Frequently asked questions

LinkApprove is a sub-affiliate network and creator monetization platform. It gives influencers, publishers and media partners one account with access to affiliate programs across every major affiliate network, with consolidated tracking, deep linking and a single payout instead of a separate account and payment threshold for every network.

An affiliate network contracts directly with brands and provides the tracking infrastructure. A sub-affiliate network is itself an approved publisher on those networks and redistributes that access to partners who would not be approved individually. LinkApprove holds the upstream relationships, so a creator promotes an invite-only program under LinkApprove's approval rather than applying cold and being declined.

No. Joining LinkApprove is free for creators and publishers. There is no monthly fee and no minimum spend. LinkApprove earns by retaining a share of the commission an advertiser pays on sales you generate; if you earn nothing, you pay nothing.

Creators, publishers, content sites, newsletters, apps, comparison sites and media partners can all apply. You need at least 1,000 followers on one channel to open an account. Above that line applications are reviewed for traffic quality and content fit rather than audience size, and partners in every country are accepted, though the programs available to you depend on where your audience is located.

Social media, short-form video, blogs and content sites, email to opted-in lists, newsletters, apps and comparison content are all permitted. Paid search on advertiser brand terms, trademark bidding, is prohibited across almost every program. Incentivised traffic, cashback and adult, political or misleading content are not accepted.

Partner applications are typically reviewed within two business days. Once approved you have immediate access to the program directory, and most advertisers within it require no separate application because LinkApprove is already approved on them.

The most common reasons are content that cannot be matched to any advertiser in the directory, traffic sources we do not accept, or a channel with no published content at the time of review. A decline is not permanent, if you were rejected for thin content and have since published, reapplying is fine. We do not decline for audience size.

No. A website is not required. Social profiles, short-form video channels, newsletters and apps are all accepted, and the absence of a domain is the specific gap this network exists to close. Most direct affiliate applications require one.

Yes. Joining LinkApprove is not exclusive and does not restrict you from holding your own accounts elsewhere. If you are already approved directly on a program and happy with the terms, run it directly. You keep the full commission that way. LinkApprove is worth using where you would not be approved, or where consolidating many programs into one payout is worth more than the margin.

Not yet. The mobile app is in development and the platform is web-only today. The app store badges in our footer read 'coming soon' rather than linking to listings, because those listings do not exist yet.

A deep link points at a specific product or category page rather than an advertiser's homepage, while still carrying your tracking. You can generate one for any URL on any advertiser you are approved for, so a post about one product sends the reader to that product instead of making them search for it again.

A sub-ID is a label you attach to a link so earnings can be split by source. LinkApprove supports up to five sub-IDs per link, which is enough to separate platform, campaign, post and placement at once. Without them you can see that you earned, but not which piece of content earned it.

Cross-device tracking is included on every program that supports it. Whether it is available is set by the advertiser and their network, not by us, so it cannot be guaranteed on all programs, a click on mobile that converts on desktop is attributed where the advertiser's own tracking allows it.

The cookie window is how long after a click a purchase is still attributed to you. It is set by the advertiser, not by LinkApprove, which is why it ranges from one day to forty-five across the directory. Every program page states its window and shows how it compares to the rest of that category.

The sale is not attributed to you and no commission is generated. This is why the window matters more for content people return to over weeks, reviews and comparison guides, than for content that converts on the first visit.

Paid social and paid search are permitted on programs where the advertiser allows them, and restrictions are flagged per program. Bidding on an advertiser's own brand terms is prohibited across the entire network without exception, and is grounds for removal rather than a warning.

Brands approve LinkApprove as a publisher on whichever major network they already use, and LinkApprove recruits, vets and manages creators against that single relationship. The brand keeps its existing tracking, terms and reporting, and manages one publisher rather than hundreds of individual creators.

No. LinkApprove operates inside your existing network account, so there is no new contract, no migration and no additional tracking implementation. If you are not yet on a network, we can advise on which is the best fit for your category and market.

Every partner is reviewed for content quality, audience geography and traffic source before approval, and traffic is monitored continuously for the patterns that indicate incentivised or fraudulent activity. Brands can also specify exclusions, content types, promotional methods or regions, which are enforced at the partner level.

Nothing beyond the commission already defined in your affiliate program. LinkApprove is paid from that same commission, on validated sales only, so the cost of the channel remains strictly performance-based.

Partner-level reporting is available on request. In your network dashboard LinkApprove appears as a single publisher line by design. That consolidation is the point of the arrangement, but we will break activity down by partner and remove any specific partner from your program if you ask.

Yes. Content-type exclusions, promotional-method restrictions such as coupon, email or paid social, and geographic limits are all supported and enforced at partner level rather than published as guidance and hoped for. Trademark bidding is prohibited network-wide regardless of whether a brand asks.

Partners are reviewed on content, audience geography and traffic source before approval, incentivised and cashback traffic is not permitted without written advertiser approval, and partners showing repeated clawback patterns are removed rather than warned indefinitely. In a sub-affiliate structure one bad partner risks every partner's access, so the incentive to police this sits with us.