The shared business behind small software
Ideas become products. Products become income.
FormaBase runs the business side of a growing portfolio of focused software products. Creators build them, Affiliates sell them, and we handle everything in between: billing, support, compliance and automatic payouts.
One machine
From idea to recurring revenue, on one shared base
Every product runs on the same billing, ledger and payout engine. So each new product is easier to launch than the last, and every Affiliate can sell all of them.
Two ways in
Build products, or sell them. Or both.
FormaBase rewards the two things that create value: making software people need, and getting it in front of them.
What we handle
Everything around the code
The parts of running a software business that nobody starts one for. We do them once, for every product.
Billing and subscriptions
Checkout, plans, renewals, failed payments and receipts, on one Stripe account.
Customer support
First-line support for every product, so no Creator becomes a help desk.
Hosting and uptime
Deployment, monitoring and on-call, on one stack built for hundreds of products.
Security review
Every release is screened and reviewed before it reaches a customer.
Legal and compliance
Customer terms, privacy, sales tax and the contracts behind every product.
Accounting
One ledger for every dollar, reconciled against Stripe to the cent.
Payouts
Revenue shares calculated and paid automatically, with monthly statements.
Distribution
A network of Affiliates promoting the whole catalog, not just one product.
Clear economics
Generous shares, in plain numbers
Revenue shares are calculated on net receipts: what customers pay, minus only taxes, refunds, chargebacks and payment processing fees. Our costs come out of our share, never yours.
$100
- Affiliate
- $50
- Creator royalty
- $1020% of what remains
- FormaBase
- $40pays every operating cost
Example from the FormaBase Payout Rules. Signed agreements set the actual terms. See how payouts work
50%
to the Affiliate, for each customer’s first 12 months
20%
royalty to the Creator, for 24 months from launch
10
business days to a decision on a complete proposal
Built on trust
Rules you can read, numbers you can check
Terms that stay put
Each product and each referred customer keeps the terms that applied when it started. Changes only ever apply going forward.
Every dollar on the ledger
Dashboards and monthly statements trace each payment, fee and payout to a ledger entry you can check.
Verified and reviewed
Every Creator is identity-verified, and every release is reviewed before customers ever see it.
Start with one idea, or one audience
Creator and Affiliate applications open soon. Tell us you're interested and you'll be first to hear.