Affiliate Circle FAQs

Affiliate Circle is a free affiliate marketing community that connects people and businesses from across the industry. It brings together affiliates, publishers, advertisers, networks, agencies, traffic sources and technology providers through a community forum, a vetted partner directory and exclusive partner discounts.

Yes. The forum is the centre of Affiliate Circle. Members can ask questions, answer questions, share experience, discuss affiliate marketing, discover opportunities and build relationships with other people in the industry.

Affiliate Circle's mission is to bring the affiliate industry together in one useful, welcoming community. The goal is to create a place where people can learn from each other, do business, form partnerships and find opportunities, whatever their experience or position in the industry.

Affiliate Circle was founded by Oliver Kenyon and Andy Haskins. Oliver previously founded CPAFix, which became AffiliateFix. Oliver and Andy met through that community and later built ConversionWise together.

Affiliate Circle was created to give the affiliate industry a shared home for connection, collaboration and business. Its founders wanted to bring together conversations and opportunities that are often spread across private groups, messaging apps, social platforms and separate memberships.

Oliver Kenyon founded CPAFix in 2011, later renamed AffiliateFix, and sold the community in 2017. Affiliate Circle is a new community created by Oliver and Andy Haskins. It draws on their experience of building an affiliate community, rather than being a renamed version of AffiliateFix.

Oliver Kenyon founded CPAFix in 2011 and grew it into AffiliateFix. By its acquisition in 2017, AffiliateFix had connected more than 85,000 people and hosted over 500,000 discussions, according to Oliver's founder letter. That experience helped shape Affiliate Circle's focus on community, collaboration and bringing the whole industry together. Those figures describe AffiliateFix at that time, not Affiliate Circle's current membership.

Affiliate Circle is for the whole affiliate industry. Members can include affiliates and publishers, advertisers and merchants, networks and platforms, agencies and managers, and vendors and service providers. Beginners, experienced marketers, super affiliates and businesses of every size are welcome.

Yes. You do not need to be an established affiliate or have launched a successful campaign to join. Affiliate Circle is a place where beginners can ask questions, meet people in the industry and learn from the experience shared by other members.

Yes. Experienced affiliates can use Affiliate Circle to exchange ideas, meet industry partners, discover tools and offers, explore joint ventures and share their knowledge. The community connects established marketers with businesses and people across the wider affiliate ecosystem.

Yes. Affiliate networks, advertisers, merchants and affiliate program managers are part of the community. They can participate in discussions and build relationships with affiliates, publishers and other industry partners, subject to the community's moderation and self-promotion rules.

Yes. Affiliate Circle welcomes software companies, agencies, traffic providers, publications, media businesses and other service providers working in affiliate marketing. The community is designed to connect the people running campaigns with the businesses and tools that support them.

Yes. Affiliate Circle membership is currently 100% free. There is no membership fee to join the community under the current offer.

Membership is 100% free for now. Affiliate Circle is not currently promising that every future feature or offering will be free forever. The current membership offer is shown on the website.

Visit AffiliateCircle.com and select “Join Today - 100% Free” to create your account. Once registered, you can start participating in the community and connecting with other members.

Create a free Affiliate Circle account to take part in community discussions. Registration gives you a member identity for asking questions, answering other members and building relationships within the community.

You can ask affiliate marketing questions in the Affiliate Circle forum. The community brings together people with different experience and specialisms, giving members a place to seek practical perspectives and contribute their own knowledge.

Yes. Beginners can use the Affiliate Circle community to ask questions and learn from other members. Explain what you are trying to do, what you have already tried and where you are stuck so that people can offer more useful answers. Replies are community contributions; a response to every question is not guaranteed.

Yes. Affiliate networking is a core part of Affiliate Circle. The forum helps affiliates, publishers, networks, advertisers, agencies and technology providers meet, exchange ideas and develop business relationships in one shared community.

Yes. Members can use Affiliate Circle to connect with potential business partners and explore collaborations or joint ventures. Opportunities should be relevant to the community and shared in line with its rules. Each participant remains responsible for deciding whether a partnership is suitable.

Yes. Affiliate Circle is a place to connect with people who may be hiring or looking for work in the affiliate industry. Members can discuss relevant opportunities and make professional connections within the community's rules. It does not guarantee employment, placements or responses.

Affiliate Circle brings a forum, a vetted partner directory and exclusive discounts together on one platform. Its focus is the whole affiliate industry, connecting people across different roles and experience levels rather than limiting the community to one type of member.

The Affiliate Circle directory is a curated directory of vetted and approved affiliate industry partners. It helps members discover relevant businesses, services, tools and opportunities alongside the community forum.

The directory is intended to cover the wider affiliate ecosystem, including affiliate networks, programs, offers, software, spy and intelligence tools, traffic and media platforms, publications, agencies and service providers. Each listing must be vetted and approved before inclusion.

Yes. Partners must be vetted and approved for inclusion in the Affiliate Circle directory. Approval is not a guarantee of a partner's performance or the outcome of a commercial relationship. Members should still assess whether a business, tool or offer fits their needs.

Affiliate industry businesses can be considered for inclusion in the directory. Listings are subject to Affiliate Circle's vetting and approval process. Use the website's contact option to enquire about being listed.

Yes. Affiliate Circle provides exclusive discounts from its partners. The discounts section helps members discover savings on participating industry tools, services and other partner offers.

Visit the discounts section and follow the instructions on the relevant offer. The claim method, eligibility, expiry date and any conditions depend on the partner and the individual discount. Check the offer details before purchasing.

Directory listings and exclusive discounts serve different purposes. The directory helps members discover approved partners, while the discounts section contains specific offers from participating partners. Check the discounts section to see which savings are currently available.

Yes. Affiliate Circle is a fully moderated community. Its aim is to maintain a clean, useful space where members can ask questions, share experience and build professional relationships.

Unsolicited member self-promotion is not permitted. Members can contribute to discussions and build relationships, but should not treat the forum as an advertising feed. Follow the published community rules when discussing your business, services or opportunities.

Affiliate Circle encourages relevant conversations, hiring, networking, partnerships and joint ventures. Those activities must follow the community rules and take place in the appropriate areas. The distinction is between useful, relevant participation and unsolicited promotional posting.

Yes. Affiliate Circle offers approved commercial opportunities, including sponsored posts, sponsored recommendations and media banners. These are arranged through Affiliate Circle rather than posted as unsolicited member advertising.

Businesses can enquire about approved sponsorship and advertising opportunities through the website's Advertise option. Available placements can include sponsored posts, sponsored recommendations and media banners.

Members can learn through questions, discussions and shared experience in the community. Dedicated resources and learning content are planned for the future, but are not part of the current launch offering.

Online and offline affiliate networking events are part of Affiliate Circle's future plans. Affiliate Circle is not currently launching with its own events. For now, members can connect and build relationships through the community forum.