Sprout AffiliateHow Sprout Affiliate works
How each part works, in the order you will meet it. Everything here describes the app as it ships today.
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Setting upInstalling, permissions, your first program, and confirming tracking is actually live.
Programs and commissionPercent or flat, tiers, cookie windows, customer discounts, and product scope.
Getting affiliatesYour signup page and its templates, invites, the Sprout network, marketplace applicants.
Running your program
Links and discount codesThe plain referral link, the link builder with source tags, personal link endings, short links, and codes.
How referrals are trackedHow a click becomes a credited sale, the cookie window, code versus link attribution, and what cannot be tracked.
Referral ordersPending, approved, rejected, and paid. Why there is no clearing period, plus refunds, cancellations, and locked rates.
PayoutsMethods, minimums, the schedule, the payment memo, tax, and exactly what happens when a payout fails.
Messages and emailsIn-app chat, every automated email and what triggers it, bulk email limits, white labelling.
Reporting
AnalyticsEvery metric defined precisely, including why a one-page visit has no measurable time on store.
Tracked clicks and page journeysOne row per visit, the page-by-page trail with timestamps, and where the click came from.