# Inviting Partners

> Recruit affiliates by email or from your other programs, with an invitation written from your program's real terms

The fastest way to grow a young program is to invite people yourself — creators you already know, customers who love the product, or partners performing well in your other programs. Affitor turns that into a two-step flow: pick recipients, send an email that's already written for you.

![The Partners page — everyone in one table with status badges](/changelog/invite-partners/partners-all.png)

Your **Partners** page shows everyone in one table — active partners with their stats, applications waiting for review, invites still pending, and rejections — each with a status badge. The tabs across the top are filters on the same list.

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## Step 1 — Pick recipients

Click **Invite partners** (top right). There are two ways to add people:

### By email

Type or paste email addresses — one at a time, comma-separated, or straight from a spreadsheet. You can also **import a CSV**; if it has a name column next to the emails, Affitor picks the names up automatically.

![Enter emails or import a CSV](/changelog/invite-partners/invite-emails.png)

### From your other programs

If you run more than one program on Affitor, the **From your programs** tab lists partners already working with you elsewhere — with a per-program filter and search. Tick the ones you want; they're often your best recruits because they already know how you work.

![Suggestions from your other programs](/changelog/invite-partners/invite-suggestions.png)

Up to 50 recipients per batch. Anyone who is already in the program, or already has a pending invite, is skipped automatically — you can't double-invite someone.

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## Step 2 — The invitation email (already written)

Hit **Continue** and the email is waiting for you, **pre-written from your program's real terms** — commission model and rate, attribution window, payout threshold. Terms you haven't configured are simply left out.

![The invitation email, pre-written from your program terms](/changelog/invite-partners/invite-compose.png)

- **Edit anything** — subject and message are plain fields. Your edited version is saved per program and used next time.
- **↺ Reset** brings back the generated template.
- **Preview email** expands to show exactly what recipients will see — the header, your message, the Accept button, and the 30-day expiry note.

![Live preview of the exact email recipients receive](/changelog/invite-partners/invite-preview.png)

Optionally choose a **Group** so accepted partners land with the right commission policy from day one.

Click **Send invite** — done.

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## After sending

- Invites appear in the Partners table with an **Invited** badge and their expiry date (30 days).
- Hover an invited row for **Resend invite** or **Cancel invite**.
- When someone accepts, they flip to **Active** automatically and get their tracking link immediately — no application review needed, since you invited them.
- If an invite email fails to deliver, the row shows a warning with the reason.

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## Verify it worked

Send one invite to your own email before the real batch:

<VerifySuccess
  browser={["Your inbox shows the invitation with your program's terms in the body and a working Accept button"]}
  dashboard={["The Partners table shows the address with an Invited badge and a 30-day expiry; after you accept from the email, the row flips to Active and the partner detail shows a tracking link"]}
  ifNotWorking={["A failed delivery is flagged on the invite row with the reason — hover the row and use Resend invite once fixed"]}
/>

## Tips

- **Groups first.** If you plan different commission tiers (e.g. VIPs vs. newsletter partners), create the groups before inviting, so each batch lands in the right one.
- **Keep the terms honest.** The generated email quotes your live program settings — if the commission or cookie window changes later, new invites pick the new terms up automatically.
- **Invite in passes.** Start with the 5–10 people most likely to accept; their early links and sales make the program look alive for everyone who applies after.