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Affiliate Program Managementfor Every Type of Business
We’ve launched and scaled 100+ affiliate programs, generated $15M+ in revenue, and worked with 10K+ vetted affiliates and influencers across leading platforms. Become the next success story.
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The channel
What Is Affiliate Marketing?
A single well-placed article on a high-authority site can drive sales for years, ranking on Google, earning backlinks, and sending qualified traffic long after it’s published. Influencer-driven spend jumped 51% during Cyber Week 2025 while commission costs stayed flat.
Affiliate marketing is a performance-based marketing channel where third-party publishers (content sites, bloggers, niche websites, comparison platforms, coupon sites, and editorial publications) promote your product or service and earn a commission on every sale or lead they drive.
Unlike influencer marketing, which relies on personal audiences and social reach, traditional affiliate marketing is built on content that ranks, links that drive organic traffic, and partnerships that compound over time.
The hard part
Affiliate Marketing Works. Running It Is the Hard Part.
The challenge isn’t whether affiliate marketing works. It’s building and scaling affiliate programs successfully. Most businesses struggle with program management, recruitment, compliance, tracking, ongoing monitoring, and maintaining regular communication with the affiliates engaged in the program.
At Vivian Agency we provide affiliate program management for brands that want more than a passive listing on a network. We actively recruit quality affiliates, manage campaigns, and optimize performance. That’s what we manage for you.
What we actually do
Placements That Rank, Partners That Sell
We don’t just set up a program and wait. We secure the placements, recruit the partners, and manage every relationship that drives incremental revenue.
High-Ranking Article Placements
We secure placements on established content sites, editorial publications, and niche blogs that already rank for the keywords your customers search. Your product gets featured in “best of” roundups, comparison articles, in-depth reviews, and buyer’s guides. This is content that drives purchase-ready traffic.
Backlink & SEO-Driven Partnerships
Every placement we secure doubles as an SEO asset. Links from high-authority domains boost domain authority, improve keyword rankings, and drive organic traffic alongside direct affiliate revenue. A diversified partner mix creates stable revenue while reducing dependency on paid ads.
Blog & Content Site Partnerships
We recruit and manage niche bloggers and creators who write long-form, SEO-optimized content about your category. These are evergreen partnerships: the content ranks, the traffic compounds, and commissions stay tied directly to revenue generated.
Traditional Affiliate Recruitment
We source, vet, and recruit publishers from ShareASale, CJ Affiliate, Impact, Awin, and Partnerize, plus independent platforms and niche communities. We handle outreach, negotiation, onboarding, compliance, tracking setup, fraud monitoring, and weekly performance reporting.
The gap we fill
Setup Takes Hours. A Program That Sells Takes Recruitment.
Most brands launch a program expecting publishers to find them organically. In reality, successful programs require consistent management, outreach, optimization, and relationship building: the day-to-day execution required to grow and scale a profitable channel.
We handle end-to-end program management: recruitment and onboarding, tracking, campaign management, partner communication, compliance, reporting, optimization, and ongoing growth. Instead of relying on passive discovery through networks, we proactively identify and recruit the right partners for your business model.
- Actively recruited
- Hand-vetted for brand fit
- Managed every week
- Reported transparently
Who we work with
We Work With Every Type of Business
Shopify & E-Commerce Stores
If you’re selling physical products, affiliate marketing is one of the most cost-efficient acquisition channels available. You pay only when a publisher drives a sale, and the content they create keeps working long after it’s published.
We set up and manage programs on UpPromote, Refersion, ShareASale, Impact, and other platforms, covering tracking, onboarding, recruitment, and commission structure optimization. We prioritize partners that deliver strong average order value and customer lifetime value.
What This Looks Like
- “Best [category] 2026” articles
- Product reviews on niche blogs
- Comparison guides on authority sites
- Coupon & deal site partnerships
- Editorial features in trusted publications
- Content-affiliate & review publishers
WordPress & Custom-Built Websites
You don’t need Shopify or a major e-commerce platform to run an affiliate program. If your site is built on WordPress, Webflow, or custom code, we integrate tracking through Post Affiliate Pro, Tapfiliate, FirstPromoter, or directly through affiliate networks.
We handle setup to launch: accurate tracking, tracking links, commission setup, partner registration flows, and onboarding systems. We also build centralized systems for communication, reporting, and ongoing monitoring.
What This Looks Like
- Tracking tool selection & install
- Partner registration flows
- Commission & payout configuration
- Centralized partner comms
- Custom-code tracking integrations
- Weekly monitoring & reporting
SaaS Businesses
SaaS affiliate marketing runs on a different engine than e-commerce. Your buyers don’t impulse-purchase software. They research, compare, and evaluate before committing.
That means the affiliates who drive results are software review platforms, comparison sites, industry publications, and niche bloggers. We structure your program around customer acquisition, recurring subscriptions, and lifetime value, with recurring commissions, performance bonuses, and long-term partner agreements.
What This Looks Like
- Software review site placements
- Long-form comparison articles
- Industry guest posts
- Newsletter sponsorships
- Recurring commission models
- Partnerships with high-performing affiliates
Subscription Businesses
Whether you sell subscription boxes, memberships, digital subscriptions, or recurring services, your strategy should optimize for subscriber quality and retention, not short-term conversions.
We structure programs around recurring revenue and long-term customer value, recruit partners whose audiences align with your offer, and negotiate hybrid commission models with top performers: flat fees, recurring commissions, and performance-based bonuses tied to revenue generated.
