Managing and optimizing your affiliate program

The how-to's and in-and-out's of managing your affiliate program

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Written by Thomas, Ad, Maria and 1 other

Managing your affiliates

Approving or disapproving your affiliates

Admit or reject your affiliate program applicants - individually, in bulk, or automatically.

Written by Amaris Montes
Updated over a week ago

How to auto-approve your affiliates

Automating the approval of affiliates within the Tapfiliate platform

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

Can I see how my affiliates are performing?

Notes on how to use the Tapfiliate's Reporting page.

Written by Ad
Updated over a week ago

Is there a difference between approving someone to a program and adding them?

Understand the difference between two commonly used terms.

Written by Amaris Montes
Updated over a week ago

Re-approving a disapproved affiliate

Learn how to reactivate/re-approve an affiliate previously removed from a program.

Written by Thomas
Updated over a week ago

Disapproving an affiliate

How to disapprove or retract an affiliate's participation in a program

Written by Amaris Montes
Updated over a week ago

Disabling "pretty" referral codes

Anonymize your affiliates' referral links in just one click

Written by Amaris Montes
Updated over a week ago

How to permanently delete affiliates

Learn how to remove or delete affiliates from your account

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

I signed up prior to October 2017. How can I enable referral codes?

Referral codes were added after October 2017, and that means that old accounts need some adjustments in order to be able to use them.

Written by Ad
Updated over a week ago

Conversions, Commissions, & Bonuses

Can my affiliates see my program's commission structure?

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

Manually creating a Conversion or a Customer

You can manually add conversions or customers and assign them to an affiliate.

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

Bulk-approving pending commissions

Using our batch management tools for the approval of commissions

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

Changing a Conversion's external id or Customer's customer id

How and where to change a conversion's unique id, or a customers unique id.

Written by Amaris Montes
Updated over a week ago

Auto-approve commissions

Automating the approval of commissions

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

Bonuses

Incentivize your affiliates by setting up performance-based bonus rewards

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

Deleting a Conversion or a Customer

How to delete (test) Conversions or Customers from your account

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

How do refunds or commission changes affect affiliate balances on Tapfiliate?

How changes to a commission may impact an affiliate's balance

Written by Amaris Montes
Updated over a week ago

Managing your Programs

Your Reporting Page

Drill-down, Explore & more - your affiliate program insights at glance.

Written by Amaris Montes
Updated over a week ago

Batch Management

Manage your affiliates, conversions & customers quickly and efficiently

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

How can I change my programs' tracking method?

Tracking methods might need to be changed for different reasons. Learn how to perform this changes.

Written by Ad
Updated over a week ago

How do I manage multiple currencies?

Learn how to manage cases of stores with multiple currencies

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

Can I cap the number of recurring/lifetime commissions?

How to set a cap and limit the number of commissions an affiliate can

Written by Amaris Montes
Updated over a week ago

What will change if I upgrade from automatic recurring commissions to Customers?

Written by Thomas
Updated over a week ago

Cookies

How long are visitors tracked?

What “cookie time” is and how to set it up.

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

What is cookie time?

The lifespan of a cookie and how to set it up and/or adjust this configuration.

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

If two affiliates have referred the same customer, which affiliate will get the commission?

Implications of the 'last cookie count' logic.

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

Handling affiliate questions

How affiliates can customize their links

Information on how affiliates can change their referral code.

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

Can I resend affiliate log in details?

Resend affiliate login details and password if they've forgotten their credentials.

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

I need information to help my affiliates use Tapfiliate

How to reply to questions from affiliates

Written by Maria
Updated over a week ago

How affiliates can track individual traffic sources

Create special links and assets that point to sources of traffic

Written by Ad
Updated over a week ago

How can my affiliates change their referral links?

Written by Thomas
Updated over a week ago