---
id: "changelog"
type: "changelog"
url: "https://affitor.com/changelog"
updated: "2026-10-15"
---
# Affitor Changelog

> New features, improvements and fixes in Affitor.

## Entries

- 2026-10-15 · feature · brands · dashboard · [Going live now needs a payment source](https://affitor.com/changelog/go-live-needs-payments): A program can go live once it has a business, a commission and a way to count sales. A logo is no longer required.
- 2026-10-15 · feature · brands · dashboard · [Set up a program in five steps](https://affitor.com/changelog/guided-program-setup): A new program now walks you through Business, Commission, Tracking, Payments and Go live, with a live preview of your program card.
- 2026-10-15 · feature · partners, brands · marketplace · [Marketplace cards show who joined, with new sort and filters](https://affitor.com/changelog/marketplace-partners-joined): Each program card shows how many partners joined, with the initials of its top partners, and the marketplace has a Sort menu and a Filter menu.
- 2026-10-15 · feature · brands, partners · dashboard · [Referral links open an invite page](https://affitor.com/changelog/referral-invite-page): When someone opens your Refer a brand link, they see who invited them and how Affitor pricing works before they sign up.
- 2026-10-14 · feature · partners, brands · marketplace · [A new marketplace to find your next program](https://affitor.com/changelog/marketplace-redesign): The marketplace is now a grid of program cards you can search, filter by commission type and sort, and every program page shows its terms at a glance.
- 2026-10-14 · feature · brands, partners, developers · tracking · [Partner sales from Stripe Payment Links, Buy Buttons and Pricing Tables](https://affitor.com/changelog/stripe-payment-links-attribution): If you sell with Stripe's no-code checkouts, partner sales are now credited automatically. Nothing to change in your checkout.
- 2026-10-13 · feature · brands · dashboard · [Billing that shows what you owe and what is next](https://affitor.com/changelog/billing-invoices-redesign): The Billing page now shows what is due, what this week's invoice will be and where you stand against the free tier, and each invoice breaks down by partner.
- 2026-10-12 · breaking · developers · mcp · [MCP server records sales only when you allow it](https://affitor.com/changelog/mcp-write-tools-off): From @affitor/mcp 0.2.1, the tools that record sales and refunds are off by default. Agents that record sales need AFFITOR_MCP_WRITE=1.
- 2026-10-11 · digest · brands, partners · dashboard · [Improvements and fixes, Oct 5–11](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-10-11): One-click commission approval, clearer refund notifications, and notification links that open the right page.
- 2026-10-08 · feature · partners, brands · dashboard · [Partners withdraw commissions once the brand has paid](https://affitor.com/changelog/withdraw-paid-commissions): Commissions approved from Oct 9 become withdrawable when the brand pays its invoice. Partners see what is waiting, and brands no longer mark commissions as paid.
- 2026-10-04 · digest · brands, partners, developers · dashboard, marketplace, tracking, cli · [Improvements and fixes, Sep 28–Oct 4](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-10-04): A changelog for you and your agents, clearer answers from the tracking API, and fixes for Google sign-in and CLI-created programs.
- 2026-10-02 · feature · partners · dashboard · [See what you owe after a refund](https://affitor.com/changelog/balance-owed-after-refund): When a customer refund reverses a commission you already withdrew, your payout page shows the balance owed, and it is recovered from your next commissions.
- 2026-09-30 · breaking · developers, brands · tracking, api · [Send leads from your server to count them](https://affitor.com/changelog/browser-leads-server-side): A signup sent only from the browser is now recorded as provisional on older programs too. Send the lead from your server with your program API key so it counts.
- 2026-09-30 · feature · brands · dashboard · [Test sales are never invoiced](https://affitor.com/changelog/test-sales-never-invoiced): Sales from your own tests are labeled and never billed. An invoice made only of test sales is voided automatically, and it no longer keeps your program paused.
- 2026-09-27 · digest · brands, partners, developers · dashboard, marketplace, api · [Improvements and fixes, Sep 21–27](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-09-27): Commission notifications that point to the exact commission, a featured carousel on the marketplace, and access fixes for workspace members.
