Earn 20% Reselling Websites and WhatsApp AI Agents in Kenya

If your work already puts you in front of Kenyan business owners, you have had this conversation. Somebody mentions their website is embarrassing, or that they are drowning in WhatsApp enquiries, and you say you know someone. Then nothing happens, or it happens and you get a thank you.

Our partner programme pays you for that conversation. You bring the client. We build, host and support everything. You earn 20 per cent of what they pay, every month they stay.

This is a plain description of how it works, including the parts people usually have to ask about.

What You Earn

Twenty per cent of every payment. On monthly services, that is every month the client keeps paying. On one off projects, it is 20 per cent of the project value.

A concrete example, using our own published price. The WhatsApp AI Sales Agent starts at KES 10,000 a month. That is KES 2,000 to you every month, for as long as that client stays. Ten clients on that service is KES 20,000 a month.

The recurring part is what makes this different from a referral fee. A one off introduction pays once. A client who stays two years pays you for two years, for the same single conversation.

What 20 Per Cent Actually Means

Worth being precise, because this is where commission schemes usually get vague.

Commission is worked out on what is left after VAT is taken off. On a KES 10,000 service the client pays KES 11,600. Your 20 per cent is 20 per cent of the 10,000, so KES 2,000. The 1,600 is VAT and goes to KRA. Nobody earns commission on tax.

For Album, our private family album service, what the family's domain name costs us is also taken off first. That is KES 3,000 a year for a .ke domain. It is a real cost rather than revenue, so it comes out before the split.

What You Can Sell

Five things, all of which we build and support ourselves:

• WhatsApp AI agents, which answer customer enquiries around the clock. The easiest sell, because the pain is obvious to anybody whose phone does not stop.
• Album, private family photo albums. A different audience entirely, and often an easier conversation than a business sale.
• Website design, the bread and butter.
• Online shops with M-Pesa integration, for anybody selling products.
• Email and website security, which tends to sell itself after somebody has been hacked.

One thing to know: NipeCode, the visitor codes system for estate, school and office gates, has its own affiliate programme with its own terms. To sell it you apply to that programme separately, even if you are already a WPfoss partner.

How It Works

1. Apply and choose your code. A code you pick, like AMINA, and a link of your own, like wpfoss.ke/r/amina.
2. Talk to businesses you know. When one is interested, register it in your portal. That holds the business for you for 90 days. Anyone who contacts us through your link is registered to you automatically.
3. We do the work. You never build, host or support anything, and you never collect anybody's money.
4. You get paid by M-Pesa, monthly. Your portal shows every client and exactly what you are owed.

The 90 day hold is the part worth understanding. Registering a business you are talking to protects your claim to it while the conversation plays out, which it often does slowly. Leaving it unregistered and hoping is how people lose commission they earned.

When You Get Paid

Two timing rules, both deliberate.

Commission is earned when the client's money reaches us, not when they sign. A signature is not payment, and we are not going to pay you on one and then chase you if the client never pays.

Each payment is held 30 days before it is paid out. The reason is a refund: if one happens inside that window, it is settled before anything reached you, so nothing ever has to be clawed back afterwards. Being asked to return money you have already spent is worse than waiting 30 days for it.

After that, it is M-Pesa, monthly, and your portal shows every client and the exact figure. No invoicing us, no chasing.

Who This Suits

It works best for people who already have the conversations, rather than people who would have to go looking.

How to Actually Open the Conversation

This is the part people get stuck on. They sign up, then freeze, because they imagine they have to sell something. You do not. You have to notice something and say it out loud.

The openings that work are all the same shape: you spotted a problem the owner already knows about.

Two practical notes. First, you can use the free website checkup in front of them. Put their address in on your phone, show them the score, and let the page make the argument instead of you. It is far more persuasive than an opinion, and it costs nothing.

Second, you do not have to answer technical questions. "I do not know, but I will ask them and come back to you" is a perfectly good answer, and it is better than a guess that turns into a promise we cannot keep. Register the business in your portal, send the question to us, and you have protected your claim for 90 days while we sort out the detail.

What It Is Not

Some plain statements, because a programme described only in upside is not being described honestly.

• It is not a job. You are an independent partner, not an employee. No fixed hours, no targets, no exclusivity, and your own tax is your own.
• It is not passive. Nobody earns 20 per cent of nothing. The money follows real conversations with real businesses, and if you do not have those conversations there is no income.
• It is not instant. Money reaches us, then waits 30 days, then pays out. Plan on that rather than on next week.
• It is not a licence to speak for us. You introduce clients. You do not quote outside our published prices or promise things we have not agreed to build.

If somebody tells you they sell for WPfoss and you want to check, every partner code can be verified at partners.wpfoss.ke/verify. That protects clients, and it protects you from somebody trading on a programme they are not in.

The full terms are in the partner terms document, and they are worth reading rather than skimming. Applying takes a few minutes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does the WPfoss partner programme pay?

Twenty per cent of every payment a client you brought makes. On monthly services that is every month for as long as the client stays; on one off projects it is 20 per cent of the project value. Our WhatsApp AI Sales Agent starts at KES 10,000 a month, which is KES 2,000 a month to you for as long as that client remains. Ten such clients is KES 20,000 a month. The recurring element is the point: one conversation can pay for years.

Is the 20 per cent before or after VAT?

After VAT is taken off, and this is worth being precise about. On a KES 10,000 service the client pays KES 11,600. Your 20 per cent is calculated on the 10,000, so you receive KES 2,000. The 1,600 is VAT and goes to KRA, and nobody earns commission on tax. For Album, what the family's .ke domain costs us, which is KES 3,000 a year, is also deducted before the split because it is a real cost rather than revenue. Those are the only deductions; WPfoss deducts nothing else.

Do I have to build or support the websites myself?

No. You never build, host or support anything, and you never collect anybody's money. You bring the client and we do all the work, including the ongoing support. That is the whole structure of the programme, and it is why it suits people who already talk to business owners but have no interest in becoming a web developer.

When do I actually get the money?

Commission is earned when the client's money reaches us, not when they sign, because a signature is not a payment. Each payment is then held for 30 days before payout, so that if a refund happens inside that window it is settled before anything reached you and nothing has to be clawed back later. After that you are paid by M-Pesa, monthly, and your portal shows every client and the exact amount owed. There is no invoicing us and no chasing.

What can I sell as a WPfoss partner?

WhatsApp AI agents, Album private family photo albums, website design, online shops with M-Pesa integration, and email and website security. NipeCode, the visitor codes system for estate, school and office gates, is not part of this programme: it has its own affiliate programme with its own terms, and you apply to that separately even if you are already a WPfoss partner.

What stops someone else claiming a client I introduced?

When a business you are talking to shows interest, you register it in your portal, and that holds the business for you for 90 days while the conversation plays out. Anyone who contacts us through your own link, such as wpfoss.ke/r/yourcode, is registered to you automatically. The mistake to avoid is leaving an active conversation unregistered and hoping, which is how people lose commission they had genuinely earned.

Am I an employee, and what about tax?

You are an independent partner, not an employee. There are no fixed hours, no targets and no exclusivity, and your own tax is your own responsibility. It is not passive income either: the commission follows real conversations with real businesses, so if those conversations do not happen there is no income. The full terms are in the partner terms document and are worth reading properly before you apply.