Affiliate, Influencer and Creator Knowledge Base

Earn from the audience you already have

Guides for affiliates, influencers, content creators, publishers, and bloggers: finding programs, applying, tracked links, creatives, commissions, getting paid directly by merchants, and tax forms.

Getting started

What Diversified Affiliates is and how to set up your affiliate account.

What is Diversified Affiliates?

Diversified Affiliates connects affiliates with merchant programs; merchants pay affiliates directly.

Affiliate quick start

The exact steps to go from invitation code to your first tracked referral link.

Influencers, creators, and publishers on Diversified Affiliates

Influencers, YouTubers, streamers, bloggers, podcasters, and publishers are all affiliates here, with one shared account type.

Affiliate profile

Build the profile merchants review, and control what stays private.

Finding programs

Browse the marketplace and research merchants before you apply.

Marketplace overview

Browse, filter, and sort every active program open to affiliates.

Country availability

How your country of residence determines which programs you can join.

Hidden programs

Hide programs you are not interested in without affecting your applications.

Merchant profiles and research visits

Review a merchant's public profile and its active programs before you apply.

Applying to programs

Submit applications, understand invitations, and handle declines.

Applying to a program

Review program terms, answer any questions, and submit your application.

Why applications are declined

Common reasons a merchant rejects an application, and when you can reapply.

Merchant invitations

How a merchant invitation lets you apply to an invite-only or private program.

Your programs

Track every application and relationship in one place.

Your programs

Track every application you have submitted and its current status in one list.

Tracking your links

Create referral links, label your traffic, and confirm tracking works.

How tracking works

Understand how clicks, sessions, and conversions connect your referral to a sale.

Tracking IDs and referral links

Create referral links and label your traffic sources with tracking IDs.

Tracking identities and labels

How to name, organize, archive, and restore the tracking IDs you use across your programs.

Attribution and coupons

How long a referral stays credited to you, and how coupon-based promotion works.

Testing your tracking

Run a safe test transaction to confirm your tracking, conversions, and commissions work end to end.

Creatives

Find approved banners, copy, and links to promote your programs.

Creative Library

Find approved banners, copy, and links from every program you are active in.

Campaign and dynamic creatives

How campaign-linked and always-updating dynamic creatives work for affiliates.

Commissions

Understand how commissions are calculated, statused, and reversed.

Understanding commissions

How commissions are calculated from conversions and what determines their status.

Commission statuses

What each commission status means, from pending to paid or reversed.

Refunds, chargebacks, and disputes

How refunds, returns, and chargebacks affect commissions you have already earned.

Payments

See how merchants pay you directly and how to confirm payments.

How you get paid

Merchants pay affiliates directly; Diversified Affiliates never holds or transfers your money.

Payment methods and thresholds

Set up how a merchant should pay you, and how payout minimums affect timing.

Confirming payments and problems

How to confirm a reported payment or report a problem with one.

Tax documents

Complete your Digital W-9 and control who can see it.

Why tax information is required

A W-9 is not required to join or apply, but is needed before certain payouts.

Digital W-9

Complete, certify, and manage authorization for your Digital W-9.

Tax protection and international affiliates

How your tax details stay protected, and what applies if you are outside the United States.

Messaging

Message merchants you have a relationship with.

Messaging merchants

Send and manage private messages with merchants you have a platform relationship with.

Notifications

Stay on top of platform updates and account alerts.

Notifications and what's new

Where platform, program, and account alerts appear, and how to review recent updates.

Account

Manage account security and required actions.

Managing your account

Review required actions, legal documents, and account-level controls.

Support

Get help, report problems, and send feedback.

Getting help

Send a support request, submit feedback, or file a private complaint.

Reference

Troubleshooting guides and a full status reference.

Affiliate troubleshooting

Fixes for the most common affiliate problems, from blocked applications to missing conversions.

Affiliate status reference

Every status label an affiliate can see, explained in one place.