Affiliates

Is there an option to create an Affiliate Area?
You can let the tool generate an Affiliate Area for you. This will create a new page that contains the Affiliates Dashboard. You can later customize the page and add additional pages as needed.
Go to Affiliates > Settings > Pages and press the Generate button.
You will find a new page titled Affiliate Area on your site which includes the Affiliated Dashboard, providing several Dashboard Sections that streamline the process from partners signing up to providing them their affiliate links and earnings information.
You can edit this page and adjust it according to your preferences. The dashboard and its sections can be further customized using templates.
How can I show affiliates their affiliate link?
Note: You can create a page and embed a shortcode manually, or you can create an Affiliate Area as outlined above.

For example, embed this shortcode on a page:

[affiliates_url]

This will render a link to your site with the affiliate's ID appended.

If you want to link to a certain page, you can use this shortcode:

[affiliates_url]http://www.example.com/somepage[/affiliates_url]

If you want to show how a link would look like, you can use the shortcode within HTML as well, for example:

<a href="[affiliates_url]">[affiliates_url]</a>

Remember to use HTML entities for < and > as shown above.
How can I show affiliates information about their performance?
Information about an affiliate's performance is provided via the Affiliates Dashboard and other facilities.

Embed the content that you want to show to affiliates like this:

[affiliates_is_affiliate]
This is visible to affiliates who are logged in only.
[/affiliates_is_affiliate]

For content to show to non-affiliates use this:

[affiliates_is_not_affiliate]
You can see this if you are not logged in as an affiliate.
[/affiliates_is_not_affiliate]

Affiliate links are available for registered affiliates and they can see
them in the Affiliate Area. You can also customize these and let them
link to any page on your site.
Can we track visits to our site through our partners' sites?
Yes.

The Affiliates system tracks visits via affiliate links to any page on
your site. It also allows to track referred user registrations and order,
while recording related commissions through referrals and transaction data.
Can we register commissions manually?
Yes.

Commissions are registered manually via the Referrals section in the
Affiliates menu.
Can we grant commissions when affiliates refer new users?
Yes.

The built-in user registration integration allows to grant commissions
for new user sign-ups.
Can we record referrals automatically when, for example, an order is placed?
Yes. See the documentation on Affiliates for details on supported integrations.

See the documentation on Affiliates Pro and Affiliates Enterprise
for additional supported premium integrations and advanced integration features.
I am an affiliate of ACME and they provided me with an affiliate link. Is this plugin for me?
No it isn't.

This plugin is for sites that need to manage their affiliates.

Please have a look at the Affiliate plugin for this purpose instead.
Can I automatically store additional referral and transaction data?
Yes you can do that through the plugin's API functions.
I need to keep track of all transactions, including those that have not been initiated via an affiliate. Is this possible?
Yes!

Referrals that are not attributable to an affiliate can be stored along with arbitrary transaction data and associated with the site owner.
There is a dedicated entry for that, called Direct in the affiliates list, representing the site owner.
What about timezones?
The plugin provides timezone-independent recording and retrieval of hits, visits and referrals.
Data is stored with reference to the server's settings and shown adjusted to the timezone settings in your WordPress site.
How flexible is data recording and retrieval for referrals?
You can store any information you need along with referrals.
Is it possible to create affiliate links to any page on my site?
Yes.
Is it possible to have affiliate links to specific posts?
Yes.
How fine-grained are permissions?
The plugin provides role-based permissions to access gathered affiliate data, administer affiliates and administer options.
Can I change the content of the email that new affiliates receive?
Affiliates Pro and Affiliates Enterprise come with advanced notification features.
After login, I want to keep users on the same page or redirect users to another page instead of the WordPress login. How can I do that?
Use the [affiliates_login_redirect] shortcode.