Affiliate Marketing
Essentials

Learn how to build, sustain and scale your affiliate marketing in 14 lessons.

Before you Get Started

Here's a checklist of all essentials you need before starting your journey.

What Are Affiliates and How Can you Find Them?

Start with the foundations. Get a clear understanding of who're the right people to partner up with, how and where to find them.

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How to Onboard Affiliates

How do you get the best people to work with you? This is one of the most difficult lessons – which makes it all the more important to focus on.

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Create a Landing Page

You'll learn how to capitalize on your uniqueness. Learn how to create your unique value statement, to convey it through clear and valuable content, and how to best use visuals on your landing page.

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Set the Best Commission Rates

Learn how to set and maximise affiliate commission rates without compromising your profit margins.

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Private Networks vs. Open Marketplace

A big element that can make or break your efforts. We'll detail the big differences between using an open marketplace vs. nurturing a private network depending on where you're at.

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Promote your Program

Learn how to promote your affiliate program by focusing on six key areas. Increase your reach, visibility, and trust to drive success.

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Dos and Don'ts for 2025

Discover 15 powerful affiliate marketing examples that are crushing it in 2025. See what’s working for top brands like Shopify, SEMrush, and Amazon—and how to apply their strategies to grow your own program.

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Join the Smart Companies
Already Using Trackdesk

9/3/2024

We needed a platform that’s truly user-friendly, offers a comprehensive feature set, and doesn’t rely on tricky pricing schemes. I’m pleased to say that Trackdesk ticks all these boxes.

Daria

6/24/2024

Setting up our program was unusually easy. Also custom reports are super-handy. Least but not last, the UX is just great, easy to use and work in.

Michal

7/29/2024

I love the fact we can request custom feature development, if they evaluate the feature as useful for other clients, they usually don't charge anything for that development.

Vlad

6/25/2024

Custom domain, offers, forms, conversion types. So much to work with and edit. I finally feel in control of my own affiliate program.

Tomas

7/30/2024

The custom reports feature is phenomenal and unique. I've not seen it anywhere else.

Zheka

6/20/2024

Tier automations combined with full API access and extensive integrations allows to automate different aspects of affiliate program, saving a significant amount of time. Very useful, easy to use.

Martin

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Go beyond software. Trackdesk gives you direct access to a global network of affiliate managers, agencies, partner networks, and industry communities. Whether you’re just launching or ready to scale, you’ll find proven experts who can build, manage, and accelerate your program.

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