About affiliatejob

An independent free reference directory for affiliate marketing. Built like Wikipedia, funded like a content site, opinionated like a trade journal.

affiliatejob is a free directory of 160 affiliate programs with manually verified commission and cookie data. It's a small, independent operation — not a large editorial shop — and every page is server-rendered so AI search engines can read it in the raw HTML. Free to browse, free to submit with an account.

Why this exists

The honest version. Affiliate marketing has been around since 1996 (Amazon Associates was the first big one) and somehow in 2026 there is still no neutral, well maintained, reference directory of programs. There are scrapers (affiliate.watch, AffiliList) that pull data once and never re check. There are CPA aggregators (OfferVault) optimized for media buyers. There are SaaS pitch sites trying to sell you a course or a tool. Nothing reads like a reference.

Meanwhile millions of affiliates and program owners spend hours every week searching scattered sources to figure out commission rates, cookie lengths, and payout reliability. The data is out there. It's just buried in hundreds of program pages, network terms, Reddit threads, and private Slack channels. Someone needs to gather it, verify it, keep it current, and present it neutrally.

That's the entire premise of this site. A directory that does the boring work of verification, presents the data plainly, lists everything once with a clear "last verified" date, and stays out of its own way. No hype. No upsell pressure. No login wall. Just data.

How it's funded

This part needs to be transparent because it's the question every reader rightfully asks. The site makes money in three ways.

First, affiliate referrals. When a user signs up to a program through a link on this site, we may earn a commission. Standard affiliate marketing: links that can earn us money are tagged rel="sponsored", and the full policy is on the disclosure page. The commission we earn does not influence editorial rankings. Where a program offers second tier (sub affiliate) commissions, we may earn from that too.

Second, featured listings. Programs can pay $99 a month for top placement in their category and a larger card on the homepage. No program has bought one yet, so there is currently no paid placement anywhere on this site. When there is, it will carry a visible label. Featured buys visibility, never a Program Score and never a kinder writeup.

Third, network sponsorships at $1,500 a month for "preferred network" placement on the networks page. No network has bought one either. If one ever does, it will be clearly tagged and it will never move a Program Score. The day we let a sponsor influence a score is the day this directory stops being worth reading, so it is a hard rule.

Operating costs are kept deliberately low by running on lean, efficient infrastructure. Anything above that supports the editorial work of verification.

How the directory is built

Next.js with statically generated pages. Every program and category page is pre-rendered to HTML at build time from a single JSON source of truth, so the content is fully present in the raw HTML response rather than assembled by client side JavaScript. Accounts, submissions, and the review queue run on Supabase.

The reason content is server rendered: AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Overviews) read HTML perfectly and struggle with JavaScript heavy single page apps. This site pre-renders everything so the data is visible in the raw response, with schema markup (FAQPage, Offer, BreadcrumbList) on the pages that matter. That makes it possible for AI engines to surface our pages when users ask about affiliate programs.

Who's behind it

A small, independent operation, not a newsroom with a masthead. Listings are verified and scored by hand, and the site may earn an affiliate commission from some of the programs it lists. How that works is on the disclosure page, and every change we make to any listing is published at /changes, so you can check our scoring against our incentives rather than take our word for it.

Reach us at [email protected]; we correct verified errors within 48 hours of being notified.

What we do not do

What we do do

The longer term plan

The directory is the foundation. Phase two adds talent profiles for affiliates (verified earnings badges, network experience, specialty tags) and a job board for affiliate manager and partnership ops roles. Both layered on top of the existing directory once the directory has audience to support them. Probably late 2026 to early 2027.

Phase three is the annual industry report. Salary data for affiliate managers. Payout reliability trends across networks — which requires payout data we do not yet collect. Two tier program adoption rates. Open source the raw data. Same playbook Stack Overflow Survey and Levels.fyi used. Good for the industry, good for the directory's authority.

None of this is venture funded or on a hype cycle. The site is profitable from month one of phase two and fund itself. The patience this requires is unusual which is exactly why most directories never get built.

Contact

Email [email protected] for: corrections, suggestions, business inquiries, partnership pitches, journalist questions, anything else. We answer within one business day.

For program submissions use the submit form. For featured listing inquiries email and mention "featured listing" in the subject line. For general questions about how the directory works, the methodology and disclosure pages cover most of it.

Last updated 2026-07-15. The about page is updated whenever the operating model changes. The current version reflects how the directory was built and how it operates as of July 2026, following the platform relaunch with accounts, community reviews, and live submissions.