Overview
AdaLink is a free platform that helps Cardano projects reward content creators in ADA for results they bring in. A project sets up a campaign, a creator shares a tracking link with their audience, and the creator gets paid in ADA when the action happens. The actions can be things like a new sign-up, a delegation to a stake pool (lending your ADA to help run the network), a token purchase, or a tip sent to a creator.
The platform works for stake-pool operators, token issuers, and any Cardano project that wants creator-driven promotion tied to real outcomes. What sets AdaLink apart is the payout itself. Every reward arrives as ADA, so creators do not have to claim, swap, or hold a separate platform token to access what they earned1.
AdaLink is run by the team behind Frenchies Club, a Cardano NFT community focused on Web3 marketing and content creation. The platform lives on Cardano mainnet, where campaign records and reward payouts are written on-chain (saved to the public Cardano ledger). Both sides can check the result without trusting a middle party.
Key Features
- Get paid in ADA, not a platform token. Rewards land in your wallet as ADA the moment a tracked action completes. There is no separate utility token to claim, swap, or hold before you can spend what you earned1.
- One platform, four campaign types. Projects can run stake-pool delegation drives, token promotion campaigns, affiliate-program listings, and creator tipping links. Each campaign type has its own dashboard and tracking view2.
- An open record of every result. Affiliate actions and reward payouts are written to Cardano, so a project can see who drove a result and a creator can see proof of payout. Both sides work from the same public record3.
- Built around content creators. The Frenchies Club community runs workshops, sponsorships, and monetization paths for creators. AdaLink sits inside that existing creator network rather than starting from a cold audience1.
- Public roadmap and open code. Documentation lives on GitBook, a hosted docs site, and the AdaLink GitHub organisation hosts the platform code along with public records of past funding milestones4.
What to Expect
A project starting a campaign picks one of the four types, sets the reward, and publishes a listing. Creators browse the open campaigns at the content-creators directory, pick the ones that fit their audience, and share a unique tracking link in posts, livestreams, or videos.
When a tracked action lands on Cardano, AdaLink credits the creator and sends an ADA payout. The Knowledge Base on the site walks new creators and projects through the setup, and short tutorial videos cover the same ground for people who would rather watch than read2.
The community side leans on Frenchies Club and active channels on Discord and X for support and announcements. AdaLink has received funding from Project Catalyst, the community-led funding program for Cardano projects, for earlier milestones. Public records on GitHub document the work that was completed for Fund 11 and Fund 12. A few later Fund 12 proposals were submitted but did not receive funding, and the platform keeps running independently of that outcome5.
