A full affiliate platform — and it tracks the channels a specialist tool can't.
Scale the channel that already pays your MRR with a complete affiliate platform — no revenue caps. And because it measures every other channel on the same data, you can prove which one to scale next. $39/month.
- No credit card
- Free up to 1,000 events/mo
- Live in 5 min
Pulls revenue from your stack
Everything Rewardful and FirstPromoter do — and more
Compare TrackRev Affiliate against the two most popular SaaS affiliate tools, line by line.
| Capability | Rewardful | FirstPromoter | TrackRev Affiliate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recurring commissions | |||
| One-time & tiered commissions | |||
| Automatic refund reversal | |||
| Subscription-lifecycle aware | |||
| Branded partner portal | Growth+ | iframe | Own domain |
| Custom domain | Growth plan | ||
| Fraud / self-referral detection | |||
| Revenue caps | Capped | Capped $5k Starter | No caps |
| Tracks non-affiliate channels too | |||
| Price | $49+/mo | $49+/mo | $39/mo |
Every claim above is verified against each vendor's public documentation. TrackRev matches the specialist feature-for-feature — then adds what only a shared data model can.
TrackRev Affiliate is not a lite version of a specialist tool — it has the full feature set a dedicated platform has. The difference: it runs on the same data as your link tracking and attribution, so you can compare affiliate revenue against every other channel and scale one you have already proven pays.
How the TrackRev affiliate program works
Commissions accrue automatically from your real sales.
Same pixel, same Stripe key, same attribution engine. A partner's referral link is just a tagged TrackRev link — when an attributed sale lands, the commission row writes itself.
- Idempotent — refunds clear commissions, replays don't double-pay
- Recurring commissions for subscription businesses
- Per-program commission rate, cookie window, and minimum payout
Manual, invoice, or auto. You pick how the money moves.
Some teams want to pay each affiliate themselves. Some want one Stripe invoice at month-end. Some want the whole thing on auto-pilot. We support all three.
- Manual — export CSV, pay via your own PayPal Mass Pay / Wise
- Stripe invoice — TrackRev invoices you for the batch; we fan out
- Auto-charge — save a card; we charge + disburse monthly
| Newsletter | 4,212 | $8,420 |
| 3,108 | $5,140 | |
| YouTube | 1,927 | $3,860 |
| Direct | 1,512 | $1,910 |
Let your best affiliates recruit the next ones.
Turn on Partner Accelerator and affiliates earn when the partners they recruit go on to sell — commission climbing the referral chain out of one capped pool. Set the pool (30% by default) and the seller's rate (10%); every level above decays geometrically, so the whole chain can never pay out more than you allow.
- One capped pool — deeper chains just split smaller, never cost more
- Auto-enroll turns customers into partners: a built-in viral loop
- A network-health metric flags affiliate-to-affiliate revenue past 25%
Everything you'd expect. Nothing you don't.
Partner onboarding
Invite by email, approve applications, generate a unique referral link per partner.
Commission ledger
Every accrued commission, by partner and order — pending, eligible, paid.
Monthly payouts
Group eligible commissions into a single batch when the partner clears the minimum.
PayPal & bank rails
Partner picks PayPal email or bank account at onboarding. PayPal pays out same day.
Tax forms collected
W-9 / W-8 upload built into partner onboarding. No more chasing forms in Q1.
Partner portal
Affiliates log in, see clicks/sales/balance, manage payout method — without bothering you.
Teams running real partner revenue
Founders and growth teams running real partner revenue on TrackRev — and measuring it against every other channel on the same data.
“Half our team conversations used to be arguing about which channel actually drove the sale. We just pull TrackRev up on the call now — the argument is over before it starts.”
“I've shipped two SaaS products and the affiliate + attribution layer was always the part I duct-taped together. TrackRev is the first time I haven't had to reach for the duct tape.”
“Server-side tracking that survives iOS and ad-blockers was non-negotiable. The pixel was live in twenty minutes and the dashboard finally matches what Stripe is telling us.”
“We trialled four attribution tools before this one. TrackRev is the only one where the numbers tied out against Stripe on day one — no manual reconciliation, no spreadsheet of shame.”
“Most attribution tools feel like a spreadsheet wearing a UI. TrackRev is the first one our ops team actually opens on Monday mornings — and the numbers don't need a translator.”
“I run a newsletter recommending automation tools. TrackRev is the first thing that showed me which posts actually convert — not just which ones rack up clicks. Killed two underperformers in week one.”
FAQs
The affiliate program, explained.
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Everything a specialist affiliate tool has — and the rest of your funnel.
Recurring commissions, refund reversal, a branded partner portal, and fraud detection — the full affiliate platform, with no revenue caps. Plus every other marketing channel on the same data. $39/month.
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