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I'd be interested in adding this button once it gets offical support from DigitalOcean. I added the Heroku Button[1] to a self-hosted OS app I wrote[2] and it

by swanson 12y ago

I'd be interested in adding this button once it gets offical support from DigitalOcean. I added the Heroku Button[1] to a self-hosted OS app I wrote[2] and it seems to be useful (over 100 "recent deploys" per Heroku). It would be great if there was some affiliate commission as well - if someone signs up for a VPS to run an app, would be awesome to get a small kickback from DigitalOcean. [1]: https://buttons.heroku.com/ https://buttons.heroku.com/ [2]: https://github.com/swanson/stringer https://github.com/swanson/stringer

timmorgan 12y ago
Matt, thanks for the feedback! I'm not sure this app would get official support from DO, since it's a bit hacky. I imagine DO would add their own install-button support at some point in the future (at least I hope so). This app does set a referral cookie whenever someone chooses to install an app using it.
- RubyPinch 12y ago
  that is referral for the hoster of the button, not the project installed via the button, correct?
  - timmorgan 12y ago
    Yes.
privong 12y ago
DigitalOcean does have an affiliate program[0] – is there a way to include that with the button? [0] https://www.digitalocean.com/referral-program/ https://www.digitalocean.com/referral-program/
- timmorgan 12y ago
  Yep, it already does! Whenever someone clicks to install, a referral cookie is set on DO.