How to Use Affiliate Link Categories

Affiliate Link Categories are standard, default affiliate links that can now be managed centrally in one place. This powerful feature allows you to organize multiple tracking links into categories with custom names, streamlining the management and distribution of affiliate links across your partner network. This guide will walk you through how to set up and use Affiliate Link Categories effectively.
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Affiliate Link Categories enable you to create and manage standardized tracking links that can be applied across your entire partner network. Each category can be:

When you create an Affiliate Link Category, the system automatically generates corresponding affiliate links for all relevant partners, eliminating the need for manual link creation.​

The system provides four pre-configured category suggestions to help you get started:

You can use these suggested categories as a starting point or create completely custom ones based on your specific needs.
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When setting up a partner in your account, the system automatically displays which default affiliate links will be created for them. This preview helps you understand exactly what tracking links the partner will receive based on your current affiliate link categories and the tags you assign.

The affiliate links created for a partner are based on two factors:

Tags play a crucial role in determining which affiliate links a partner receives:

If you have the following active categories:

And you assign the "seller" tag to a partner, they will receive three affiliate links:

Before finalizing the partner setup, the system displays a preview showing exactly which affiliate link categories will be generated. This notification appears as: "The following default affiliate links will be create for this partner" followed by badges for each category (e.g., "Primary", "Newsletter").
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This preview ensures you can verify the correct links will be created before completing the partner invitation.

Whenever an existing partner is linked to a new tag, the system automatically checks for affiliate link categories with matching tags. If there are any active categories that match the newly assigned tag, the corresponding affiliate links will be:

This ensures partners always have access to the most current and relevant affiliate links based on their assigned tags, without requiring manual intervention.
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Once a partner is invited, they will receive an additional email notification containing:

When the partner accepts the invitation or is approved:

To create a new category, you'll need to fill out the following fields:

​Required Fields:

When creating a new Affiliate Link Category, the system will automatically generate links for all future partners. To create links for existing partners, you must turn on the "Create affiliate link for existing partners" toggle.

When the toggle is turned on, you can choose to create links for existing partners in two ways:

When the toggle is turned on, the system will automatically create links only for existing partners that have the matching tag. The affiliate link will be generated for all current partners whose tags match the category's tag.​
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If you create an Affiliate Link Category with a website URL that exactly matches one or multiple existing partners' affiliate links, the system will automatically rename those existing affiliate link labels to match the new category name. This ensures consistency across your entire partner network.

The system will display an Attention message (shown in red) indicating how many partners will be affected by this change. For example: "There are 45 partners with this affiliate link's website. Their affiliate link's label will automatically be updated to this category's name."

This automatic renaming helps maintain consistency and ensures that all partners using the same destination URL have uniformly labeled links.​
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Once you've configured all settings, ensure the Active toggle is turned ON. Only active categories will:

Click Create to finalize your new Affiliate Link Category.

Note: Regardless of whether you create links for existing partners, all future partners invited or accepted after the category is created will automatically receive the appropriate affiliate links based on their tags and the category's active status.