Best Buy Affiliate Program
The Best Buy affiliate program pays 1% per sale with a 1-day cookie window, and is available to LinkApprove creators and publishers in the US and Canada without a separate application.
- Free to join
- No separate Best Buy application
- Decision usually within 2 business days
Last reviewed by the LinkApprove partnerships team
01Overview
About the Best Buy affiliate program
Best Buy is the largest consumer electronics retailer in North America, and its catalogue covers essentially every brand a tech creator might mention. That breadth is the reason to use it: when a specific manufacturer has no program, Best Buy usually carries the product anyway.
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The terms are genuinely restrictive and should be understood before building content around it. A 1-day cookie is among the shortest in the directory, and the base rate is low, so this program rewards immediate-intent traffic, deal alerts and in-stock notifications, rather than evergreen reviews.
Best Buy has the shortest cookie window of any program in the LinkApprove network, which makes it the clearest example of why creators should read the window before the rate, deal-alert traffic earns here, while evergreen review traffic almost never gets attributed.
Program fit score
Weighted against 31 tech & electronics programs
1.6/ 5
| Factor | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Commission per conversion | 40% | 0.51 |
| Cookie window | 25% | 0.25 |
| Average order value | 20% | 0.43 |
| Region breadth | 15% | 0.39 |
Cookie window
29 days shorter than the median
1day
Shorter than most tech & electronics programs, so content works best close to the moment of purchase. Dots are the 31 programs in tech & electronics; the range is 1–45 days.
02Conversion
Why Best Buy converts
- Catalogue breadth covers brands that have no direct affiliate program
- Deal and doorbuster events drive concentrated, immediate-intent traffic
- Strong open-box and clearance sections suit bargain-led publishers
- In-store pickup converts shoppers who will not wait for delivery
03Audience fit
Which creators this suits
- Deal-alert and stock-tracking publishers
- Tech creators covering brands without their own program
- Black Friday and seasonal sale content
04Getting started
How to join the Best Buy affiliate program
- 1Create a free account on LinkApprove and submit your content channels for review.
- 2Get approved, usually within two business days, then find Best Buy in the program directory.
- 3Generate a deep link to any Best Buy product page, adding sub-IDs for the platform or campaign.
- 4Publish and track clicks and validated commission in one balance alongside every other program you run.
LinkApprove already holds the upstream approval, so you don’t submit a separate application to Best Buy.
Create a free account05Attribution
When you get paid on this program
- ClickDay 0
- PurchaseWithin 1 day · cookie
- ValidatedAdvertiser confirms · 30–60 day hold
- PaidNext payout run
- Minimum (wallets)
- $100
- Minimum (wire)
- $1,000
- Schedule
- Monthly → daily
EPC isn't published yet: our sample on this program is too small to mean anything. Full thresholds, rails and schedules are on the payouts page.
Tech & electronics
How Best Buy compares in its category
Electronics pays lower percentage commissions than soft goods but compensates with order values in the hundreds. Review, comparison and unboxing content dominates; discount-led traffic performs poorly because most advertisers in this vertical restrict coupon placements.
Showing 11 of 31 programs. Commission and cookie figures are indicative and set by the advertiser.
Compare all 31 programs06FAQ
Common questions
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How much does the Best Buy affiliate program pay?
The Best Buy affiliate program pays 1% per sale (rates vary sharply by department, computing and gaming sit at the low end, while accessories and appliances pay more). Average order value on the program is $210, so commission per conversion is calculated against that basket rather than a single item price.
What is the cookie duration for the Best Buy affiliate program?
The Best Buy program has a 1-day cookie window. A purchase made after that window has closed is not attributed to you, which is why content timing matters on this program.
How do I join the Best Buy affiliate program?
You can join the Best Buy affiliate program through LinkApprove without applying to Best Buy directly. LinkApprove already holds the upstream approval, so once your LinkApprove partner account is approved you can generate tracked links to any Best Buy product page immediately.
Which countries does the Best Buy affiliate program accept?
The Best Buy program accepts traffic from US, CA. Traffic from outside these regions may not be attributed even when the click is tracked, so check your audience geography before committing content to it.
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