The bottom line: MedStands pays a recurring fixed marketing fee of $36 to $260 per active referred customer per month, set by the medication category, and keeps paying every month that customer stays active. Henry Meds, based on third-party affiliate-network listings, runs a one-time CPA model with a 24-hour cookie window, so a referral is paid once at signup rather than every month afterward.
That single difference, recurring versus one-time, is what this comparison is really about. Below is a fair, side-by-side look using only what each program publishes, with the competitor figures hedged where the public data is inconsistent.
At a glance
| MedStands | Henry Meds | |
|---|---|---|
| Payment model | Recurring fixed marketing fee, a flat dollar amount set by medication category (not a commission, percentage, or share of sales) | One-time CPA, reported across multiple affiliate sub-networks (Sovrn and others) |
| When you are paid | Every month a referred customer stays active | Once, at the point of conversion |
| How much per referral | $36 to $260 per active customer per month, by category | Not publicly disclosed as a reliable figure; per-conversion amounts listed across sub-networks are inconsistent |
| How long a referral counts | Tied to you for life; bound to the referrer on the account at signup | Reported 24-hour cookie window |
| Cost to join | Free. No setup fee, no monthly fee, no participation fee | Not publicly disclosed |
| Sign-up requirements | Self-serve, live the same day, admin review, no follower or audience-size minimum | Not publicly disclosed |
| Referral cap | No cap on referrals or earnings | Not publicly disclosed |
| Who handles the clinical side | Licensed providers prescribe; licensed pharmacies fulfill, refill, and ship (LegitScript-certified platform) | Telehealth provider (their own clinical operation) |
Henry Meds does not run a single public, brand-owned affiliate page. Its program appears through affiliate sub-networks, and the published per-conversion amounts there are unreliable and inconsistent, which is why the responsible thing is to not cite a specific affiliate dollar figure. There is also a separate customer referral offer publicly reported at about $25 per sale, but that is a customer-referral incentive, not the affiliate CPA, and the two should not be confused.
The math: recurring monthly vs one-time
The structural gap shows up clearly over time. A one-time CPA pays you a single amount when a referral converts, and then that referral stops paying you, even if the customer stays on the platform for a year or more. A recurring monthly fee pays you again every month the same referral stays active.
Put a single active customer on a timeline. Under a one-time CPA, that customer is paid on once. Under the MedStands model, the same customer generates the category fee in month one, again in month two, and again every month they remain active. Over a year, that is up to twelve monthly payments on the same person instead of one. At the MedStands range of $36 to $260 per active customer per month, a customer who stays active for a year represents roughly $432 to $3,120 in fees on that one referral, spread across the months they stay, versus a single CPA payment on a comparable referral.
To be clear and honest about it: that is a fee schedule, not a promised total. Actual MedStands earnings depend on which medication category applies and on how many referred people qualify and stay active. Every request is reviewed by a licensed provider, and not everyone qualifies, so no one should read the range as a guaranteed payout. The point is structural: a recurring fee is paid repeatedly on a customer who stays, while a one-time CPA is not.
For a deeper look at how the recurring model works when you refer businesses rather than individuals, see How to Earn Recurring Income Referring Businesses to Telehealth.
Attribution: tied to you for life vs a 24-hour cookie
This is the strongest verified contrast. Henry Meds's affiliate listings report a 24-hour cookie window. That is notably short compared with the roughly 30-day window that is common across the sector, and it matters because a cookie only credits you if the person converts inside that window on the same device and browser. Someone who discovers a product through you, thinks it over for two days, then comes back to buy is unlikely to be credited under a 24-hour cookie.
MedStands does not use an expiring cookie at all. When someone signs up through your QR code or personal link, they are bound to you on the account itself, at signup, and stay tied to you for life. There is no window to beat and no re-click to worry about. If you want the mechanics, see How Telehealth Referral Attribution Works (Lifetime Tracking).
Cost, requirements, and who can join
MedStands is free to join. There is no setup fee, no monthly fee, and nothing to buy for partners or participation fee for affiliates. You get paid, you never pay. Sign-up is self-serve, your QR code and personal link are ready the same day you sign up, an admin reviews the account, and there is no follower or audience-size minimum. There is no cap on referrals or earnings.
MedStands is also not a medical practice and does not prescribe. Licensed providers handle the prescribing and licensed pharmacies handle fulfillment, refills, and shipping on a LegitScript-certified platform. As a partner or affiliate you do no clinical work and hold no inventory. Payouts land in your bank monthly through Stripe Connect, with a US$25 minimum payout; any balance under that rolls to the next month.
One more MedStands-specific point worth knowing: affiliates can both sell directly on their own link and refer other businesses, and a referred business still earns its own fee in full. Nobody earns less because you referred them.
Henry Meds does not publicly disclose its cost to join, sign-up requirements, or referral cap in a single brand-owned source, so those cells are left as not publicly disclosed rather than guessed at.
Where Henry Meds might be a fit
If you run high-intent, fast-converting traffic where visitors tend to buy within a day of clicking, a one-time CPA can pay out quickly and cleanly, and the 24-hour window may be less of a constraint for you than it would be for a slower audience. Affiliates who already work inside the Sovrn and similar sub-networks may also prefer keeping a new program on the same dashboards and payment rails they already use. Those are reasonable reasons to consider it.
Common questions
Is the MedStands fee a commission or a percentage of sales?
No. It is a fixed marketing fee, a flat dollar amount set by the medication category, between $36 and $260 per active customer per month. It is not a commission, a percentage, or a share of sales or revenue.
Does a Henry Meds referral keep paying every month like MedStands?
Based on third-party affiliate-network listings, Henry Meds uses a one-time CPA, which pays once at conversion. MedStands pays the category fee every month a referred customer stays active. For more on why that distinction matters, see Is a Telehealth Referral Fee a Commission?.
What is the real difference in tracking?
Henry Meds's listings report a 24-hour cookie window. MedStands binds the referral to your account at signup, so the customer is tied to you for life with no expiring window.
How much will I actually earn with MedStands?
That depends on the medication category and on how many referred people qualify and stay active. Every request is reviewed by a licensed provider and not everyone qualifies, so there is no guaranteed total. The $36 to $260 figure is the per-customer monthly fee schedule, not a promise of earnings.
Ready to compare the models with your own audience? Learn how the recurring GLP-1 affiliate program works, get your QR code and personal link the same day you sign up, and start earning a fixed monthly fee on every active referral.
Competitor program terms are as of July 2026 and come from each brand's published affiliate information. Programs change, so check their current terms.