remove.bg Affiliate Program
No, there is no remove.bg affiliate program worth joining. remove.bg is moving into Canva and its standalone website closes on 1 December 2026 at 9:00 CET; the affiliate page already redirects to the shutdown FAQ. The background remover now lives in Canva, whose affiliate benefits are only available through the Canvassador Program, currently closed to applications.
Last verified 9 November 2026 against 3 official sources, listed at the foot of this page.
remove.bg program facts
| Current status | Discontinued. The affiliate page redirects to the shutdown FAQ [1] |
|---|---|
| Shutdown date | Standalone website unavailable from 1 December 2026, 9:00 CET [2] |
| Subscriptions | End automatically on 1 December; unused annual time is refunded pro rata [2] |
| Monthly renewals | Any final renewal on or after 1 November is free [2] |
| Self-serve API | Stops accepting requests on 1 December; moved to Leonardo.Ai [2] |
| Successor product | Canva's Background Remover, using the same technology [2] |
| Canva affiliate route | Canvassador Program only, currently closed to applications [3] |
| Historical commission | 15% of the gross price, up to $100 per transaction, in our June 2026 record; no longer published anywhere |
| Last verified | 9 November 2026 |
Why there is nothing left to earn
Even if your old remove.bg affiliate link still tracks, the shutdown plan removes the payments it would earn on. Monthly subscribers pay nothing for any final renewal on or after 1 November 2026, every subscription ends on 1 December, and annual subscribers get their unused time refunded pro rata. Pay-as-you-go credits expire on the same date.
A commission calculated on the gross price of a sale needs a sale. With renewals free and refunds automatic, a new referral now would buy at most a few weeks of service, and a refund on the rest is likely to reverse whatever it earned.
Where the traffic goes after 1 December
remove.bg's own FAQ names two successors. For single images and bulk batches, it points to Canva's Background Remover, which it says uses the same technology. For volume and automation, the remove.bg API is now part of Leonardo.Ai's API suite, also owned by Canva. Enterprise API contracts continue unchanged.
Neither successor gives an affiliate a clean replacement. Canva says affiliate benefits now come only through the Canvassador Program, a community program for creators who teach Canva, and that program is closed to applications. Leonardo.Ai closed its own affiliate program earlier in 2026.
What to do with existing remove.bg content
If you have tutorials or tool lists recommending remove.bg, update them before 1 December, when the site and accounts stop being reachable. Swap the link to Canva's background remover for one-off and bulk edits, or to a design tool with an open program if you need the content to keep earning.
Kittl is the closest open program for a design audience: 20% of payments for 12 months through Impact. CapCut, which also removes backgrounds in its editor, pays up to 35% recurring on CapCut Pro in eligible regions.
How to join the remove.bg program
- Do not apply. The remove.bg affiliate page redirects to the shutdown FAQ.
- Replace remove.bg links in existing content before 1 December 2026.
- If you teach Canva, watch the Canvassador page at public.canva.site/canvassadors for applications to reopen.
- For an open design program today, consider Kittl or CapCut instead.
remove.bg affiliate program FAQs
Does remove.bg still have an affiliate program?
No usable one. Its affiliate page now redirects to the shutdown FAQ, and the standalone site closes on 1 December 2026.
Is remove.bg shutting down?
The standalone website closes on 1 December 2026 at 9:00 CET. Background removal continues in Canva, and the self-serve API moves to Leonardo.Ai.
Can I earn from Canva's background remover instead?
Only through the Canvassador Program, which Canva says is the sole route to affiliate benefits and is currently closed to applications.
What did the remove.bg affiliate program pay?
Our June 2026 record showed 15% of the gross price of each sale, capped at $100 per transaction. remove.bg no longer publishes those terms.
Sources and verification
Every figure in the table above comes from one of the pages below, each opened and read on the date shown. Third-party affiliate directories were not used as evidence for status, commission or cookie terms.
- https://www.remove.bg/affiliate
- https://www.remove.bg/faq
- https://www.canva.com/help/canva-affiliate-marketing-program/
Affiliate terms change without notice. If you are reading this well after the verification date, check the official page before acting on any figure here.