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How Does Kickbooster Work?

Get an overview of how Kickbooster works, from creating your program to tracking referrals and paying affiliates.

Written by Diana O.

Kickbooster helps businesses grow by making it easy to create and manage an affiliate referral program. Whether you're promoting a crowdfunding campaign or selling through your Shopify store, Kickbooster provides the tools to recruit affiliates, track referrals, and reward them for the sales or pledges they generate.

Here's how it works:

Step 1: Create Your Account

Sign up for a Kickbooster account to get started. During setup, you'll choose the platform you want to connect, such as Shopify, Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or Gamefound.

Kickbooster will then guide you through the setup process that's specific to your platform.

Step 2: Set Up Your Referral Program

Once your platform is connected, customize your referral program by configuring settings such as commission rates, branding, referral links, and other program options.

The available settings may vary depending on the platform you've connected.

Step 3: Recruit Affiliates

Invite affiliates to join your referral program by sharing your affiliate signup page, manually adding them to your program, or listing your program in the Kickbooster Marketplace where affiliates can discover and apply to join.

Step 4: Affiliates Promote Your Business

Once approved, each affiliate receives a unique referral link to promote your campaign or store.

Depending on your platform and program settings, affiliates may also receive discount codes or Secure Links to share with their audience.

Step 5: Referrals Are Tracked

When someone uses an affiliate's referral link and completes an eligible purchase or pledge, Kickbooster attributes the referral to that affiliate.

Both program owners and affiliates can track clicks, referrals, commissions, and performance from their dashboards.

Step 6: Affiliate Fees & Payouts

As eligible referrals are generated, Kickbooster calculates any applicable affiliate fees based on your program settings.

Once applicable affiliate fees have been paid, affiliate commissions are processed on the next available payout date.

Next Steps

Ready to start setting up your referral program? Continue to the setup guide for your platform:

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