Affiliate commission calculator
Model twelve months of earnings for any program: a percentage, a fixed bounty or both, paid once or on every renewal, with cancellations and refunds taken out.
- First 12 months
- $0
- Month one
- $0
- Month twelve
- $0
- New customers per month
- 0
- Earnings per click over the year
- $0.00
Month by month
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How the calculator works
Each month the calculator adds a new group of customers: your clicks multiplied by your conversion rate. Bounties are paid once, in the month a customer joins. Percentages are paid on every payment for as long as the program allows, but each month a share of earlier customers cancels, so older groups shrink. Refunds and reversed sales come off the top of each month.
Month twelve is usually much larger than month one for recurring programs, because twelve groups of customers are paying at once. That compounding is the reason recurring programs reward patient publishers.
Choosing realistic inputs
- Clicks: count clicks on affiliate links, not pageviews. Most link managers and networks report them.
- Conversion rate: affiliate clicks commonly convert somewhere between half a percent and a few percent. Comparison and review pages convert better than general articles.
- Cancellations: monthly software subscriptions often lose a few percent of customers each month; annual plans lose fewer.
- Refunds: digital products with generous guarantees can see higher reversal rates. Your network dashboard shows the real figure.
Frequently asked
Why is my earnings per click so low?
EPC spreads twelve months of earnings across twelve months of clicks. It is the fairest way to compare a recurring program with a bounty program, because it shows what each click is worth over time.
Does this include network fees?
No. Publishers usually receive the advertised commission. Brands pay network fees on top; use the brand commission planner for that side of the math.
Is this a forecast?
No. It is an illustration based on the numbers you enter. Real results vary with traffic quality, seasonality and changes to program terms.
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