- 2026-09-24 · feature · brands, partners · dashboard, tracking · [Partners get their link the moment you approve them](https://affitor.com/changelog/partner-links-on-approval): Approving a partner now creates their referral link right away, every referral code has one owner, and links can use your own /r/ short link.
- 2026-09-20 · breaking · brands, developers · api, cli, dashboard · [Know when your API key must be replaced](https://affitor.com/changelog/api-key-rotation): If Affitor flags your program's API key for replacement, your dashboard, every API response and the CLI now tell you. After the deadline the old key is refused.
- 2026-09-20 · digest · brands, partners, developers · dashboard, marketplace, tracking, api · [Improvements and fixes, Sep 14–20](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-09-20): Password reset pages, notifications that open the right place, faster pages, and fixes across commissions, chat and tracking.
- 2026-09-13 · digest · developers, brands, partners · api, marketplace · [Improvements and fixes, Sep 1–13](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-09-13): A cleaner docs feed for AI assistants, and tighter access to program and marketplace data.
- 2026-08-22 · digest · brands · dashboard · [Improvements and fixes, August 2026](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-08): New brands can create their first program right after sign-up again.
- 2026-07-06 · digest · brands, partners, developers · dashboard, api · [Improvements and fixes, July 2026](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-07): Every docs page as Markdown for AI assistants, an About page, an end-to-end guide, and an Invite Partners button on every empty Partners page.
- 2026-07-05 · feature · brands · [Read honest affiliate-software comparisons on the new Affitor blog](https://affitor.com/changelog/blog-launch): Twelve posts comparing the tools you're actually evaluating, with every price dated "as of" and competitor strengths conceded up front, plus .md twins and llms.txt so your AI assistant reads the same facts you do.
- 2026-07-04 · feature · brands · dashboard · [Invite partners with the email already written](https://affitor.com/changelog/invite-partners): Recruit affiliates by email, CSV, or from your other programs, and send an invitation generated from your program's real terms instead of writing one from scratch.
- 2026-06-27 · feature · brands · dashboard · [Go live when you are ready](https://affitor.com/changelog/go-live-button): A single Go Live button publishes your program as soon as your business profile and commission are set, and the Quick start checklist shows what is really set up.
- 2026-06-27 · digest · brands, partners, developers · dashboard, marketplace, tracking, api, sdk · [Improvements and fixes, June 2026](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-06): Shorter app addresses, a calmer design, apply first and sign up after, per-program billing and notifications, refunds through the API, and the end of list.affitor.com.
- 2026-06-12 · feature · partners · marketplace, dashboard · [Earn by referring brands to Affitor](https://affitor.com/changelog/refer-program): Partners promote Affitor itself through the Refer Program and earn rewards and a share of the platform fee from the brands they bring.
- 2026-06-10 · feature · developers, partners · api, sdk · [A full API reference and integration guides](https://affitor.com/changelog/docs-api-reference): The docs gain an API Reference, an SDK reference, an agent integration guide, integration guides and a machine-readable OpenAPI spec.
- 2026-06-08 · pricing · brands · dashboard · [Free up to $10,000 in affiliate revenue, then 3.5%](https://affitor.com/changelog/pricing-2026): Each program runs free until it has driven $10,000 in affiliate revenue; after that Affitor charges a 3.5% platform fee on affiliate sales.
- 2026-06-07 · feature · partners, brands · marketplace · [The marketplace is open to everyone](https://affitor.com/changelog/public-marketplace): Browse every live program without an account, open its page, and apply, or go straight to your dashboard if you already joined.
- 2026-05-25 · feature · developers · cli, sdk · [Sign in from the CLI, and init wires tracking into Next.js](https://affitor.com/changelog/affitor-init-wizard): The CLI signs you in through the browser, and init detects Next.js, installs the SDK and adds the tracking code, asking before each install and showing a diff before it edits your layout.
- 2026-05-23 · digest · brands, partners · dashboard · [Improvements and fixes, May 2026](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-05): Redesigned account and invoice emails, a faster brand dashboard, and partner earnings that say what they are.
- 2026-04-25 · feature · brands, partners, developers · [Faster, less noisy docs search](https://affitor.com/changelog/faster-docs-search): Search now matches page titles only, so you no longer wade through paragraph snippets to find what you need.
