For Affiliates
Learn how to join a program, promote with your links and codes, understand referrals and commissions, and get paid.
Start Here
Join a program, complete onboarding, and find your way around the affiliate portal.
Affiliate Portal Quick Start
Get from your invitation or signup page to a working referral link, complete payout setup, and know where to check results.
Sign Up and Log In to an Affiliate Portal
Use email verification or a magic link, solve common email problems, and understand invite-only or unavailable programs.
Complete Onboarding and Understand Application Status
Submit program questions, choose a tracking ID, and know what Pending, Approved, or Rejected means.
Contact the Program Owner or Affonso Support
Know who controls applications, tracking decisions, commissions, payouts, and technical portal issues.
Links & Promotion
Use referral links, coupon codes, landing pages, QR codes, and creative assets.
Use Your Affiliate Link
Copy, customize, test, and share the referral link from your affiliate portal.
Understand a Program's Terms in Success Hub
Find commission rules, cookie duration, payout terms, promotion methods, creative assets, and updates.
Create and Use a Coupon Code
Learn when self-service coupon creation is available and how coupon attribution works.
Change Your Tracking ID
Update the public ID in your referral links and avoid breaking links you already shared.
Cookie Duration and Last-Touch Attribution
Understand how a click is remembered and why another affiliate may receive attribution.
Use Creatives and Follow Promotion Rules
Download approved brand assets and check which marketing channels a program allows.
How to Use Sub-Parameters for Advanced Link Tracking
Learn how to use sub-parameters to track multiple campaigns, traffic sources, and content with a single affiliate link.
Performance & Referrals
Understand analytics, customers, sales, attribution, and commission statuses.
Understand Your Dashboard Metrics
Read clicks, conversions, revenue, commission, campaign, location, and device reports.
Referrals, Sales, and Commissions Explained
Learn what each portal record represents and how customers, purchases, and earnings relate.
Commission Statuses Explained
Understand pending, approved, processing, paid, declined, refunded, and disputed earnings.
Why a Referral May Be Missing
Troubleshoot attribution when an expected customer does not appear in your portal.
Why a Commission May Be Missing or Different
Check product rules, recurring terms, discounts, refunds, taxes, and individual commission settings.
Submit a Referral Manually
Send a lead to a program owner when manual referral submission is enabled.
Why Customer Details Are Hidden
Understand anonymous customer labels and the privacy controls selected by a program owner.
Traffic Source, Campaign, Location, and Device Reports
Use referral source, SUB, UTM, click ID, geography, browser, and device breakdowns.
Commissions & Payouts
Set up payment details, understand payout timing, and complete invoice or tax requirements.
Set Up Your Payout Details
Add a supported payment method and the legal information a program needs before paying you.
View Payout History and Payout Statuses
See payout totals, included commissions, payment progress, invoices, and rejection details.
Upload a Payout Invoice
Provide a PDF invoice when a program requires affiliate-supplied invoices.
Understand and Download Self-Billing Invoices
Learn how automatic payout invoices work, which billing details to provide, and when VAT appears on your invoice.
Submit and Manage a Tax Form
Choose, upload, and track a W-9, W-8BEN, or W-8BEN-E when a program requires one.
Refunds, Disputes, and Declined Commissions
Learn why an earning can be reversed, refunded, disputed, or manually declined.
When Will I Get Paid as an Affiliate?
What affiliates should expect from Affonso-powered programs, why payouts may not have arrived yet, and what must happen before money is sent.
More Features
Use the marketplace, multi-level commissions, and advanced tracking tools when available.
Find and Join Programs in the Marketplace
Create a free affiliate account at marketplace.affonso.io, discover every listed program, compare terms, and apply to promote them.
Recruit and Track Sub-Affiliates
Share your recruitment link and understand multi-level affiliate rewards and statuses.
Complete and Submit Quests
Join eligible program challenges, submit proof, follow review status, and resubmit rejected work when allowed.
Postback URLs
Get real-time GET notifications when referrals, sales, or commissions happen.