A new way to earn

Get paid when your audience shops
not just when they click your link

Your followers install Donato once, pick you as their creator,
and you earn from their purchases across 25,000+ stores, automatically, without adding links to every post.

You focus on creating. Donato handles the attribution layer.

Donato calculator

See what one audience can earn over time

Audience size
Current income
$1.1k
Profile
Audience
Unlike Honey, Donato never overrides your affiliate cookies, so it never affects your current income.

How it works

1

You share Donato once

A post, a story, a link in bio, whatever fits your content.

2

Your audience chooses you

Once, inside Donato or the browser extension.

3

They shop like they normally do

Donato finds and applies the best available discount.

4

You earn automatically

From merchant commissions — even when you're not promoting anything.

Is this like Honey or Rakuten?

No — and this is important. Honey and Rakuten are cashback tools that override affiliate attribution: when your follower uses them, the commission goes to the extension company, not to you. Donato works the opposite way. Your followers explicitly choose you as the creator they want to credit, and from that point on their purchases earn for you. Your existing affiliate links and brand deals keep working — Donato never overrides them in the background.

A simple example

Your audience saves money with a discount. You earn from the merchant — not from your audience.

Original cart total$100
Donato discount-$10
What the user pays$90
Merchant-funded creator earnings$5

The user doesn't pay extra. You get credited from the merchant's commission, not from your audience.

Early access

Founding creators keep 100% of their first payout and get their logo on this page. We're onboarding the first cohort now.

Not like regular affiliate

No links to drop in every post — attribution stays with you after a single setup

No promo codes to chase from brands

No conflict with your existing brand deals or affiliate links — they keep working as they always did

A cleaner way to earn

No ads interrupting your content

No selling or product endorsements

No pressure on your audience — they keep shopping like they normally do, you get credited for it

How Donato compares

A comparison based on real creator risks — not just revenue models.

FTC & disclosure risk
DonatoLow
Ads / AffiliatesMedium
Memberships / Patreon-styleLow
Legal & liability exposure
DonatoLow
Ads / AffiliatesMedium–High
Memberships / Patreon-styleLow
Privacy & data trust
DonatoHigh
Ads / AffiliatesMedium
Memberships / Patreon-styleHigh
Creator reputation & ethics
DonatoLow
Ads / AffiliatesMedium
Memberships / Patreon-styleMedium
Brand & platform compatibility
DonatoHigh
Ads / AffiliatesMedium
Memberships / Patreon-styleMedium
Control & long-term trust
DonatoHigh
Ads / AffiliatesLow–Medium
Memberships / Patreon-styleMedium

Common questions from creators

Interested?

Start earning from your audience's everyday shopping

Donato is designed to run quietly in the background. You can choose to share it once, see how it fits your audience, and opt out at any time. There's no requirement to change your content or promotion style.

  • • One optional link instead of multiple monetization tools
  • • Audience-first: users save money at checkout
  • • Works alongside your existing affiliate links and brand deals