Finding an Affiliate Program

Check affiliate company clearinghouses - sites that aggregate affiliate programs.

Check affiliate program directories.

Do a search for a product or company name and affiliate program.

Think of some specific companies or types of companies whose offerings could fit in with your website.

Selecting an Affiliate Program

Find the best deal by doing a comparison.

Check the incentives and commission rates.

Check if the program offer fit into your business.

Check the program purpose.

Determine if you can trust the business initiating the program.

Check if the business have a history of successes.

Check if the program is honest and realistic.

Contact current clients and ask for their opinions.

Check how often payments are sent out.

Check out what is the minimum payout level.

Determine how targeted is your product.

Determine how much traffic you should generate so as to earn a commission from the sale.

Perform a quality analysis on the products your are promoting.

Check the customer support service and their responsive to you and your customer.

Make sure a merchant uses affiliate tracking software which ensures safety of both parties.

Make sure a merchant provides all the necessary affiliate marketing tools.

Download or Print this Affiliate Program Checklist

Get a printable version of this checklist in your preferred format: PDF, Word, Excel, or print directly from your browser.

Who it's for

This Affiliate Program Checklist is for teams that want consistent execution, less rework, and clear ownership.

Standardize quality - run the same Affiliate Program steps every time, regardless of who executes
Save time - reuse a proven Affiliate Program workflow instead of rebuilding processes from scratch
Improve accountability - assign owners and see what's done vs. what's pending
Onboard faster - use the Affiliate Program checklist as the SOP and training guide
Coordinate across roles - handoffs are clear and everyone works from the same source of truth

How to use this Affiliate Program Checklist:

Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
Reuse without rebuilding - when Affiliate Program comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.

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