# Create your advertiser account

> Register as an advertiser on Affitor, verify your email, and land in your dashboard ready to set up a program.

Create your Affitor advertiser account in about five minutes: choose the Advertiser role, verify your email, and complete a one-time setup wizard. When you finish, you land in the advertiser dashboard, ready to [set up your program](/brand/quickstart/setup-program).

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    { label: 'Time required', value: '5 minutes' },
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:::tip

Creating an account is free, and you don't need Stripe or payment details yet. The platform fee is $0 until your program earns its first $10,000 through affiliates, then 3.5% on affiliate-driven sales only.

:::

## The flow at a glance

<Flow>
  <FlowStep>**Open the portal and choose the Advertiser role** — registration starts at affitor.com/welcome with a role choice.</FlowStep>
  <FlowStep>**Verify your email** — sign up with a company email (or Google) and confirm it.</FlowStep>
  <FlowStep>**Complete the setup wizard** — name your program, add your website and logo, and land in the dashboard.</FlowStep>
</Flow>

## Step 1: Open the portal and choose the Advertiser role

Affitor has two account types — advertisers who run programs and partners who promote them — so registration starts with a role choice.

1. Go to [affitor.com/welcome](https://affitor.com/welcome).
2. Click **Get started**.
3. On the role selection page, click **I'm a Company**.

**I'm a Company** is the advertiser path. **I'm a Partner** is for affiliate marketers who want to promote other companies' products.

## Step 2: Verify your email

Your email is your sign-in and where Affitor sends account notifications, so it must be confirmed before the account activates.

1. Sign up with your company email address and a password, or continue with Google.
2. Open the verification email and confirm your address.

:::tip

A shared address like `partnerships@yourcompany.com` keeps team access manageable as your program grows.

:::

## Step 3: Complete the setup wizard

New accounts are redirected to a one-time setup wizard that creates the shell of your affiliate program. It asks for three things:

- **Program name** — what partners will see, for example "Acme Partners Program".
- **Website URL** — the site where your product lives.
- **Logo** — your company or program logo, used for branding.

Everything you enter here is editable later in **Settings**, so don't stall on wording — finish the wizard and refine afterwards.

## Verify it worked

When the wizard completes, your browser lands on the advertiser dashboard.

![Advertiser dashboard right after account creation: the Performance Overview with fresh metrics and the Quick start checklist in the top bar](/docs/brand/dashboard.png)

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  browser={["You are redirected to the advertiser dashboard after the wizard finishes"]}
  dashboard={[
    "The Performance Overview loads, with your program name in the top-left workspace switcher",
    "The Quick start checklist in the top bar shows your remaining setup steps",
  ]}
  ifNotWorking={[
    "No verification email? Check your spam folder and confirm you typed the address correctly",
    "Landed somewhere unexpected? Make sure you chose I'm a Company — I'm a Partner opens the affiliate flow",
    "Wizard details wrong? Everything you entered is editable later under Settings",
  ]}
/>

## Next steps

<NextStep
  title="Set up your program"
  description="Define your program details, approval mode, and commission direction so the program is ready for partners and tracking."
  href="/brand/quickstart/setup-program"
  ctaLabel="Set up your program"
/>