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You don't need ten thousand followers or a polished website to start earning as an affiliate. Here's what to know about joining with nothing built yet, and where to actually start.

Compare Affilitrak and Referrly side by side, including pricing, branding, commissions, and recruitment, to choose the right affiliate app for your Shopify store.

Compare Affilitrak and UpPromote side by side, including pricing, fees, branding, and recruitment, to choose the right affiliate app for your Shopify store.

Most new affiliates don't fail because affiliate marketing doesn't work. They fail because of a handful of avoidable mistakes. Here are the ten that matter most, and what to do instead.

Most affiliates manage a different login, dashboard, and payout schedule for every program they join. Here's why promoting brands and apps through a single account beats juggling them all.

You don't need a blog or a website to start earning as an affiliate. Here's how to promote affiliate links using the platforms you're probably already on.

Software works differently than physical products. If you learn to promote SaaS and Shopify apps well, they can pay you every month for a sale you made once.

Mantle is shutting down. Affilitrak for Apps is affiliate tracking built specifically for Shopify app developers, with seamless migration, honest attribution, and recurring commissions.

A guide to free affiliate marketing apps for Shopify: what 'free' really means, what to look for, and where Affilitrak lands, since it's currently free to run.

Mantle is winding down. This guide maps every Mantle module to a strong 2026 replacement, then goes deep on the most time-sensitive one: your affiliate program.

Everything you need to move your affiliate program from Mantle to Affilitrak for Apps, from connecting your app to importing your affiliates, with your existing links staying live the whole way through.

Comparisons between Affilitrak and Bixgrow

Affiliate links are the foundation of any affiliate program. They're how you know which affiliate sent which customer, and they're how you decide who gets paid. If the links aren't set up properly, your tracking breaks and your affiliates lose trust fast.

If you run an affiliate program, tracking sales accurately is the whole game. It decides who gets paid, how much, and whether your affiliates trust you enough to keep promoting your store. Get it wrong and you'll either overpay, underpay, or lose affiliates who feel cheated.

This guide walks you through the whole process in plain language, in the order you should actually do it.

Starting an affiliate program can be hard but it's harder if you don't know what you're doing. Learn the top 10 mistakes so you can avoid them.

Learn what affiliate cookie duration means, why it affects affiliate earnings, and how to choose the right tracking window.

All the terms to know when you're just getting started with affiliate marketing