--- id: "partners/quickstart/get-your-referral-link" type: "doc" url: "https://affitor.com/docs/partners/quickstart/get-your-referral-link" kind: "quickstart" updated: "2026-10-18" --- # Get Your Referral Link > Find, copy, and share your tracked referral link, generated automatically when you join. Your referral link is the URL you share for a program. Affitor creates a default link for you; when the brand allows additional links, you can also send people to a specific page. Tracking must run on the destination for visits to be recorded. ## Where to find it Your referral link is created automatically the moment you're approved: no button to press, no setup. Open the program from **Programs** to find it. If you don't see a link, the brand hadn't set a website for the program when you were approved, so no link was created. Once the brand saves a valid website, open the program's **Overview** from **Programs** so Affitor can try again. If the link is still missing, ask the brand to check the program website and link settings. **Copy link** at the top of the program's page copies it. Your links are also under **Top links** on **Overview** and on the **Links** tab, where **Create link** adds another. ## What your link looks like Your link points at the brand's site with your tracking code attached. It takes one of these forms, depending on the brand's setup: ```text https://brand.com/r/YOURCODE https://brand.com?via=YOURCODE https://brand.com?aff=YOURCODE ``` The `/r/` form is used when the brand has set up a short-link redirect on their site; otherwise the link uses the program's parameter, `?via=` or `?aff=`. A short redirect must take the visitor to a page where the tracker runs. Query links carry the code directly to that page. The code identifies your link; the tracker records the visit and stores a browser identifier for later attribution when the brand's signup and sale integrations are connected. If the visitor was already referred by another partner, they stay credited to that first partner. ## Share it Drop your saved link anywhere you reach an audience: content, social posts, communities, newsletters, or direct outreach. The brand manages tracking on its site; you do not install a tracker to share a link. :::tip Share the URL copied from your saved link. Do not remove its tracking code or use an unsaved preview as the link you distribute. ::: ## Link to a specific page Open the program's **Links** tab and select **Create link**, or use **Link to a page** at the top of the program page. Additional page links depend on the brand's [allowed destinations and link limit](/docs/brand/partner-links). 1. Enter a **Private label** to recognize the link later, such as `Pricing newsletter`. 2. Keep the generated **Link key** or choose an available one before saving. The key cannot be changed after creation. 3. Choose a **Domain** from the brand's list. For a domain that allows any page, enter a **Page path** or paste a full URL on that same domain. A path such as `pricing` is accepted; query parameters and fragments are preserved. 4. Check the **Query link preview**, then select **Create link**. After the form closes, copy the saved URL from the **Links** list or open its QR code and choose **Download PNG**. For example, a path and a saved query link can look like this: ```text /pricing?plan=pro#details https://brand.example/pricing?plan=pro&via=pricing-newsletter#details ``` Your program may use `aff` instead of `via`. Use the URL Affitor saves rather than adding the parameter yourself. The short-format preview uses `/r//

`, such as `https://brand.example/r/pricing/pricing-newsletter`. A nested page keeps all its segments before the code, for example `/r/guides/getting-started/pricing-newsletter`. The default homepage short link remains `/r/YOURCODE`. Copy the saved URL; the preview does not install a short-link handler on the brand's website.

If the brand allows **One specific page**, the **Page path** is filled in and locked. You cannot edit that rule's page path; you can choose another domain only if the brand also allows it. **Short format preview · not ready** is an example, not a shareable short link: page links use the query format because Affitor does not yet verify a short-link handler for pages.

The example form below uses page `/p` and key `spring`: its query preview is `https://brand.example/p?via=spring` and its short preview is `https://brand.example/r/p/spring`. The short preview is marked **not ready**; copy the saved query link instead.


  
    
    
  
  
    
    
  


The default link's destination belongs to the program; you can edit its private label. An additional link also keeps its key when you change its label. If **Create link** is unavailable because additional links are off or you have reached the limit, ask the brand about its settings. The default link is separate from that limit, and inactive additional links still count.

A recent-click message is an observation, not a tracker installation check. A click seen on a site does not prove tracking runs on every allowed page, and no recent click does not prove tracking is broken. Ask the brand to check a destination before sharing if its tracking has not been verified.

## Refer a brand to Affitor

Refer a brand has its own link, separate from your program links: `affitor.com/r/` once you set a username, otherwise `affitor.com/r/`. There is nothing to apply for. Get it on your **Referrals** page with **Get my link**, or with **Refer a brand → Get my link** on the Marketplace. On the brand side, **Settings** → **Refer a brand** shows the same link and the brands you referred, and **Refer a brand** in the account menu opens **Referrals**. **Set a username** (or **Edit username**) under the link opens [your username](/docs/partners/account-settings#username).

When you are signed in, the **Affitor Refer Program** card (**Get link**), its slide in the **Featured** strip, and **Get your referral link** on its program page open **Referrals** with your link already loaded.

A brand that opens it lands on Affitor's home page with "**your name** invited you" above an email field to start sign-up. A brand that signs up through it is credited to you under the [Affitor Refer Program terms](https://affitor.com/legal/refer-program).

### Invite a brand by email

**Invite via email**, next to **Copy** on **Referrals** and on the brand side's **Settings** → **Refer a brand**, sends your link for you. In **Invite a brand**, type up to 5 addresses in **Send to**, check the **Preview**, and select **Send invite**.

- Affitor sends the email from `noreply@affitor.com`, with the subject "**your name** invited you to Affitor"; replies go to your email. Its **Start your program** button opens your Refer a brand link.
- Each address can be invited once every 30 days, whoever sends the invite. An address that already runs a brand on Affitor, or that is not valid (including your own), is not sent.
- You can invite up to 20 addresses in 24 hours, skipped ones included. Past that, the dialog says "You've reached today's invite limit. Try again tomorrow."
- After sending, a message lists who got the invite and why any address was skipped.

## What happens next

As people click and convert, your **Clicks**, **Signups**, **Paid signups**, **Revenue** and **Commission** fill in on the program's **Overview**. Track them to learn what's working.