Index

Owner's first referral

The first hour, and the aha. Owner, on desktop; the first affiliate, on phone.

1. Google: affiliate marketing software

   Proven Affiliate · Free to $3,000 of referred revenue a month · every feature

   Sign up with Google

   1. The owner finds Proven Affiliate on Google and signs up with Google, on Free, no card.

2. Setup: connect sales system · campaign · test purchase · brand and terms · invite affiliates

   Billing system / Shopify app / course platform / funnel checkout

   Paste your keys

   2. Setup opens. The owner connects the billing system with the merchant's own keys; a store installs the Shopify app.

3. Install step for the developer: how it reaches the developer, and what it holds, unsettled

   3. Where the owner does not wire tracking himself, the developer receives one install step and does it once.

4. Campaign, pre-filled: rate · cookie window 60 days · recurring limit · hold period · payout threshold · payout date · methods

   Accept

   4. The owner accepts the pre-filled campaign: commission, hold period, threshold, payout date, and methods, from the trade's defaults.

5. Setup: test purchase ✓

   Referral trail: click → referral → commission (test)

   5. The owner makes a test purchase and sees it on the referral trail. The install check, not yet the aha.

6. Brand and portal: logo · colours · language

   Terms

   Invite: paste a list · or share the sign-up page link

   6. The owner sets brand and terms and invites a first affiliate from a pasted list, or shares the sign-up page with the customers and creators who asked. The first hour ends here.

7. Merchant's portal

   Your link · your code

   Creatives

   Copy link

   7. Later, the affiliate copies its link or code and shares it; a referred customer signs up or buys at the merchant's checkout.

8. How the owner learns of the first referral: unsettled

   Referral trail: first referral, credited to the affiliate · commission pending

   8. The first referral, credited to the affiliate with its commission following; for a subscription business the paid commission arrives a trial later.