What is AffiliatePicker?

AffiliatePicker is an independent affiliate program database. We verify commission rates, cookie durations, payout thresholds and payment terms against official program pages, then score every program 0–100 with a transparent public rubric (PickerScore).

How is the PickerScore calculated?

PickerScore weighs five factors: earnings power (35%), attribution window (20%), brand trust and conversion strength (20%), payout reliability and friction (15%), and ease of entry (10%). The full rubric, including how each subscore is assigned, is published on our methodology page. No program can pay to change its score.

Is the data up to date?

Every program record shows the month its terms were last verified against the official program page, and every profile links directly to that official source so you can confirm before applying.

55 programs verified · updated August 2026

Pick affiliate programs on data, not hype.

Every "best affiliate programs" list is selling you something. We built the opposite: a verified database of commission rates, cookie windows, payout thresholds and payment terms — scored with a public rubric nobody can pay to influence.

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Programs: 55
Categories: 12
Pay recurring: 28

Built for the questions affiliates actually ask

Commission percentage is the least useful number in affiliate marketing. What matters is what a referral is actually worth after cookies expire, payouts validate and refunds claw back. That's what we model.

Verified terms, dated

Every record shows the month we last checked it against the official program page — and links you straight to the source.

Transparent 0–100 score

PickerScore weighs earnings power, cookie window, payout friction, trust and entry difficulty. The full rubric is public.

Payout friction exposed

Thresholds, NET terms and payment methods on every profile — the details that quietly wreck cashflow for new affiliates.

Side-by-side compare

Put any programs head-to-head on every field at once — rate, model, cookie, threshold, terms and subscores.

Highest-scoring programs right now

Ranked purely by PickerScore — never by who pays us.

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HubSpot

CRM & marketing platform · SaaS

Commission: 30% recurring for 12 months
Cookie: 180 days
Model: Recurring
Payout min.: $10

Kit (ConvertKit)

Creator email platform · Email

Commission: 50% for 12 months, then 10–20% ongoing
Cookie: 90 days
Model: Recurring
Payout min.: $5

Systeme.io

All-in-one funnel builder · SaaS

Commission: 60% recurring, lifetime
Cookie: 180 days
Model: Recurring
Payout min.: $30

Semrush

SEO & competitive research suite · SEO tools

Commission: $200 per sale + $10 per trial
Cookie: 120 days
Model: One-time
Payout min.: $10

WP Engine

Managed WordPress & headless hosting · Hosting

Commission: $200+ per sale (or 100% of first month)
Cookie: 180 days
Model: One-time
Payout min.: $50

Webflow

Visual development platform · Platforms

Commission: 50% of first-year payments
Cookie: 90 days
Model: Recurring
Payout min.: $5

Browse by niche

Each category page includes vertical benchmarks so you can tell a genuinely good offer from an average one.

SaaS & Software

The strongest vertical for recurring revenue. SaaS programs routinely pay 20–50% commissions, and the best pay monthly for the life of the customer.

Benchmark: 20–30% recurring · 60–90 days cookie

Web Hosting

High flat bounties ($50–$500 per sale) built on high customer lifetime value. Competitive, but conversion rates are strong because hosting is a necessity purchase.

Benchmark: $60–$200 per sale · 30–90 days cookie

VPN & Security

Consumer privacy tools with impulse-purchase dynamics, aggressive discounts and solid revshare. Watch for short cookies and heavy brand-bidding competition.

Benchmark: 30–100% first payment · 30–45 days cookie

Email Marketing

A classic recurring niche: sticky products, long customer lifetimes, and several programs paying 30%+ for life with cookies of 90 days or more.

Benchmark: 30% recurring · 90–120 days cookie

SEO & Content Tools

Tools bloggers and agencies already use daily, which makes authentic promotion easy. Mix of big flat bounties (Semrush) and lifetime recurring (SE Ranking, Mangools).

Benchmark: 25–40% or $200 flat · 60–120 days cookie

AI Tools

The fastest-growing vertical in the database. Programs are young — terms change often — but demand is enormous and competition is still thinner than in hosting or VPN.

Benchmark: 20–30% recurring · 30–60 days cookie

E-commerce & Retail

Huge product breadth and household-name conversion power, traded against low rates and short cookies. Volume plays, not margin plays.

Benchmark: 1–10% per sale · 1–30 days cookie

Education & Courses

Course platforms and marketplaces with strong intent traffic. Platform programs (Teachable, Thinkific) pay recurring; marketplaces (Coursera, Udemy) pay per enrollment.

Benchmark: 10–30% · 30–90 days cookie

Design & Creative

Design tools and creative asset subscriptions. First-payment bounties are common; Adobe and Envato bring rare brand power to the vertical.

Benchmark: 30–85% first payment · 30–90 days cookie

Finance & Fintech

The highest per-action bounties anywhere ($50–$500+ per funded account) — paired with the strictest compliance rules and approval processes.

Benchmark: $50–$300 per action · 30 days cookie

E-commerce Platforms

Store builders and checkout tools. Big one-time bounties on high-intent "start a business" traffic, plus strong educational content angles.

Benchmark: $150 or 20% recurring · 30–90 days cookie

Travel

Massive addressable demand with thin per-booking economics. Commissions are a share of the platform's own fee, and cookies are short — session-based in some cases.

Benchmark: 3–8% of booking fee · 1–30 days cookie

What is a referral actually worth?

A 20% recurring commission usually beats a 50% one-time bounty — but not always. Our earnings calculator models recurring revenue, churn, conversion rate and traffic so you can compare offers on projected 12-month earnings instead of headline rates.

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// example: 5,000 visits/mo → 10 sales/mo

Program A: $50 one-time → $6,000/yr

Program B: 30% recurring @ $49/mo → $9,605/yr

// recurring wins by 1.6× at 5% churn — and keeps compounding in year two