Fermion provides a comprehensive API for implementing affiliate marketing programs programmatically. This guide walks you through the complete process of setting up and managing affiliate marketing through our APIs.

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Overview

Affiliate marketing over API allows you to:
  • Create affiliate users programmatically
  • Generate custom affiliate links automatically
  • Track affiliate performance and conversions
  • Manage affiliate commissions and payouts
  • Integrate affiliate marketing into your existing systems

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Prerequisites

Before implementing affiliate marketing over API, ensure you have valid API key.

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Step 1: Create a New Affiliate User

First, create a new user account for your affiliate using the user creation API. Use this API endpoint: https://docs.fermion.app/api-reference/user/create-new-user Now you can create custom affiliate link: https://docs.fermion.app/api-reference/affiliate-marketing/create-custom-affiliate-link
  • Once the affiliate user is created, generate a custom affiliate link for them.
  • Affiliate commission can be defined on a link basis.
If you’d like to create custom coupon codes for your affiliate links, you can use the endpoint here: https://docs.fermion.app/api-reference/product/create-digital-product-coupon

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Step 3: Construct the Full Affiliate URL

Use the returned affiliateLinkSlug to construct the complete affiliate URL: 
https://your-lms.com/a/:affiliateLinkSlug

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Real-time Conversion Tracking

You can set up webhooks to receive real-time conversion notifications. Go to Webhooks in your dashboard, and enable “Product purchase” webhook event.
If you do not see “Webhooks” in your admin dashboard, go to “Manage Features” > “Webhooks” and enable it.
You can also call get-affiliate-link-stats with the affiliateLinkSlug you got from step 1 to get stats like sale count, clicks and amount: https://docs.fermion.app/api-reference/affiliate-marketing/get-affiliate-link-stats