Ask HN: Has anyone used publisher / discount stores to boost initial revenue?

I'm wondering if any of you has worked with StackCommerce[0] (former StackSocial) before? They are chasing me to add Zecoda [1] (early stage SaaS) to their discount stores with the following: - Offer: Zecoda Pro: Lifetime Subscription - Promotion: email to 4MM+ subs and ~25 pieces of editorial content - Publisher Stores: Placement in 200+ publisher stores (such as Engadget's store & TheNextWeb's store) They would get ~70% (!) of the revenue and will never include our website's URL in their articles. All links will push users to the stores. I'm kind of on the fence here. It could be a potential revenue boost, but: - Lifetime Subscription isn't ideal because we also have web hosting - We won't benefit from SEO (they'll never add our link in the articles) - We risk hurting our image by selling cheap What are your thoughts on this? Have you tried this approach before? Any good results? Thanks! [0] https://www.stackcommerce.com/ [1] https://zecoda.com