retouching Academy Affiliate Program

For creative professionals & educators

If you work in or teach photography and retouching, you can earn commissions by recommending Retouching Academy products to your audience and students.

Our courses, tools, and content help working photographers and retouchers stay in demand and get hired by commercial clients through pairing professional skills with clear industry insight. If your audience is interested in any of that, this program is for you.

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15–30%
commission per net sale, by tier
30‑day
tracking, last-click attribution
Monthly
payouts via PayPal or Payoneer
// What this is

A Simple Way To Earn By Recommending Products You Trust

Affiliate marketing is a simple way to earn commissions by recommending products you genuinely trust. Share your unique affiliate link from your Affiliate Account on our website, and earn a percentage of every sale made through your referral.

Every purchase made through your links appears in your Affiliate Account dashboard, so you can see your sales and earned commissions in real time.

// What you can promote

One Program, Two Product Lines

One application to join our Affiliate Program includes 2 sub-programs for our courses and panels. Once approved, you'll receive access to the affiliate dashboard(s) for the products you want to promote, each with its own links and sales reporting.

  • RA Courses — professional retouching, visual production education, hosted on our streaming platform.
  • RA Panels — the Beauty Retouch and MUA Retouch Photoshop panels, hosted on Retouching Academy Lab.
// Who can join

Built For Working Pros & Educators

We welcome working pros and educators with an established audience interested in beauty, portrait, and fashion photography and retouching, including:

  • If your audience would benefit from our training and tools, we'd love to review your application.
  • Skilled beauty, fashion, and portrait photographers and retouchers, who consistently publish content on social media.
  • Educators, mentors, and course creators in photography and retouching.
  • Content creators, in-house teams, and publishers in visual production, especially in beauty and fashion.
// How it works

From Application
To Receiving Commission Payouts

Step 01

Apply

Click Join Now and submit the short questionnaire below.

Step 02

Get Set Up

Once approved, you'll receive instructions to set up your affiliate account(s) — for RA Courses, RA Panels, or both — and generate your unique affiliate links.

Step 03

Share

Post your links on your website, social media, email list, or inside your educational content.

Step 04

Earn

When someone buys through your link, you earn a commission, visible in your dashboard. As referrals grow, your tier can increase.

// Commission & payments

Straightforward Commissions & Payouts

15–30%Commission per net sale, paid by tier
  • Earn 15–30% on each net sale (after transaction fees and excluding chargebacks), depending on your affiliate tier.
  • Payouts are processed monthly, within the first fifteen (15) days of the month following the month in which the sale happened, to allow for refunds and returns.
  • Payments are made via PayPal or Payoneer to the account registered in your Affiliate Program profile.
  • Sales are tracked with a 30-day cookie and last-click attribution.
  • The same terms apply across both RA Courses and RA Panels — one program, with transparent reporting on each platform.
  • No hidden fees or complicated terms — just straightforward reporting and payouts.

Prefer a different payment platform? Let us know and we'll consider it.

// Transparency & fair play

Clear & Fair
For Everyone

To keep the program fair for everyone, please follow these guidelines.

  • Use only the affiliate links provided in your account.
  • Avoid misleading or deceptive marketing practices.
  • No bidding on search engine keywords or domain names containing “Retouching Academy.”
  • No spam, cookie stuffing, or purchasing through your own affiliate link.

We aim for long-term partnerships built on trust and professional standards. Please review the full Affiliate Program Terms & Conditions.

// Get started

Apply To Join
The Retouching Academy Affiliate Program

Click the Join Now button below to apply and complete the short questionnaire. If approved, you'll receive everything you need to begin sharing and earning.

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Questions? Reach out to us here.

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// From our community

What Our Students Are Saying

From photographers and retouchers who use what they've learned from our courses in their everyday work.