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How can I approve or reject affiliates who apply to my referral program?
How can I approve or reject affiliates who apply to my referral program?

Learn about our Affiliate Review feature and how you can approve or deny applications.

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Written by Kickbooster Team
Updated over 2 months ago

Managing which affiliates join your referral program may be crucial to maintaining the quality and effectiveness of your program. If you'd like to review and manually approve or reject affiliates who apply to join, here’s a step-by-step guide to help you set up and manage this feature.

1. Enable Affiliate Review in Your Program Settings

When setting up your referral program, you'll have the option to review affiliate applications before they are approved. To enable this feature:

  1. Go to the program's Settings

  2. Go to General > See Do you want to review affiliates? and select Yes

2. Reviewing and Approving or Rejecting Affiliate Applications

Once affiliate review is enabled, any new affiliate applications will require your approval. Here’s how to manage pending applications:

1. When there is a pending application to review, you will see a notification on the lefthand menu, and click on Pending Applications

2. Here, you'll see the list of pending applications that will include the Affiliate's name, the program they applied to, date, and their marketing platforms (if provided by the affiliate).

You can choose to accept all affiliates, or go through each application to accept or reject their application.

3. If you want to learn more about the affiliate before making a decision, you can click on the affiliate's name to view their email address and get in touch with them directly for any additional information.

Note: When an affiliate is approved, they will receive an email notification welcoming them to your program and will also receive their referral link.

If an affiliate's application is rejected, the affiliate's application status will be updated on their own dashboard.

What happens to my existing affiliates if I enable the Affiliate Review feature?

The Affiliate Review feature will only take in effect for any new affiliates that sign up to your program from the time you enable this feature.

Any existing affiliates that are participating in your referral program would remain as an affiliate.


By enabling affiliate approval, you can maintain control over who joins your referral program and ensure only affiliates that align with your brand are promoting your products. This review process allows you to curate a network of affiliates that will drive high-quality referrals to your store or campaign.

If you have further questions or need additional help, feel free to contact our support team at team@kickbooster.me

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