The Affiliate Intelligence Blog
Deep-dive guides, data reports, and network reviews from affiliatejob.
Affiliate Commission Rates by Category: 2026 Data
What programs actually pay, category by category, computed from the live directory: SaaS, AI tools, hosting, finance, VPN and more, with the payment model behind each range.
Affiliate Marketing Statistics 2026: First-Party Data
Recurring share, cookie distributions, category and network breakdowns computed from a public dataset, plus the circulating statistics nobody actually has.
Recurring vs One-Time Affiliate Commissions: The Math
The break-even worked step by step: when 30% recurring passes a $100 bounty, how churn changes the answer, and the three cases where the flat payment wins.
Affiliate Cookie Duration Statistics (2026)
The full distribution of cookie windows across the directory: the 30-day default, who offers 90+ days and lifetime attribution, and when a short window kills a good rate.
When Affiliate Programs Cut Commissions
The documented Amazon 2020 cuts, what a daily changelog records about term changes, and the playbook that protects your income before the next cut.
What is a Two Tier Affiliate Program? (The Ultimate Guide)
Learn exactly what a two tier affiliate program is, how sub-affiliate networks operate, and how to scale your passive income by recruiting other affiliates in 2026.
The Best Recurring Affiliate Programs in 2026
Stop chasing one-time bounties. Discover the top high-paying recurring affiliate programs in SaaS, AI, and Hosting that pay you month after month.
Affiliate Networks Ranked by Reliability (2026)
How Impact, PartnerStack, CJ, ShareASale and ClickBank compare on documented tracking and payment terms — and an honest note on the payout-reliability data nobody actually has.
FreeTTS Affiliate Program Review
An honest look at the FreeTTS affiliate program: 30% recurring, a 60-day cookie, who it suits, and why it's graded B+ rather than top-marked.