Choosing Affiliate Programs

Recurring commissions can keep paying while customers stay subscribed; one-time commissions pay once. Here's how to tell which pays off for your audience.

Physical products are often easier to sell; digital products tend to pay higher commission rates. Here's how they compare and how to decide which to promote first.

A plain-English checklist of the affiliate agreement terms that decide what you're paid, how you may promote and when a program can take commissions back.

Networks bundle many brands into one dashboard and often one payout; direct programs give you a closer link to one brand. Here's which to join first.

Why your first commission can take a while to arrive: how payouts move from pending to paid, what net-30 means and what programs need from you first.