- 2026-04-25 · digest · brands, partners, developers · dashboard, marketplace, cli · [Improvements and fixes, April 2026](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-04): Replies in messages, new program defaults, CLI pages in the docs, and a profile that saves without signing you out.
- 2026-04-25 · feature · brands, partners · dashboard, marketplace, tracking · [Programs go live once setup is complete](https://affitor.com/changelog/programs-go-live-automatically): A program went live by itself once its tracking worked end to end and appeared in the marketplace without waiting for a review. Since June 2026 you publish it with a Go Live button.
- 2026-04-24 · feature · partners · marketplace · [A marketplace of programs for partners](https://affitor.com/changelog/partner-marketplace-2026): Partners browse programs inside Affitor, search them with typo-tolerant search, and sort by commission.
- 2026-04-20 · feature · partners · [Content Lab writes affiliate posts in one click](https://affitor.com/changelog/content-lab-launch): Pick a program, get a publish-ready affiliate post in one click, free for 30 posts a day.
- 2026-04-10 · feature · developers, brands · cli · [Create an affiliate program from your terminal](https://affitor.com/changelog/affitor-cli): Run npx affitor init to create an affiliate program and get its tracking script and API key, then check it and send test events from your terminal.
- 2026-04-08 · feature · brands · dashboard · [Billing and invoices in your dashboard](https://affitor.com/changelog/billing-and-invoices-2026): Brands get a Billing area with every invoice, its status, and an invoice detail page.
- 2026-04-03 · feature · partners · dashboard · [Partner profile and security settings](https://affitor.com/changelog/partner-profile-settings): Partners can now update their profile, avatar, payout details and password, and request a withdrawal, without contacting support.
- 2026-03-31 · digest · brands, partners, developers · dashboard, tracking, api · [Improvements and fixes, March 2026](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-03): Partner withdrawals and transaction history, team members, a hold period and cookie window per program, a redesigned brand dashboard, and a new logo.
- 2026-03-28 · feature · developers · cli · [47 agent skills for affiliate workflows](https://affitor.com/changelog/affiliate-skills-v2): Run common affiliate workflows, from researching programs and drafting content to analyzing traffic, directly from your AI assistant.
- 2026-03-17 · feature · developers, brands · tracking, sdk, api · [Rebuilt tracking and SDK 2.0](https://affitor.com/changelog/tracking-v2): Partner links use ?aff=, clicks, leads and sales are recorded as separate events tied by a click ID, and the SDK adds signup().
- 2026-03-15 · feature · partners, developers · marketplace, api, mcp · [list.affitor.com, a community list of programs and agent skills](https://affitor.com/changelog/list-affitor-community): Browse and star affiliate programs and agent skills on a community site, and let an AI assistant search them through an API key or a Claude connector.
- 2026-02-28 · digest · brands, partners, developers · dashboard, marketplace, tracking, sdk · [Improvements and fixes, February 2026](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-02): A redesigned homepage, the tracker on npm, sales credited even without a cookie, partial refunds, private customer emails, and timestamps in the transcript tool.
- 2026-02-27 · feature · brands · dashboard · [Partner groups with their own commissions](https://affitor.com/changelog/partner-groups): Organize partners into groups and give each group its own commission rate and duration.
- 2026-02-24 · feature · brands · dashboard · [Approve, reject and mark commissions as paid](https://affitor.com/changelog/commission-review): Review partner commissions in the dashboard, approve or reject them with a reason, act on many at once, and mark approved ones as paid.
- 2026-02-22 · feature · developers · api, tracking · [Send leads from your server with an API token](https://affitor.com/changelog/server-side-leads-2026-02): Create an API token in the dashboard and record leads from your backend, with a test mode to try the call first.
- 2026-01-28 · digest · brands, partners · dashboard · [Improvements and fixes, January 2026](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2026-01): Each program page shows only its own commissions and customers, the Setting tab has your tracking snippet ready to copy, and the chart has a Share button for your program link.
- 2026-01-25 · feature · developers, brands · tracking, api · [A public documentation site](https://affitor.com/changelog/docs-site-launch): A public docs site explains how tracking works, how to onboard as a brand, how to set up Stripe and how cookies are handled.
- 2026-01-23 · feature · partners · dashboard · [Edit referral links and get a QR code for each](https://affitor.com/changelog/referral-link-qr): Change a referral link's short name and destination page after you create it, then download or copy its QR code.
