Set Up Your Program

Complete these steps before you invite partners or install tracking.

Who this is for

Advertisers and operators

Time required

10–15 minutes

Prerequisites

A created advertiser account and your initial program details

Outcome

Your program basics, approval mode, commission direction, and tracking path are ready

What you are setting up

Program details — business info, approval settings, commission rules
Tracking & integrations — click, signup, and sale tracking
Share program — your partner-facing program link

1. Program details

Business details

Field	Required	Notes
Company name	Yes	pre-filled from your account
Website URL	Yes	main product/site URL
Tagline	No	shown to partners
Logo	Yes	PNG, JPG, or SVG
Terms of Service URL	No	affiliate terms / program terms
Resources URL	No	partner-facing marketing resources

Approval mode

Mode	Description	Best for
Manual review	review each partner application	quality control, B2B motions
Auto-approve	approve applicants automatically	higher-volume programs

Commission details

Field	Description
Commission rate (%)	default partner commission
Commission duration	how long a referred customer keeps earning for the partner

Common options: one-time, fixed-month recurring, or lifetime.

2. Tracking & Integrations

Set up tracking in three steps: clicks, signups, then payments.

Step 1 — Pageview / click tracking

Install the tracker on pages where affiliate traffic lands.

SDK:

npm install @affitor/sdk

// app/providers.tsx — client component
'use client';
import { useEffect } from 'react';
import { init } from '@affitor/sdk';
export function AffitorInit() {
  useEffect(() => { init({ programId: YOUR_PROGRAM_ID }); }, []);
  return null;
}
// render <AffitorInit /> once in app/layout.tsx

Script tag:

<script
  src="https://api.affitor.com/js/affitor-tracker.js"
  data-affitor-program-id="YOUR_PROGRAM_ID"
  data-affitor-debug="false">
</script>

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After signup succeeds, send your internal customer ID to Affitor.

Browser helper:

await window.affitor.signup('user_123', 'user@example.com');

Server API:

{
  "click_id": "cust_42_1234567890",
  "customer_key": "user_123",
  "email": "user@example.com"
}

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Step 3 — Sale / payment tracking

Choose the path that matches your checkout.

Method	How it works	Best for
Server-side tracking	your backend sends `POST /api/v1/track/sale` after payment succeeds	any payment provider or custom backend
Stripe integration	you keep taking payment in your own Stripe checkout; Affitor attributes via metadata + webhooks	existing Stripe Checkout integrations

For Stripe integration, use these public fields in metadata:

affitor_click_id
affitor_customer_key
program_id

For subscriptions, put the same values in both:

metadata
subscription_data.metadata

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Once setup is complete, share your partner recruitment link so affiliates can apply.

Recommended setup order

Install click tracking first
Wire signup tracking with a stable internal customer ID
Choose Server-side tracking or Stripe integration for payment tracking
Run test flows before launch

Next recommended step

Install tracking

Once your program details are in place, move into the tracking quickstart to capture clicks, signups, and payments end to end.

Open tracking quickstart →

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