{"id":16088,"date":"2026-08-19T07:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=16088"},"modified":"2026-08-21T03:27:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T03:27:52","slug":"partner-program-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/partner-program-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Partner Program requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/hostinger-partner-program\/\">Hostinger Partner Program<\/a>, your agency must meet a set of eligibility and conduct requirements. This article covers who can apply, how to apply, and the reasons a partner can be removed from the program.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-who-can-apply\">Who can apply<\/h2><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/partner-program\">Partner Program<\/a> is open to web professionals who provide services to others &mdash; freelancers, web agencies, and marketing agencies are all welcome to apply. To be approved, you must meet the following criteria:<\/p><ul>\n<li>Your website exists, looks professional, and includes clear information about your services<\/li>\n<li>Your work email domain matches your company website domain (Gmail, Yahoo, and other generic email providers are not accepted)<\/li>\n<li>Your company name can be verified through basic web presence<\/li>\n<li>Your submitted company description is authentic and not copy-pasted from another source<\/li>\n<li>You have never been suspended for abuse on Hostinger<\/li>\n<li>The agency does not operate in a market Hostinger has explicitly excluded<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-how-to-apply\">How to apply<\/h2><ul>\n<li><strong>Existing Hostinger clients<\/strong> &mdash; apply through For Partner section in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583518-how-to-access-the-dashboard-in-hostinger\/\">hPanel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>New to Hostinger<\/strong> &mdash; apply through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/partner-program\">Partner Program<\/a> page<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-partner-program-and-agency-directory\">Partner Program and Agency Directory<\/h2><p>Approval for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/partner-program\">Partner Program<\/a> does not list your agency in the Agency Directory. These are two separate processes with different requirements, and the Directory applies a higher standard. For details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/partner-program-and-agency-directory-requirements\/\">Agency Directory requirements<\/a>.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-when-can-a-partner-be-removed\">When can a partner be removed<\/h2><p>Approved partners can be removed from the Partner Program for the following reasons:<\/p><ul>\n<li>Fraudulent referrals or ranking manipulation<\/li>\n<li>Misuse of the Hostinger Partner badge<\/li>\n<li>Violation of Hostinger&rsquo;s Terms of Service<\/li>\n<li>Agency website offline or no longer representing an active agency<\/li>\n<li>Zero activity for 12 consecutive months (no new clients added via Account Sharing)<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Removal from the Partner Program also ends any Agency Directory listing.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-applying-again\">Applying again<\/h2><p>If your application was not approved, you&rsquo;re welcome to reapply once you&rsquo;ve addressed the issue. Review the criteria above, then resubmit through Agency Hub in hPanel if you&rsquo;re an existing Hostinger client, or through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/partner-program\">Partner Program page<\/a> if you&rsquo;re not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn the eligibility criteria, application process, and removal reasons for the Hostinger Partner Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":632,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affiliates-and-referrals"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16088"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16560,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16088\/revisions\/16560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}