Partner with DinnerElite
The DinnerElite partner program pays food writers, newsletter authors, and creators 30% of every subscription their readers buy through a tracked link. We built it for anyone whose audience fights to book NYC's hardest tables.
Email to joinOr DM @Eastkap. Tell us your publication and preferred ref handle.
Last updated July 11, 2026
How it works
Reach out
Email jacques.snchz@gmail.com or DM @Eastkap. Tell us your publication and the ref handle you want.
Get your link
You get a tracked link: dinnerelite.com?ref=yourname. Drop it anywhere you write about NYC dining.
Earn on every subscription
You keep 30% of every subscription your readers buy through your link. You get a monthly report showing what you've earned.
Who is the partner program for?
The program works for food writers, newsletter authors, and creators whose readers try to book hard NYC tables. If your audience has ever missed a Carbone opening or refreshed Resy at midnight for Don Angie, they're exactly who DinnerElite alerts are for. You don't need a huge list. You need readers who care about getting a table before it's gone.
What does DinnerElite actually do?
DinnerElite alerts you when tables open at NYC's hardest restaurants. It watches Resy and OpenTable across 224 tracked restaurants and emails you the moment a matching table opens or closes. It does not auto-book anything for you. The Free plan watches 1 restaurant at no cost. Premium is $10/mo or $100/yr for unlimited watches. Expert is $29/mo and adds a human concierge who books the table for you. That's the whole product: your readers are buying speed and, on Expert, a person doing the booking, not a bot that reserves tables automatically.
How does tracking and attribution work?
Your link is dinnerelite.com?ref=yourname. We use DataFast, a first-party analytics tool, to tie each subscription back to the referring link. You earn 30% of every subscription purchased through it. We'll be straight with you about where the program stands: there's no partner dashboard yet, so we settle payouts manually each month and send you a report showing what's attributed to you and what you're owed.
What can you use in your writeups?
Two things, both free and neither requires joining the program. The embeddable drop-time widget gives you copy-paste embed code for any tracked restaurant: a small card showing its booking platform and typical drop time, credited to DinnerElite. And our data is free to cite with a link, from per-restaurant drop patterns to the catalog-wide breakdown of all 224 tracked restaurants by platform, neighborhood, and price. If you need a cut we haven't published, ask and we'll pull it.
Do you link back to partner publications?
Yes, where it genuinely fits. We link partner publications from relevant DinnerElite pages, like a restaurant's drop-time guide or a neighborhood roundup, when your coverage adds something a reader would actually want to read. This isn't a guaranteed link exchange. It's a reciprocal arrangement we lean on when your piece is the best thing to point readers to.
Partner program FAQ
Tell your readers where the tables are
Email your publication and preferred ref handle. We'll set you up with a tracked link the same week.
Email jacques.snchz@gmail.comOr DM @Eastkap · Last updated July 11, 2026