Affiliate Ops | Publisher Risk | Tracking Affiliate Commissions During Merchant Network Migration: Where They Disappear ByMara March 20, 2026September 21, 2026 Merchant network migrations are revenue risk events. Three places commissions disappear, early warning signals, and a publisher protection playbook.
Affiliate Marketing | Attribution | Compliance Affiliate Attribution After Honey: 5 Program Changes That Actually Happened ByMara March 19, 2026August 23, 2026 Honey made checkout overwrite visible. Five program changes operators actually implemented: extension audit, shorter windows, NTF dashboard, code split, quarterly path review.
Affiliate Strategy | Commission Design | Partner Economics LTV-Based Affiliate Commission Structure: Pay for Customer Value, Not Orders ByMara March 19, 2026September 4, 2026 Pay affiliates for partner-level customer value, not raw order volume. Build LTV tiers from data you already have.
Affiliate Marketing | Attribution | Coupon Partners Affiliate Commission Cannibalization From Coupon Partners: 5 Signals to Check ByMara March 19, 2026August 24, 2026 Coupon partners are a last-click layer, not automatic thieves. Pull five report signals before you cut rates.
Affiliate Analytics | Incrementality | Program Measurement Affiliate incrementality testing for small programs: geo-holdout method ByMara March 19, 2026August 24, 2026 Can a small affiliate program run a geo holdout? Use a feasibility gate and evidence ladder before darking a region, then open the full runbook when you are ready.
Affiliate SEO | Revenue Audits | Tracking Affiliate Link Rot Revenue Loss: Find Silent Failures Costing Commissions ByMara March 19, 2026September 5, 2026 Most affiliate link rot never throws a 404. Four silent failure types, where revenue leaks first, and a three-step audit that beats reactive cleanup.
Affiliate SEO | Link Building | SEO Tools Affiliate Link Audit Checklist (2026): Scout, Validate & Monitor Without Tool Shopping ByMara March 18, 2026August 24, 2026 Three-lane workflow for outbound affiliate link health, redirect spot checks, and optional off-page scout. Free tiers only. Not a 200-tool list.
WooCommerce | WordPress Plugins WooCommerce Affiliate Plugins (2026): Vet Tracking, Clawbacks & Fit Before You Install ByMara March 9, 2026August 24, 2026 Program vs link plugin map, five fit filters, and staging QA before you install a WooCommerce affiliate plugin. Not a star-rated plugin directory.
Affiliate Optimization | AI for Publishers | SEO & Analytics LLM Intent Scoring for Affiliate Link Placement: Paragraph-Level CTR Tests With SubIDs ByMara March 5, 2026September 8, 2026 Score paragraph intent, move affiliate links into high-intent zones, and prove placement lift with SubID before/after on the same article.
Affiliate Marketing | Compliance | Tracking & Attribution Affiliate Fraud Detection False Positives: Legit Traffic That Gets You Flagged ByMara March 4, 2026August 23, 2026 A fraud flag is a classification prompt, not a verdict. Name the legit pattern, freeze changes, and ship SubID-level evidence before you argue.
