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How to evaluate Stripe affiliate software for SaaS subscriptions: webhooks, polling, recurring commissions, refunds, cancellations, metadata sync, and attribution reliability.

A practical overview of the three compliance areas that affect SaaS affiliate programs: FTC endorsement guidelines, GDPR tracking implications, and affiliate agreement clauses.

How to build a B2B affiliate program for long sales cycles, high-ticket deals, manual validation, partner commissions and multi-touch attribution.

A technical breakdown of SaaS affiliate tracking: the full attribution chain, 5 failure points that lose 15-30% of conversions, and how server-side tracking fixes them.

Benchmark data on SaaS affiliate program commission rates, conversion rates, cookie windows, payout structures, and program health metrics, with variance analysis and action thresholds.

The 8 metrics that indicate affiliate program health: activation rate, revenue per affiliate, churn, CAC, payout ratio. How to calculate each and what to fix.

How to reduce CAC with affiliate marketing: pay-on-performance acquisition, affiliate CAC calculation, benchmarks, levers and SaaS examples.

How to pay affiliates in SaaS: commission models, Stripe Connect payouts, NET-30 schedules, minimum thresholds and tax compliance.

70% of affiliate churn happens in the first 30 days. A 7-day onboarding sequence with templates for each touchpoint to turn signups into active promoters.

How to find your first affiliates: recruitment channels, invitation tactics, qualification criteria and a 30-day onboarding activation sequence.