Discover Cars Affiliate Program
The Discover Cars affiliate program pays up to 6% per booking on a 30-day cookie window, on car rental comparison across global suppliers.
- Free to join
- No separate Discover Cars application
- Decision usually within 2 business days
Last reviewed by the LinkApprove partnerships team
01Overview
About the Discover Cars affiliate program
Discover Cars compares car rental across suppliers rather than acting as a rental company itself, which lets creators serve readers without recommending a specific provider, useful in a category where supplier quality varies enormously by location.
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Car rental converts on a genuine problem: a traveller who needs a car has no alternative, and price differences between suppliers at the same airport are large enough to make comparison worthwhile. That combination of necessity and real price variance produces conversion rates well above aspirational travel content.
The rate here sits above the flight and hotel programs in this directory, and car rental converts on necessity rather than aspiration once a trip requires driving. Road trip content converts better than general destination coverage.
Program fit score
Weighted against 28 travel programs
3.2/ 5
| Factor | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Commission per conversion | 40% | 1.08 |
| Cookie window | 25% | 0.81 |
| Average order value | 20% | 0.59 |
| Region breadth | 15% | 0.75 |
Cookie window
Same as the category median
30days
Most travel programs give around 30 days, so timing is neither an advantage nor a constraint here. Dots are the 28 programs in travel; the range is 7–31 days.
02Conversion
Why Discover Cars converts
- A rate above the flight and hotel programs in this category
- Renting a car is a necessity rather than a discretionary choice once a trip requires it
- Genuine price variance between suppliers makes comparison worth the reader's click
- A 30-day window covers the full trip planning period
03Audience fit
Which creators this suits
- Road trip and self-drive itinerary creators
- Destination publishers covering places where a car is required
- Travel channels producing practical logistics content
04Getting started
How to join the Discover Cars affiliate program
- 1Create a free account on LinkApprove and submit your content channels for review.
- 2Get approved, usually within two business days, then find Discover Cars in the program directory.
- 3Generate a deep link to any Discover Cars 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 Discover Cars.
Create a free account05Attribution
When you get paid on this program
- ClickDay 0
- PurchaseWithin 30 days · 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.
Travel
How Discover Cars compares in its category
Travel commissions are validated on completed stay rather than booking, which means longer hold periods, 60 to 90 days is normal. In exchange, the vertical has the longest cookie windows in the directory and very high order values.
- Agoda4%30 days$310
- Airaloup to €2.8030 days€14
- Airbnb3%30 days$680
- Awayup to 7%30 days$310
- Booking.comup to 4%30 days$520
- Discover Carsup to 6%30 days$230
- Emiratesup to €37.9230 daysNot published
- Expedia3%7 days$620
- GetYourGuideup to 8%31 days$95
- Hiltonup to 4%30 days$480
- Hostelworldup to 6%30 days$85
Showing 11 of 28 programs. Commission and cookie figures are indicative and set by the advertiser.
Compare all 28 programs06FAQ
Common questions
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How much does the Discover Cars affiliate program pay?
The Discover Cars affiliate program pays up to 6% per booking. Average order value on the program is $230, so commission per conversion is calculated against that basket rather than a single item price.
What is the cookie duration for the Discover Cars affiliate program?
The Discover Cars program has a 30-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 Discover Cars affiliate program?
You can join the Discover Cars affiliate program through LinkApprove without applying to Discover Cars directly. LinkApprove already holds the upstream approval, so once your LinkApprove partner account is approved you can generate tracked links to any Discover Cars product page immediately.
Which countries does the Discover Cars affiliate program accept?
The Discover Cars program accepts traffic from US, UK, EU, CA, AU. 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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