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.
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.
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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 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/
[2]: https://github.com/swanson/stringer
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.
that is referral for the hoster of the button, not the project installed via the button, correct?
Yes.
DigitalOcean does have an affiliate program[0] – is there a way to include that with the button?
[0] https://www.digitalocean.com/referral-program/
Yep, it already does! Whenever someone clicks to install, a referral cookie is set on DO.