Affiliate Anywhere: How Remote.com Rebuilt Its Partner Engine from Idle to Impact

The Challenge

When Round Barn Labs took over Remote.com's affiliate programme in September 2025, it had been largely idle, operating on autopilot with dormant partnerships, inefficient incentive structures, and legacy processes that had not been updated to reflect the programme's potential. The challenge was to rebuild from the ground up quickly and demonstrate measurable results within a short timeframe.

The Strategy

RBL rebuilt the programme from the ground up, reviving dormant partnerships, optimising incentive structures, and clearing out legacy processes that were holding performance back. The strategy combined strategic partner engagement with programme modernisation, bringing structure and momentum to a channel that had stalled.

The Work

The rebuilt programme combined targeted recruitment to bring in new high-performing affiliates with reactivation of existing dormant partners.

Results

Within months of the rebuild, the programme delivered a 4,100% increase in new account sign-ups and an increase in new customer acquisition, transforming the affiliate channel from stagnation to a high-performing growth engine for Remote.

The Judges' Verdict

Judges recognised the scale and speed of the turnaround, praising the GEO-focused initiatives and the influencer collaboration as genuinely innovative elements of the rebuild. The results were exceptional, and the entry demonstrated that a well-structured programme modernisation, executed with pace and clarity, can deliver transformational outcomes in a short period. A remarkable turnaround.

"A great collaboration in GEO-focused initiatives targeting strategic markets, with excellent results."