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Practical guides for founders: how to launch, what to pay, how tracking really works, how to pay partners and stay compliant, and how to keep them promoting you.
Programs
- November 2026How to launch a SaaS affiliate program, step by stepThe decisions to make before your first partner joins, in the order that saves you from redoing them: offer, terms, tracking, billing, payouts and launch.
- November 2026What to put in your affiliate program termsThe clauses every SaaS affiliate agreement needs — attribution, commissions, refunds, prohibited promotion, payouts and tax — in plain words.
Commissions
- November 2026How much commission should you pay SaaS affiliates?Work out an affiliate commission rate from your own revenue, retention and acquisition cost instead of copying someone else’s.
- November 2026Recurring or one-time commissions?The trade-offs between paying affiliates on every renewal and paying once per customer: cash flow, partner motivation, accounting and how to mix the two.
- November 2026Refunds, chargebacks and commission holdsWhat should happen to an affiliate’s commission when a customer is refunded, partly refunded or disputes a charge — and how a hold period keeps it simple.
Payouts and tax
- November 2026Affiliate tax forms: W-9, W-8BEN and 1099-NEC explainedWhich tax form to collect from each affiliate, how long forms stay valid, and when a 1099-NEC is due, including the $2,000 threshold for 2026.
- November 2026KYC and sanctions screening for affiliate payoutsWhy to verify who you pay and screen them against sanctions lists before every payout run, and how to do it without frustrating partners.
- November 2026Paying affiliates: methods, payout terms and minimumsMonthly runs with NET terms, minimum balances, PayPal or bank transfer, managed or manual payouts, and what to do when a payout fails.
Tracking
- November 2026First click or last click? Choosing affiliate attributionWhen two affiliates sent the same customer, who gets the commission? First click vs last click, cookie windows and lead lifetimes.
- November 2026First-party cookies, Safari and affiliate trackingHow affiliate tracking survives third-party cookie blocking, what Safari does to cookie lifetimes, and how not to lose referrals.
- November 2026How payments find their affiliateThe order an affiliate system uses to credit a payment — customer id, email, promo code, metadata — and how to set up Stripe, Paddle and Chargebee.
Growth
- November 2026Turning sign-ups into active affiliatesMost affiliates who join never send a click. An onboarding sequence, the right resources and timely nudges change that — here is what to send, and when.
- November 2026Affiliate fraud: the patterns to catch before you paySelf-referrals, brand bidding, ad hijacking, cookie stuffing, fake signups and refund abuse: how each shows in your data and what to do.
- November 2026Finding your first twenty affiliatesWhere a SaaS company’s first affiliates come from — customers, consultants, creators and partners — and how to invite them.
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