- 2025-12-30 · digest · brands, partners · dashboard, tracking · [Improvements and fixes, December 2025](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2025-12): A redesigned program page, search and sort on partner lists, and test events kept out of your numbers.
- 2025-12-11 · feature · brands · dashboard, tracking · [A Getting Started checklist for new brands](https://affitor.com/changelog/getting-started-checklist): New brands see what is left to set up, and clear guidance when the tracking code is not installed yet.
- 2025-12-11 · feature · partners · dashboard · [Refer brands and earn](https://affitor.com/changelog/refer-a-brand-2025): Partners get a personal referral link to invite brands to Affitor, and earn $50 when a referred brand sets up its program and $150 when that brand reaches $1,000 in sales.
- 2025-11-20 · digest · brands, partners · dashboard · [Improvements and fixes, November 2025](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2025-11): A program switcher for brands, auto-accept per program, early access sign-up, and no double commission on a first subscription invoice.
- 2025-11-19 · feature · brands, partners · dashboard · [Message your brands and partners in Affitor](https://affitor.com/changelog/brand-partner-messages): Brands and partners talk in Affitor, with conversations, contacts and messages that arrive live.
- 2025-10-29 · digest · brands, partners · dashboard, marketplace, tracking · [Improvements and fixes, October 2025](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2025-10): A public application form for brands, a customer status filter for brands, and commissions on every subscription renewal.
- 2025-10-29 · feature · brands, partners · dashboard, tracking · [Connect Stripe and see every commission](https://affitor.com/changelog/stripe-connect-commissions): Brands connect their Stripe account so checkout sales are matched to partners, and a new Commissions screen lists each program's commissions with filters.
- 2025-09-29 · feature · brands, partners · dashboard, marketplace, tracking · [Run your own affiliate program on Affitor](https://affitor.com/changelog/affiliate-programs-for-brands): Brands create affiliate programs, partners apply and get tracked links, and clicks, sign-ups and checkout sales are attributed to the partner who sent them.
- 2025-08-29 · digest · partners · marketplace, dashboard · [Improvements and fixes, August 2025](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2025-08): Browse affiliate programs by category with counts, sorting and page numbers, faster category pages, and no more NaN referral balances.
- 2025-07-31 · digest · partners · dashboard, tracking · [Improvements and fixes, July 2025](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2025-07): Short referral links, community sign-in with your Affitor account, and redesigned program pages.
- 2025-07-26 · feature · partners · dashboard, tracking · [Join the Affitor referral program](https://affitor.com/changelog/referral-program-2025): Get referral links for Affitor and follow your visitors, leads, conversions and commissions in one dashboard.
- 2025-07-23 · feature · partners · dashboard, tracking · [Publish pages with your referral links built in](https://affitor.com/changelog/pages-with-referral-links): Write a page in a rich-text editor, add images and links, and give each page its own referral link.
- 2025-06-20 · digest · partners · dashboard · [Improvements and fixes, June 2025](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2025-06): A redesigned script assistant chat box, and Show more works again on video lists.
- 2025-05-29 · digest · partners · dashboard · [Improvements and fixes, May 2025](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2025-05): A Top Ads page with transcripts, Google sign-in that works from in-app browsers, and no more duplicate ads.
- 2025-05-18 · pricing · partners · dashboard · [Paid plans for more research](https://affitor.com/changelog/paid-plans-2025): Monthly, quarterly and yearly plans, paid by card through Stripe, with coupons and cancel anytime.
- 2025-04-30 · digest · partners, brands · marketplace · [Improvements and fixes, April 2025](https://affitor.com/changelog/improvements-2025-04): Google sign-in, filters you can share, traffic by country, the value of a conversion on every program, and a form to submit a program.
- 2025-04-14 · feature · partners · dashboard · [Write video scripts with an AI assistant](https://affitor.com/changelog/ai-script-assistant): Turn the transcript of a popular video about a program into a script for your own video.
- 2025-03-23 · feature · partners · marketplace · [Find affiliate programs in one searchable table](https://affitor.com/changelog/program-directory-launch): Affitor starts as a directory of affiliate programs for creators and marketers, with search, sorting and a page for every program.