Quickstart for affiliates

This guide walks you from "I have an audience" to "I have a tracking link and I am earning commission". Total time: about fifteen minutes.

1. Get into Rekomi

There are two ways to land in your creator dashboard for the first time:

• You applied to a brand's campaign first. When the brand approves you, the email you receive has a "Get your link" button. Click it. You're signed in to /a instantly with no signup form. Your account is provisioned in the background from the email you applied with. This is the most common path.
• You're starting from scratch (no application yet). Go to rekomi.com/sign-up and pick "I'm a creator". You sign in with Clerk (email + password, Google, or other configured providers). On account creation, Rekomi provisions a NetworkAffiliateProfile row for you.

Either way, no payment information yet; you set that up later when you have earnings to collect.

2. Build your creator profile

You land on /a (your affiliate home). The dashboard prompts you to fill in your creator profile. Click into it (or go directly to /a/network).

Fields to fill:

• Bio: two or three sentences about what you do.
• Niche: the topic area you cover (SaaS, AI tools, productivity, design, etc.).
• Primary channel: where your audience lives (Twitter, YouTube, newsletter, podcast, blog).
• Audience size: an honest estimate.
• Portfolio URL: link to your best content. Brands look at this when reviewing applications.
• Recent results: short bullet of recent wins (a popular video, a viral tweet, a paid placement).

A complete profile dramatically improves your approval rate when you apply to campaigns.

3. Browse and apply

/a/network shows curated campaigns that match your niche. Each card shows the campaign name, the brand, the commission, the cookie window, and a "View details" link.

When you find a campaign worth promoting:

1. Click into it.
2. Read the campaign description and terms.
3. Write a short pitch: how you would promote it, what audience you would target, what content you would create.
4. Click apply.

Your application goes to the brand's queue. Status flows: Submitted -> UnderReview -> Approved | Rejected.

You can also apply directly via a brand's public application page if they share a {brand}.rekomi.com/{campaign} URL with you. See Direct applications.

4. Once approved

You get an approval email with a "Get your link" button. Clicking it signs you straight into /a with no form to fill out, even if you don't have a Rekomi account yet. The link is single-use and expires in 14 days. If you lose it or it expires, use Create your account with the same email you applied with and your approval will be linked automatically.

Your referral slug is your unique identifier: one slug, shared across every campaign you join. You add it to any link to the brand as ?via=your-slug:

https://thebrand.com/?via=your-slug

You can see and change it in Settings, and each campaign page shows the exact ?via= to use for that brand.

Share these links anywhere: your bio, your video descriptions, your blog posts, your newsletter. Every click that turns into a customer earns you commission.

5. Connect Stripe for payouts

When you start earning, you need somewhere to receive the money. Go to /a/settings, pick the country where you are based, and Rekomi shows the right payout method for you: Stripe Express if Stripe covers your country (most do, including the U.S.), or PayPal if it does not (rolling out soon). For Stripe, click "Connect with Stripe" and complete Express onboarding (about 10 minutes for U.S. residents, longer for international). Your payout method applies to every campaign you join.

6. File your tax form

If you are based in the U.S. and earn more than $600 in a calendar year, the IRS requires you to provide your tax info (Form W-9). If you are outside the U.S., you provide W-8BEN (individuals) or W-8BEN-E (businesses).

/a/settings has the "Upload tax form" widget. Pick your form type, upload a signed PDF, and sign with the canvas signature pad. Done.

What's next

• Tracking link: how the link actually works.
• Earnings: conversion list, statuses, refund handling.
• Payouts: when and how the money lands.