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Legal · v2.0.0 · effective 2026-10-29

Partner Technical Integration Guide

Storage Studio · Techtonic Systems Media and Research LLC

For partners, and the developers helping them, using referral links, partner links or Reseller purchases.

What changed in this version

Version 2.0.0 (29 October 2026):

  • Adds Associate onboarding links and partner links (/go/…), and how an install is linked to you.
  • Reseller purchases are for Vendors only.
  • Lists every cookie a referral sets.
https://storagestudio.us/ref/STUDIO-PARTNER-XXXX
  • STUDIO-PARTNER-XXXX is your referral code, shown in your portal. The download link is https://storagestudio.us/download?ref=STUDIO-PARTNER-XXXX.
  • A click sets the first-party cookie ss_ref on storagestudio.us for 60 days (SameSite=Lax, Secure).
  • The visitor lands on the home page unless you add ?to= and a path, for example /ref/STUDIO-PARTNER-XXXX?to=/pricing.
  • Each click is recorded for your portal with a keyed one-way hash of the IP address — never the address itself.
  • If your code is ever changed, links with the old code stop crediting you from then on; everything the old code already brought you stays yours.
  • A partner link is https://storagestudio.us/go/<name>, with a download version at /go/<name>/download. It sets ss_ref and the cookie ss_plink, and can carry an offer (a plan, a discount, a landing page).
  • Affiliates and Vendors: we set up your partner links and their offers.
  • Associates: make as many links as you like in the portal (Links), by name only. Every one carries the same offer, which we set; you can't change it.

Attribution rules

  • Last click wins within the 60 days.
  • A referral code typed at checkout overrides the cookie.
  • A partner offer never stacks with another coupon: the customer gets whichever saves them more.

Installs

A Mac app can't read a browser cookie. When someone with your cookie downloads the app, the download address carries a signed token; on first launch the app sends it to us and the installation is linked to you for your ownership window (60 days unless your Terms of Partnership say otherwise). Tokens older than 30 days are refused. A purchase in the window makes the customer yours.

Reseller purchase (Vendors)

In the browser (the only way today):

  1. Sign in at <https://storagestudio.us/partners/portal>.
  2. Choose Buy for a customer, enter the customer's email (and optionally their name, company and a note for yourself) and the plan. The portal shows your price.
  3. Pay with Stripe Checkout.
  4. The customer receives their activation email; you receive a receipt (without the licence key); the purchase appears under Customers.

There is no public API for this. For a genuine volume need, email <partners@storagestudio.us>.

The receipt you receive

Contains: the customer's email, the name and company you entered, the plan, the list price, the price you paid, the transaction reference, when it was delivered, and your note.

Never contains: the licence key, the customer's Mac details, or any other customer information.

If a customer didn't get their activation email

Use the resend option in the portal where it is offered (limited per purchase), or email <partners@storagestudio.us>. A mistyped address can be corrected within 14 days if the customer hasn't activated.

  • ss_ref — the partner who referred the visitor (60 days).
  • ss_plink — the partner link used (same lifetime as ss_ref).

Both are first-party and needed to credit you and apply your offer. Our Privacy Policy (§3.7) lists every cookie on our site. If your audience needs consent for such cookies, ask for it on your side before linking.

Payments and personal data

  • Card data goes straight to Stripe. We never see, log or store full card numbers or security codes.
  • What you see about a customer is limited to their email, the plan, what you paid or earned, and their activation status.

Outages

Service status: <https://storagestudio.us/healthz>. If an incident affects the portal or payouts, we email active partners within 24 hours.

Who to contact

  • You (partner support): <partners@storagestudio.us>
  • Your customers (product support): <support@storagestudio.us>
  • Abuse reports: <abuse@storagestudio.us>
  • Privacy requests: <privacy@storagestudio.us>