What changed: follower minimum and $100 threshold
Two changes to how LinkApprove works, why each was made, and who is worse off. Written the way we would want to read it if it were someone else's platform.
Moosa · · 3 min
Author
Moosa
Founder, LinkApprove
I run LinkApprove. I started it after watching capable creators get declined by affiliate programs on procedural grounds, no website, not enough traffic, rather than on whether they could actually sell anything. I write here about how the mechanics really work, including the parts that are unflattering to us.
10 articles
Sub-IDs, or how to know which post actually earned
Untagged affiliate traffic cannot be broken down after the fact. A sub-ID naming scheme that still reads clearly in six months, what to keep out of one, and the things sub-IDs do not fix.
Moosa · · 6 min
The first ninety days, honestly
Month one produces clicks and no money, month two produces the first validated cohort and the first reversals, and month three is the first honest read of the run rate. What actually happens, and why the first payout looks worse than the business is.
Moosa · · 6 min
Sub-affiliate networks explained, no sales pitch
What a sub-affiliate network actually is, how the commission split works, and the specific situations where it is the wrong choice.
Moosa · · 5 min
Cookie windows are shrinking: what still works
Attribution windows have tightened across retail affiliate programs. Here is which content formats still earn under a short window, and which quietly stop working.
Moosa · · 6 min
Why your pending commission keeps disappearing
Reversals are normal in retail affiliate marketing. Here is what causes them, which categories they concentrate in, and when a clawback pattern is telling you something.
Moosa · · 6 min
Mastering Affiliate Marketing in Just One Month
A four-week plan for learning affiliate marketing from scratch, covering the terminology, choosing a program, building a site and driving traffic to it.
Moosa · · 4 min
Affiliate Marketing Top Leaders
Profiles of four affiliate marketers, Pat Flynn, John Chow, Neil Patel and Shawn Collins, and the lesson each one is best known for teaching.
Moosa · · 6 min
How to Become an Affiliate with No Experience
A beginner's guide to affiliate marketing: how merchants, affiliates and customers fit together, and six steps from choosing a niche to tracking results.
Moosa · · 4 min
The Best Affiliate Programs That Pay Daily
Why daily payouts suit affiliates who need cash flow, six networks that offer them including ClickBank, MaxBounty and FlexOffers, and four tips for success.
Moosa · · 3 min
One approval, every program
Join free and promote any advertiser in the directory with a single payout.