Commission Models
Affiliate commission structures and margins
Choose percentage, fixed and conditional affiliate commissions using eligible order value, contribution margin and clear payout rules.
Desk
Affiliate Programme Desk
Reviews how Australian businesses structure affiliate programmes, recruit publishers and set commission rules.
Programme Setup
Affiliate landing pages and product feeds
Plan affiliate destinations and product feeds together so publishers share accurate product details and customers reach the right page.
Programme Setup
Affiliate programme terms and publisher rules
Set affiliate programme terms for commission, credit, permitted promotion, disclosures, order review and changes before publishers join.
Commission Models
Calculating a sustainable commission from contribution margin
Work out an affiliate commission ceiling from eligible revenue, variable order costs and the contribution your business needs to retain.
Publisher Recruitment
Choosing a country before recruiting overseas publishers
Choose an overseas affiliate market using customer access, product requirements, delivery and commercial viability before recruiting publishers.
Programme Setup
Choosing affiliate software or a network
Compare affiliate software and networks by publisher access, commission rules, operating work and export options before choosing a platform.
Programme Setup
Choosing products that can support an affiliate commission
Screen products for affiliate promotion using order contribution, discounts, fulfilment costs, availability and verifiable product facts.
Publisher Recruitment
Comparing shipping coverage with publisher audience locations
Compare an overseas publisher's recent audience locations with product-level delivery coverage before agreeing an affiliate placement.
Commission Models
Coupon and cashback affiliates
Coupon and cashback affiliates can influence a shopper near checkout, but a credited sale is not automatically a new sale.
Programme Setup
Defining permitted traffic sources for affiliates
Create affiliate traffic rules for declared properties, paid search, email, social promotion and written exceptions.
Programme Setup
Designing product feeds publishers can actually use
Map product feed fields to publisher tasks, keep item IDs stable and check the downloaded data against live product pages.
Programme Setup
Explaining commission reversals before a publisher joins
Explain pending commission, reversal grounds, review deadlines and query routes in affiliate joining terms.
Publisher Recruitment
Finding publishers whose readers match the product
Assess whether a publisher’s readers, location and proposed placement fit your product before making contact.
Publisher Recruitment
Giving publishers product information they can verify
Give an affiliate publisher a product fact sheet that points to current, checkable evidence.
Publisher Recruitment
Handling leaked affiliate discount codes
A leaked code can spread beyond the partner audience and alter both discount cost and attribution.
Programme Setup
International affiliate expansion from Australia
Plan overseas affiliate expansion from Australia by checking market readiness, the customer journey, publisher reach and commission economics.
Programme Setup
Keeping product feeds accurate for content partners
Keep an affiliate product feed aligned with the product page, especially for price, availability, model and destination.
Publisher Recruitment
Localising affiliate offers rather than translating a banner
Localise an overseas affiliate offer by checking the product, price, currency, delivery terms and publisher wording across the customer journey.
Programme Setup
Matching an affiliate landing page to the publisher's context
Choose an affiliate destination that fulfils the promise in a publisher’s review, guide or offer, then check the final page as a customer.
Commission Models
Percentage commissions versus fixed acquisition fees
Compare percentage affiliate commissions with fixed acquisition fees using order values, a crossover point and contribution guardrails.
Programme Setup
Planning seasonal content with affiliate publishers
Plan seasonal affiliate content far enough ahead for publishers to research and produce it, then keep the information current through launch.
Programme Setup
Publisher affiliate programmes versus referral schemes
Compare publisher affiliate programmes with customer referral schemes by participant, reward, rules and operating work.
Commission Models
Removing unproductive incentives from a commission plan
Identify incentives that miss their purpose, cost affected orders and introduce a clear replacement rule with proper partner notice.
Publisher Recruitment
Reviewing an affiliate application before approval
Review an affiliate applicant’s property, audience, promotional method and proposed terms before deciding.
Publisher Recruitment
Reviewing publisher access before choosing a network
Check relevant publisher profiles, invitation routes and programme visibility before treating network access as a reason to sign.
Commission Models
Separating public discounts from exclusive affiliate offers
An exclusive affiliate offer should give the partner's audience a distinct, agreed benefit.
Programme Setup
Setting an affiliate programme objective beyond gross sales
Set an affiliate objective around approved customers, product contribution or another defined outcome, with a baseline and review decision.
Commission Models
Setting commissions for new versus existing customers
Define new and existing customers, price each order group and check the data and fallback behind customer-status commissions.
Commission Models
Setting cross-border commission economics
Set an overseas affiliate commission by comparing destination-specific order costs, payout rules and currency exposure with the retained contribution required.
Publisher Recruitment
Setting expectations for sponsored and affiliate disclosures
Set disclosure expectations for affiliate links, sponsored content, gifted reviews and different publishing formats.
Publisher Recruitment
Supporting comparisons without demanding a favourable verdict
Support an affiliate comparison by giving the publisher accurate, comparable facts and allowing an independent conclusion.
Commission Models
Testing commission rules in an affiliate platform demo
Use proposed orders to check payout precedence, defaults, missing data and reversals in an affiliate platform demo.
Publisher Recruitment
Working with content affiliates
Content affiliates publish guides, reviews, comparisons or other material that helps their audience choose.
Publisher Recruitment
Writing a publisher invitation with a clear commercial offer
Write an affiliate publisher invitation with a specific audience reason, clear commercial terms and appropriate Australian outreach checks.
Commission Models
Writing rules for coupon and voucher publishers
Set coupon-publisher rules for approved offers, display claims, exclusions, code use and affiliate credit.