Affiliate program
Mind Merit teaches students to judge whether an argument holds up.
Earn 25% on every referral.
It's a critical-thinking game for ages 8 to 18. Students learn to separate a conclusion from its supporting evidence, and to identify the logical fallacies that keep an argument from holding up.
What partners get
- A free account to evaluate the product before you recommend it
- 25% of your referrals' first-year payments
- A custom promo code that gives your audience 10% off
- A 60-day tracking window, so later sign-ups still count
- Monthly payouts via PayPal or Wise, once you clear $50
What you'd be recommending
Mind Merit is a critical-thinking game, not a full curriculum. Students build two connected skills: identifying the components of an argument, and evaluating why an argument is flawed.
Argument Sorter
Every argument makes a claim and offers evidence for it. This track trains students to pull the two apart, what's being claimed and what's supposedly backing it up.
Flaw Hunter
Not all reasoning holds up. This track trains students to spot where an argument breaks down, across 24 named logical fallacies, even when the conclusion sounds convincing.
Master both, and a student can take apart any argument, their own, a friend's, or an AI's.
Built for ages 8 to 18 (grades 3 to 12), with difficulty that adapts to each student.
Evidence indicates critical thinking must be explicitly taught.
Two meta-analyses spanning hundreds of studies reach the same conclusion: students don't absorb critical thinking on their own, it has to be taught on purpose, and it improves most when they practice on real arguments rather than memorizing rules. Mind Merit is built on that approach.
studies, 20,000+ students (2008 meta-analysis)
effects from controlled studies (2015 meta-analysis)
Abrami et al., Review of Educational Research, 2008 and 2015. Mind Merit reflects the approach these reviews support; it has not itself been the subject of a controlled study.
For US educators: aligned to Common Core, grades 3 to 12.
The reasoning Mind Merit teaches matters anywhere. For US educators and parents, here's exactly how it maps, to one continuous thread of the Common Core, Reading: Informational Text, Standard 8, which runs from grade 3 to grade 12 and asks students to trace, evaluate, and test the soundness of reasoning.
Every student plays both tracks from day one — difficulty adapts to the individual, not the grade.
In grades 3 to 5, Standard 8 is about learning to identify argument structure: explaining how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
Argument SorterTrace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
Both tracksEvaluate whether reasoning is sound, spot irrelevant evidence, and name fallacious reasoning — almost verbatim what Flaw Hunter does.
Flaw HunterEvaluate reasoning in seminal texts. Mind Merit builds the transferable skill; pair it with primary-source reading for the genre.
Skill transferAffiliates can download the full standards-alignment sheet to share with their audience.
Standard text copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. Mind Merit is an independent supplement and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the standards' authors.
What you earn
You earn 25% of what each customer you refer pays in their first year. Here's your commission by plan.
per referral, paid once
per referral, paid once
per referral, for up to 12 months
partner account to evaluate it
for anyone who uses your code
minimum before payout
via PayPal or Wise
Estimate your first-year commission
Enter a realistic mix of referrals. Annual and Family plans pay a fixed commission up front, so these are real per-referral amounts. Monthly-plan referrals also earn 25% (about $2.25 per month while subscribed), which isn't counted here.
Estimated first-year earnings
from 5 referred customers
How it works
Three steps, from application to first payout.
Apply
Tell us where you reach families. On approval, we set you up with a free account plus your own referral link and discount code.
Try it, then share it
Use the account to judge the product for yourself. If it's a fit, share your link or code, and let your audience know you earn a commission, the FTC requires it, and we'll give you wording that makes it easy.
Get paid
Sign-ups are tracked automatically. Once your balance passes $50, you're paid the following month via PayPal or Wise.
The details
- Commission is 25% of a referred subscriber's first 12 months of payments, credited when their free trial converts to a paid plan.
- Referrals are tracked for 60 days from the first click on your link. Commissions are held 30 days before payout to cover refunds and chargebacks, and are reversed if a payment is refunded.
- You'll provide a W-9 or W-8BEN before your first payout. We issue a 1099 to US affiliates paid $600 or more in a year.
- No self-referrals, no bidding on our name in paid search, and no marketing aimed at children. Disclose that you earn a commission.
- Full terms are in the Mind Merit Affiliate Agreement.
Start with a free account
Apply for a free partner account and your own referral link and discount code. You're paid monthly once your balance passes $50.
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