What This Looks Like
- Retention-focused partner mix
- Recurring commission structures
- Hybrid flat-fee deals
- Subscriber-quality reporting
- Audience-aligned creators
- AOV & LTV optimization
Service Businesses
Agencies, consultancies, coaches, law firms, financial advisors, and health practitioners are often overlooked by affiliate management agencies.
We build programs for service businesses around lead generation, referral tracking, and authority-based content partnerships, managing relationships with publishers who educate audiences and drive qualified leads through consultation requests, demo bookings, and application forms.
What This Looks Like
- Cost-per-qualified-lead deals
- Referral tracking setup
- Authority content partnerships
- Consultation & demo funnels
- Compliance & lead-quality checks
- Partner onboarding & support
Case studies
Real Results From Real Brands
Per month in sales for SafetyWing’s partner program, launched by our CEO in 2018 and still fully built, managed, and optimized by us, growing month over month.
In sales and 800+ partners for Click and Grow. A full in-house program we launched in 2021, managing five Shopify stores from a single dashboard.
Testimonials
What Our Clients Say
I would highly recommend other companies choose Vivian Agency as a trustworthy, effective influencer and affiliate marketing agency to work with. They are reliable, deliver results, and have a big contact network of influencers.
CEO at SafetyWing
They consistently overachieve and are willing to go the extra mile to get the job done. Our affiliate program launch with them was a smooth ride with easy deployment and ongoing growth.
Affiliate Manager at Click & Grow
We’ve seen strong results under Vivian Agency’s management of our affiliate program. They’ve optimized partnerships and grown both traffic and conversions. They’re genuinely invested in our success.
Head of Product at JRPass
The process
How We Build and Scale Your Program
Brand Deep-Dive
We learn your brand, competitors, mission, market, and target customer, so every campaign is positioned to resonate.
Strategy Development
We define your ideal affiliates and influencers, what you’ll offer them, and what you’ll expect in return. Commission structures and partner tiers get locked in here.
System Setup
We configure your full program inside the proper affiliate system: commission rules, tracking, coupon logic, payout automation, and registration pages.
Signup Landing Page & Flow
We provide the mockup and copy for your affiliate landing page and design the full journey, from outreach to signup to ongoing communication.
Media Kit & Partner Guidelines
Brand guidelines, creative assets, talking points, and everything partners need to promote effectively.
Outreach Funnels & CRM
Email sequences, social DMs, tracking systems, and CRM, set up so nothing falls through the cracks.
Partner Lead Generation
We start building a hand-picked list of potential affiliates and influencers, with contact info, loaded into the CRM ready for outreach.
Outreach Goes Live
Multichannel outreach launches, personalized, manual, and positioned to convert.
Responses & Negotiations
We handle replies, answer questions, and negotiate terms to close the right partners into your program.
Onboarding & Support
Structured onboarding for every approved partner, with ongoing support so they have what they need to start promoting.
Product Testing
Where relevant, we coordinate product seeding so partners can create authentic content.
Weekly Lead Research
Fresh, qualified partners added to the pipeline every week, recruitment never stops.
Continuous Follow-Ups
Outreach and follow-ups run weekly, so no promising partner goes cold.
Content Quality Control
We make sure content gets published, on schedule and at your brand’s quality standards.
Monitoring & Reporting
Clicks, conversions, top performers, and commission efficiency, tracked and shared in transparent weekly reports.
Constant Optimization
Strategy tweaks, outreach A/B testing, doubling down on top creators, replacing under-performers.
Pricing
Full-Service Program Management, One Monthly Price
Full-service affiliate campaign management on your platform of choice, run end-to-end by our team.
Book a discovery call- 1 campaign managed end-to-end
- Campaign setup & optimization
- Outreach & negotiation
- Partner vetting & approval
- Content & quality control
- Strategy aligned with your catalog & ICP
- Performance monitoring & commission optimization
- Transparent weekly reporting
- 200 hand-picked leads / month
- Personally recruited publishers & influencers matched to your category
- 80 hours / month dedicated to your program
Looking for a different campaign? We run affiliate & influencer programs across all major platforms. See all plans →
Selling on Amazon? We run dedicated Creator Connections campaigns for Amazon stores. See Amazon Creator Connections service →
Prefer a lead-approach to influencers? We run dedicated influencer, sponsorship & UGC programs too. See Influencer Marketing services →
Why Vivian Agency?
A Partner That Treats Your Growth Like Ours
Proven Success
Backed by strong case studies and reviews. We set clear goals and use data to measure your growth and optimize performance every step of the way, investing $3k+ monthly in tools to keep our work data-driven, efficient, and top-notch.
Full 5-Star Service
Our team of professionals with extensive experience in influencer and affiliate marketing takes care of everything connected with influencers, affiliates, and partnership marketing for you, from A to Z.
Certified Agency
Recognized as a Certified Affiliate Marketing Agency by AWIN and a Silver Partner by Impact, two of the most extensive global affiliate networks connecting millions of affiliate partners with businesses.
How we work
Six Principles
Revenue-First
We care about revenue and long-term growth, nothing else.
Hand-Picked
Every affiliate is chosen for brand fit and audience quality. No lists, no mass outreach.
Embedded
We plug into your team and work around your goals, timelines, and workflows.
Simple Billing
One monthly price, fully automated. No surprises.
No Lock-Ins
No long-term contracts. A simple 3-month minimum to show what we can do.
Full Transparency
Weekly reports that tell you exactly what’s working and what isn’t.
What to Do Next
Book a free discovery call. We’ll review your store or site, assess which affiliate platform is the right fit for your brand, and walk you through exactly how the process works. No commitment, no strings attached.
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