Getting Started
Can I run an affiliate program without spreadsheets and manual tracking links?
How long does it take to set up an affiliate program with LinkJolt?
What is the difference between tracking links and coupon codes?
Tracking & Attribution
How are free-trial signups tracked, and when does commission count?
How do I track affiliate sales without adding code to my checkout?
How does LinkJolt decide which affiliate gets credit for a sale?
Payouts & Commissions
Can I pay affiliates in their own currency?
Can I reward top affiliates with a higher commission rate?
Does LinkJolt hold my money or process my payments?
How are recurring commissions calculated for subscriptions?
What commission rate should I offer affiliates?
What happens to an affiliate's commission when a sale is refunded?
When and how do affiliates actually get paid?
Integrations
Can I manage my affiliate program from Claude or ChatGPT?
Can I track affiliate sales for an iOS app?
Does LinkJolt have an MCP server?
How do I set up affiliate tracking with Stripe?
Which payment platforms does LinkJolt support for tracking?
Billing & Plans
Can I add my team to LinkJolt?
Can I run multiple brands or affiliate programs from one LinkJolt account?
Do you take a percentage of my affiliate sales?
How does billing and the monthly limit work when I run multiple brands?
What happens when I reach my plan's monthly tracked-revenue limit?
Affiliates
Can I put my own branding on the affiliate portal?
Can affiliates start promoting before I approve them?
How do I get affiliates into my program?
How do affiliates get their tracking links?
How does the Discovery marketplace help me find affiliates?
Security & Privacy
How does LinkJolt detect affiliate fraud and self-referrals?
How does LinkJolt's tracking handle data and privacy?
Is it safe to connect an AI assistant to LinkJolt?
Troubleshooting
An affiliate's coupon code is not being attributed. What should I check?
I installed the tracking script but clicks are not being tracked. What now?
My Stripe webhook shows 200 but no conversions are recorded. Why?
My team member cannot sign in or is stuck choosing a role. How do I fix it?
Why is an affiliate conversion not showing up?
Why is my dashboard showing the wrong currency?
Start at 20% of the sale for a SaaS product. That is the median across the 98 percentage-based campaigns in the LinkJolt benchmarks (the average is 22.9%), and the 20-25% band is the single most common choice. Pay it on renewals too if your margin allows: 26% of campaigns do.
For a SaaS product, 20% of the sale is the number to start from. It is the median commission across the 98 percentage-based campaigns in the SaaS Affiliate Program Benchmarks, the average is 22.9%, and the 20-25% band is the single most common choice. Offer less and your program sits below what affiliates see elsewhere; offer more and you are paying for attention you may not need yet.
81% of campaigns pay a percentage and 19% pay a fixed amount per sale, with a median fixed bounty of $30. A fixed bounty suits a single-price product or a trial where the first payment is predictable. A percentage scales with upgrades and annual plans, which is why it dominates in SaaS.
The rate, the recurring option and its cap (a number of payments or a number of months) are campaign settings, so you can run one campaign at 20% recurring for partners and another at a flat bounty for a launch promotion. Model the cost of any rate before you commit with the affiliate commission calculator.
All figures come from the September 2026 benchmark snapshot of 121 real campaigns on LinkJolt, with test and demo data excluded.
How are recurring commissions calculated for subscriptions?
When recurring commissions are enabled on a campaign, LinkJolt records a commission on each subscription renewal at your configured rate, until the optional cap is reached. You choose whether the cap counts months or payments.
Can I pay affiliates in their own currency?
Yes. LinkJolt tracks each campaign in the merchant's currency, and payouts can be made through Stripe Connect or CSV export so you can settle with affiliates in the currency that suits them.
Does LinkJolt hold my money or process my payments?
No. LinkJolt never holds or processes your funds. You keep your own Stripe or Paddle account, payments go straight to you, and LinkJolt only records conversions and facilitates affiliate payouts.
What happens to an affiliate's commission when a sale is refunded?
The commission is automatically reversed and marked refunded, and any payout still queued for it is cancelled. A partial refund reduces the commission in proportion to the amount refunded.
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