An affiliate is a partner who promotes products or services for a business and earns commissions or referral fees for driving sales. Affiliates utilize their own platforms and marketing techniques to generate leads and conversions for the affiliated business.

An affiliate program is a marketing initiative where businesses enlist partners (affiliates) to promote their products or services in exchange for commissions or referral fees. Affiliates receive unique tracking links or codes to monitor their referrals, enabling businesses to expand their reach and increase sales through the efforts of affiliated marketers.

Implementing an affiliate program offers a proactive and scalable approach to generate referrals, reaching a wider audience through the efforts of affiliates who are motivated by commissions or rewards. It provides businesses with tracking capabilities and incentivizes advocates to actively promote their products or services, complementing and enhancing the organic benefits of word-of-mouth marketing.

Referral programs and affiliate programs have similarities but also key differences. In a referral program, existing customers personally recommend products or services based on their own positive experiences, often targeting their social circles. Both the referrer and the new customer receive incentives. Conversely, affiliate programs involve third-party affiliates who promote products or services for businesses, focusing on commissions rather than personal recommendations. Affiliates have more independence and promote products from multiple businesses.

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Our programs offer an optional requirements feature that restricts program participation to users who meet specific criteria. This can include holding a certain amount of governance tokens or owning a specific NFT. Additionally, we provide the manual approvals feature, allowing program admins to manually select which users can join their program.

As long as individuals fulfill the criteria established by the program administrator, anyone has the opportunity to become an affiliate. Moreover, we are currently developing an affiliate marketplace where you will have the ability to forge personalized agreements with our partners in the near future.