BOND&GRAIN pays 15% to 25%, tiered by sales per calendar month

What BOND&GRAIN is

BOND&GRAIN is a leather outerwear label selling biker jackets, bombers, flight jackets and shearling collar pieces direct from its own store, with a made to measure option. Listed prices on the collection sit around $330 to $370, and the program page describes a $320 to $445 range across the line. The label ships worldwide and runs a 14 day return window.

The affiliate program is run in house rather than through a network, and the application is a form on the program page itself. Free to join, no exclusivity, and the page promises a reply either way within five business days.

What a referral earns

Commission is tiered by calendar month, and the rate you reach applies to every sale in that month, not only the ones past the threshold. Sell your sixth jacket on the 28th and all six pay 20%. The count restarts on the 1st.

Those per jacket figures are the brand's own, based on its price range. Commission is calculated on the product subtotal after any discount, and excludes shipping, tax and duties. There is no ceiling above the top tier: from the eleventh sale on, everything that month pays 25%. Ten jackets in a month is quoted as $640 to $890, twenty as $1,600 to $2,225.

A quiet month simply returns you to 15%. Nothing carries over in either direction, and the page states there is no tier you can be demoted out of and no sales minimum to stay in the program.

The founding partner floor

The next twenty five approved partners are promised 20% as a permanent floor in any month, however quiet, while a strong month still reaches 25%. They also get a jacket in their own size at ten approved sales. The page says this closes when the twenty five places are filled and that the section will be removed then. Worth applying early if the tiering is what attracts you, since a single sale month at 20% instead of 15% is the difference the floor buys you.

Tracking and attribution

You get a tracking link with a 30 day last click cookie, and a personal code with no expiry that works alongside it. A code that does not expire matters for outerwear, where a $350 decision often takes more than a month and frequently moves to another device.

Getting paid

Commission is approved 35 days after the order ships: the 14 day return window plus three weeks for goods in transit. Approved balances are paid every two weeks by PayPal from $50, in USD. Balances under $50 roll into the next run rather than being dropped.

A returned, cancelled or charged back order reverses its commission and nets against your next payout, and the brand says it tells you which order and why. That is the normal arrangement in fashion ecommerce, where returns are part of the business, and the page is unusually direct about saying so.

Payouts every two weeks from a $50 minimum is faster and lower than most apparel programs, which commonly pay monthly from $100 after a 60 or 90 day hold.

What comes with the partnership

• 30% off your own orders from the day you are approved.
• A jacket in your size at ten approved sales, counted across your whole time in the program rather than one month. You choose the piece.
• A dashboard with live clicks, orders, approved balance and payout history.
• An asset library: campaign photography on figure and flat lay, wordmark files, usage rules and disclosure wording to copy.
• Early access to drops, collaborations and restocks, with images before the public announcement.
• Reposts with credit on the brand's own channels, and first consideration for a named collaboration for partners who sell consistently.

What you cannot offer your audience

There is no discount code. The brand does not discount its jackets, and says so plainly: your code is for tracking only. What your audience gets instead is the packaging, which every order includes in every market with no minimum purchase: the jacket in the brand's own box with a thank you card, a car perfume hang tag and a BOND&GRAIN T shirt.

That is a real trade off to plan for. If your audience responds mainly to a deal, this program gives you nothing to offer them. If your content is about the product itself, the unboxing is usable material before the jacket has been worn once.

The rules

• Disclose the partnership on every post, in the language your market requires.
• Show the jacket worn, in motion and in real light. The brand asks for this explicitly rather than hanger shots.
• Use the supplied images unaltered: not cropped through the wordmark, never recolored.
• No brand bidding, and no use of the name in a domain or handle.
• No coupon, cashback or deal sites, and no bought followers or engagement pods.

Beyond that the page states there is no posting quota, no caption approval and no exclusivity, and that terms changes come with 30 days' notice before they apply to you.

Who this suits

Stylists, fashion and design creators, and editorial publishers whose audience already buys outerwear in the $300 to $450 range. The brand says the partner it wants most is someone who already owns one of its jackets, and the 30% partner discount is built around that.

The monthly reset rewards concentrated pushes over a steady trickle. Five sales spread evenly through a month pays 15%, while five in one week and a sixth before the 31st lifts the whole month to 20%. Planning a launch or a drop post around the calendar is worth real money here.

It suits you badly if you run deal or coupon traffic, need a discount code to convert, want recurring income, or need money quickly, since the first payment cannot arrive until about five weeks after the sale ships.

The honest read

Ungraded for now. A Program Score follows a record of cleared payouts, and this is a young direct to consumer label rather than an established network program.

What is strong: full terms published on one page instead of a signup wall; a tier that applies to the whole month rather than only the sales past the threshold; a code that never expires next to a 30 day cookie; payouts every two weeks from $50; a 35 day approval that is explained rather than padded; a 30% partner discount and a free jacket at ten sales; no exclusivity, quota or minimum; and clear language about what returns do to your commission.

What to weigh: it is one product category at one price point, so your audience either buys leather jackets or does not; there is no discount to offer; commission is one time per order with no recurring element; approval is selective and applications take five business days; the founding partner floor is a limited offer that may already be gone by the time you apply; and the program's track record of paying on time is not something we can verify yet.

Our take: an unusually clear set of terms for a young label, and the numbers are honest about what one sale is worth. The pitch to plan around is the box, not a price cut. Show the jacket worn, cluster your posts inside one calendar month, and apply early enough to ask about the 20% floor.

Common questions

How much does the BOND&GRAIN affiliate program pay? 15% on one to five sales in a month, 20% on six to ten, and 25% from eleven, on the product subtotal after discounts and excluding shipping, tax and duties. The brand quotes $48 to $111 a jacket depending on the tier and the piece.

Does the higher rate apply to every sale that month? Yes. Reaching a tier lifts every sale in that calendar month to the new rate, not only the ones past the threshold.

How long is the cookie window? 30 days, last click. The personal code has no expiry and works alongside the link.

When am I paid? Commission is approved 35 days after the order ships, then paid on the next biweekly run by PayPal once the balance is $50 or more. Smaller balances roll forward.

Is the commission recurring? No. Each approved order pays once.

Can I give my audience a discount? No. The brand does not discount its jackets, and the code exists for tracking.

Is there a two tier component? No. There is no commission on partners you recruit.

Do they work with partners outside the US and UK? Yes. The brand ships worldwide and pays on approved sales in any market it ships to, in USD by PayPal.