How are commissions calculated?

On conversion, the system looks up the affiliate's commission structure and calculates the owed amount based on the order value. Tiered structures automatically apply the correct rate based on the affiliate's cumulative sales.

How are affiliates paid?

Affiliates accumulate earnings in their dashboard balance. Once they reach the minimum payout threshold, they request payment. Payouts are processed on your schedule (weekly, monthly) via PayPal, bank transfer, or check.

How does fraud detection work?

The system flags suspicious patterns: high click-to-conversion ratios, clicks from the same IP as the affiliate, rapid bursts of clicks, and conversions that are later refunded. Flagged affiliates are reviewed before payout.

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Build a Affiliate Marketing Platform with AI - in Hours

ProjectCode generates a complete, production-ready Affiliate Marketing Platform from a single natural language prompt. In hours instead of months, you get a React frontend, NestJS REST API, PostgreSQL database, and authentication - fully integrated, live-previewed, and deployed to a URL you own.

Estimated build time: 2–4 hours

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The Challenge

Why building a Affiliate Marketing from scratch is hard

Building a Affiliate Marketing Platform from scratch requires months of development time and significant engineering resources. Teams struggle to coordinate frontend, backend, database, and authentication while managing affiliate marketing-specific business logic, integrations, and role-based access rules.

What's Included

Everything your Affiliate Marketing needs

ProjectCode generates a production-ready Affiliate Marketing with all the modules your team needs from day one.

Affiliate sign-up and onboarding with program terms

Unique referral link and UTM tracking per affiliate

Commission structure: flat, percentage, or tiered

Real-time conversion tracking via postback and pixel

Affiliate dashboard with clicks, conversions, and earnings

Payout management with minimum threshold and schedule

Creative library with banners, emails, and landing pages

Fraud detection for click and conversion manipulation

Architecture

How it's built

The generated Affiliate Marketing follows production-grade architecture patterns.

React 18 + TypeScript frontend with role-based dashboards tailored for affiliate marketing workflows

NestJS REST API with dedicated affiliate marketing modules, DTOs, validators, and service layer

PostgreSQL relational schema with normalized tables for all affiliate marketing entities

JWT + Google OAuth authentication with granular permission gates per role

Real-time Socket.IO events for live affiliate marketing status updates and notifications

Managed hosting with one-click deploy, custom domain, and auto-SSL

Database

PostgreSQL schema designed for Affiliate Marketing

ProjectCode generates a normalized, indexed PostgreSQL schema with the right tables and relationships for your use case. You own the schema and can evolve it freely.

affiliates (id, user_id, status, payout_method jsonb, payout_threshold, tax_id, approved_at, workspace_id)
programs (id, name, commission_type, commission_value, tiers jsonb, cookie_days, is_active, workspace_id)
clicks (id, affiliate_id, program_id, ref_code, ip, user_agent, page_url, created_at)
conversions (id, click_id, affiliate_id, order_id, revenue, commission, status, converted_at, paid_at)

schema.sql (preview)

-- Generated by ProjectCode
-- Affiliate Marketing Platform schema

CREATE TABLE affiliates__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

CREATE TABLE programs__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

CREATE TABLE clicks__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

CREATE TABLE conversions__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

Tech Stack

Production-ready from day one

Every generated app uses a battle-tested stack you can deploy anywhere and own completely.

Frontend

React 18 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS

Backend

NestJS 10 + Node.js + TypeScript

Database

PostgreSQL (managed or Supabase)

Auth

Email OTP · Google OAuth · GitHub OAuth

Deployment

Managed hosting · Custom domain · Auto-SSL

AI Models

Claude Sonnet · Claude Opus · Kimi

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Example prompt to get started

Copy this prompt into ProjectCode and get a working app in minutes.

ProjectCode prompt

Build an affiliate marketing platform for a SaaS company launching an affiliate program. Include affiliate sign-up with program terms agreement, unique referral links with 90-day cookie tracking, a tiered commission structure (10% for first 5 sales, 15% thereafter), real-time conversion tracking via postback, an affiliate dashboard showing clicks and earnings, monthly payout management with PayPal integration, a creative library, and fraud detection for suspicious click patterns.

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Deployment

Deploy your Affiliate Marketing anywhere

Managed hosting

One-click deploy to a live URL managed by ProjectCode.

Custom domain

Connect your own domain with auto-provisioned SSL via Cloudflare.

GitHub export

Push to your GitHub repo and self-host or deploy via Vercel, Railway, or AWS.

Docker ready

Export a Dockerfile and docker-compose for any containerized environment.

Pricing

Start free, scale as you grow

No per-seat fees. No vendor lock-in. Token-based pricing that scales with your usage.

Free

Start building your first app. Live preview, managed hosting, and full code export included.

Token Packs

From $5

Purchase token packs that roll over every month. Build more, pay only for what you use.

Enterprise

Custom

Custom models, SLA, SSO, and private cloud deployment for large teams.

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FAQ

Common questions about building a Affiliate Marketing

Each affiliate gets a unique referral code embedded in their tracking link. When a user clicks the link, a cookie is set. Conversions within the cookie window (e.g., 90 days) are attributed to that affiliate.

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