Quick Answer
Affiliate Manager is the central hub for building and managing your affiliate program.
From Affiliate Manager you can create campaigns, recruit affiliates, configure commissions, monitor referrals, review reporting, approve payouts, and provide promotional resources.
Learning how these pieces work together makes it much easier to build an affiliate program that scales as your business grows.
Starting an Affiliate Program Without Getting Overwhelmed
Affiliate programs include several connected pieces including campaigns, affiliates, referrals, commissions, reporting, resources, and payouts.
Trying to build each component separately often creates confusion because changes made in one area affect the others.
Affiliate Manager organizes these tools into one workspace so you can launch, monitor, and improve your affiliate program without switching between multiple systems.
This overview introduces the major areas of Affiliate Manager and explains how they work together before you begin exploring the individual guides.
Affiliate Manager at a Glance
Affiliate Manager combines campaign creation, affiliate management, reporting, and payouts inside one connected area.
Before You Begin
- Decide what affiliates will promote.
- Prepare the products, funnels, forms, or websites used by the campaign.
- Determine how commissions should be earned.
- Plan your affiliate onboarding process.
- Prepare promotional resources affiliates can use.
- Understand your payout schedule before inviting affiliates.
Think of Affiliate Manager as a complete system
Campaigns, reporting, commissions, payouts, affiliate profiles, and marketing resources work together. Understanding the workflow first makes every individual guide easier to follow.
Step-by-Step: Launch an Affiliate Program
Prepare Your Offer
Create the products, funnels, forms, services, or lead assets that affiliates will promote.
Open Affiliate Manager
Navigate to Marketing → Affiliate Manager to begin creating your affiliate program.
Create Your First Campaign
Select the campaign source, configure campaign settings, assign affiliates, and review any available commission options.
Invite Affiliates
Add affiliates manually, import contacts, or share your affiliate registration process depending on your workflow.
Key Features of Affiliate Manager
Affiliate Manager combines the tools needed to operate an affiliate program from one location instead of relying on multiple disconnected systems.
Campaign Management
Build affiliate campaigns for products, funnels, websites, forms, surveys, calendars, stores, and other supported campaign sources.
Affiliate Management
Add affiliates, review affiliate profiles, organize partner information, and monitor activity from one location.
Commission Management
Configure commission structures where available and review earned commissions before processing payouts.
Performance Reporting
Monitor clicks, leads, sales, commissions, revenue, and campaign performance through the reporting dashboard.
Marketing Resources
Provide approved banners, graphics, emails, swipe copy, and promotional materials so affiliates have consistent marketing assets.
Payout Management
Review commission activity and process affiliate payouts using the payout tools available in your account.
Best Practices
Test Every Campaign
Provide Marketing Assets
Review Reports Regularly
Affiliate Manager Guide Library
Continue through the Affiliate Manager documentation using the guides below.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I set up an affiliate campaign?
Create a campaign, choose the campaign source, configure settings, assign affiliates, and publish the campaign after testing.
Can I pay affiliates automatically?
Available payout automation depends on your connected payment options and account configuration.
Can I use different commission structures?
Yes. Commission options can vary depending on campaign configuration and the type of program you are building.
How do I track affiliate performance?
Review the Affiliate Manager Dashboard to monitor clicks, leads, customers, commissions, and campaign activity.
How do affiliates access promotional materials?
Marketing resources can be made available through the Affiliate Portal so affiliates can download approved promotional assets.
