# Invited Affiliates

> The Program has two doors — and both are controlled by Doothemes. This page explains the second one: admission by invitation.

Source: https://doothemes.com/docs/affiliates/invited

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## Two Ways Into the Program

1. **Enrollment** — the standard path, open to verified Doothemes customers who meet the [Requirements](https://doothemes.com/docs/affiliates/requirements). It is initiated by the customer.
2. **Invitation** — an exceptional path, initiated **only and exclusively by Doothemes**, at its sole discretion.

The Program remains closed. An invitation does not open the Program to the public — it is Doothemes choosing, case by case, who else deserves a place in it.

## What an Invitation Means

The verified-customer requirement exists to guarantee three things: credibility, quality, and trust. An invitation covers those same guarantees by a different route: **Doothemes verifies the invitee directly and vouches for them.**

We extend invitations to people whose work and reputation we already know — for example:

- Influencers and content creators in the WordPress, Laravel, CodeIgniter, and PHP ecosystem.
- Agencies and freelancers who implement solutions for their clients.
- Educators and community leaders whose recommendations carry real weight.

## Invitations Cannot Be Requested

This is the rule that keeps the door from becoming a back door:

**There is no form, no application, and no way to request an invitation.** Any request for an invitation will simply be redirected to the standard path: become a verified customer and enroll.

If you received an invitation, it is because Doothemes reached out to you — never the other way around.

## Product Knowledge Is Not Optional

Our founding principle does not bend: **only those who know our products should recommend them.**

For that reason, invitations may include **courtesy access to our products**, so the invited affiliate becomes a real user before promoting. The invitation changes how product knowledge is acquired — it never exempts anyone from having it.

## Same Rules, Same Consequences

An invited affiliate is an affiliate like any other. From the moment they accept the invitation:

- The full [Terms & Conditions](https://doothemes.com/docs/terms-conditions) apply, without exception.
- All policies apply: [Anti-SPAM](https://doothemes.com/docs/affiliates/anti-spam-policy), [Cookie & Tracking](https://doothemes.com/docs/affiliates/cookie-tracking-policy), [Cancellation of Commissions](https://doothemes.com/docs/affiliates/cancellation-of-commissions), and every other Program rule.
- The consequences for violations are identical: termination, forfeiture of funds, and release of referred customers.

There are no privileged affiliates in this Program — only two ways of entering it.

## Revocation

As with any affiliate, Doothemes reserves the entire right to revoke an invitation or terminate an invited affiliate at any time, under clause 11 of the [Terms & Conditions](https://doothemes.com/docs/terms-conditions#11-termination-of-the-affiliate).