Important
As of March 31, 2020, Cleverbridge no longer issues payouts to affiliates through the Affiliate
An individual or a company that markets a product to potential customers. The Affiliate receives a commission on a specific action (also called event: e.g., sale, lead, click, visit etc.) previously agreed upon with you, the advertiser. Each action is tracked via a unique tracking link from Partnerize.
An affiliate is also called a publisher. Center. If you choose to continue using the Affiliate Center to manage your affiliates, you are responsible for paying them out based on the performance reports generated by the Cleverbridge platform.
If you no longer want to handle affiliate payouts yourself, ask us about upgrading to Partnerize, our newest performance marketing solution.
Different types of emails are used in the communication between Cleverbridgeand your affiliates. Affiliates can also choose to receive notifications with transactional data. The following table lists each email and notification type, along with its corresponding prefix and a short description.
| Type | Prefix | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AffiliateNotification | NOT_AF |
This notification is sent to an affiliate when an order |
| AffiliateSignupConfirmation | ASC_AF |
This email is sent to an affiliate when they have been accepted into your affiliate program. The email includes the affiliate ID and the link to the Affiliate Center. You can add additional text to the email in the Commerce Assistant under Channel Management, Affiliate Center Setup, Acceptance Email HTML. |
| ClearingInvoiceAffiliate | CLE_AF |
This email is sent to affiliates that have earned more than 100 USD or 100 EUR in one month. The email is sent at the beginning of the following month, and it has a credit note attached detailing the commission earned by the affiliate. |
| PasswordRecoveryForAffiliateCenter | PWR_AF |
An affiliate has forgotten their password for the Affiliate Center. This email contains a link for recovering the password. |