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How long does it take to set up an affiliate program with LinkJolt?

Most merchants are live in 5 to 10 minutes: create a campaign, connect your payment processor webhook, and add the tracking script. No engineering project required.

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Updated Sep 14, 2026

Most merchants launch in 5 to 10 minutes. Setup is form based, not a development project. There are three steps, and only the third one touches your site.

The three steps

  1. Create a campaign. Choose your commission type, percentage or fixed amount, and set its value. The Approvals section is where you decide whether affiliates are approved automatically or reviewed by hand. Referrals are tracked for a fixed 30 days, so there is no window for you to set.
  2. Connect your payment processor. Add a LinkJolt webhook to Stripe, Paddle, or whichever processor you already use, or on Stripe and Polar approve LinkJolt once instead. That is dashboard configuration in the account you already own, not code. It is how conversions are recorded. You keep your own processor account, and no money ever flows through LinkJolt.
  3. Add the tracking script to your website so link clicks are attributed. It is a single line in your <head>. With a Stripe, Paddle or Polar checkout your own code creates, you also pass the stored tracking value into the checkout call, which is a small frontend or backend change. If you would rather not touch your checkout code, affiliate coupon codes are the no code alternative.

What you do not need

There is no visual builder, sandbox, or migration project to complete first. You configure the campaign in a form and you are live.

Once the campaign is live you can invite affiliates directly, or list it on the Discovery marketplace (Professional plan and above) so affiliates can find and join it themselves.

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