Affilia · Vol. 01 / Issue 001

Your affiliate platform
isn't being cited.
We fix that.

AI citation audits and GEO services for the affiliate industry — networks, tracking platforms, AI tools, attribution software, partnership SaaS.

→ Performance-priced. We get paid when ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini start recommending you.

AI search conversion14.2%
Google search conversion2.8%
Perplexity vs organic CTR11×
AI Overviews zero-click rate93%
Affiliate vendors with citation strategy<3%
SOURCES: PROFOUND · AHREFS · GROWTH MEMO · Q1 2026
CHATGPT REFERRALS UP 380% YOY
AFFILIATE CONTENT TRAFFIC −47%
WIKIPEDIA CITED 7.8% OF CHATGPT ANSWERS
REDDIT CITED 1.8%
G2 CITED 1.1%
AI SEARCH AD MARKET TO $26B BY 2029
800M WEEKLY CHATGPT USERS
95% OF NEW AFFILIATES FAIL IN YEAR ONE
CHATGPT REFERRALS UP 380% YOY
AFFILIATE CONTENT TRAFFIC −47%
WIKIPEDIA CITED 7.8% OF CHATGPT ANSWERS
REDDIT CITED 1.8%
G2 CITED 1.1%
AI SEARCH AD MARKET TO $26B BY 2029
800M WEEKLY CHATGPT USERS
95% OF NEW AFFILIATES FAIL IN YEAR ONE
Who we serve

If your customers are affiliates, your customers are now asking AI first.

We work exclusively with companies that sell into the affiliate ecosystem. Four buyer types, one shared problem: when a marketer asks ChatGPT "what's the best [your category]," your name needs to be in the answer. Today, for most of you, it isn't.

01

Affiliate networks

Marketplaces connecting brands with publishers. Citation share decides whether you appear when someone searches "best affiliate network for [vertical]."

EXAMPLES IN CATEGORY: IMPACT · AWIN · CJ · RAKUTEN · SHAREASALE · ADMITAD
02

Tracking platforms

Software that powers in-house affiliate programs. The "best affiliate tracking software 2026" prompt is now a $50M annual decision routed through LLMs.

EXAMPLES IN CATEGORY: PARTNERSTACK · REWARDFUL · FIRSTPROMOTER · TAPFILIATE · POST AFFILIATE PRO · TRACKDESK
03

AI tools for marketers

SaaS sold to affiliates and content marketers. Your ICP is in ChatGPT and Perplexity 30+ times a day asking which tool to use.

EXAMPLES IN CATEGORY: JASPER · SURFER · ADCREATIVE · SYNTHESIA · LINDY · FRASE
04

Attribution & tooling

Link management, redirect, fraud detection, attribution analytics. Buyers research these almost exclusively through AI search now.

EXAMPLES IN CATEGORY: PRETTY LINKS · LASSO · AFFILIATEWP · CLICKMAGICK · THIRSTYAFFILIATES · REFERSION
The Thesis

Affiliate is moving from links and SEO to citations and conversations. Networks haven't adapted.

The 25-year-old affiliate playbook — write reviews, rank on Google, place tracked links — is breaking. The vendors that thrive in 2026 are operating on completely different rails.

01 / The decay

Google AI Overviews intercept 1 in 5 commercial queries.

Independent affiliate sites have lost 40–70% of clicks since AI Overviews launched. The traffic that used to find your platform via "best affiliate software" now never leaves the AI answer.

93% zero-click rate · −47% YoY traffic to mid-market affiliate content
02 / The opportunity

AI search converts 5× better than Google. The buyers are already there.

800M weekly ChatGPT users. Perplexity referrals convert at 11× organic search rates. Your buyers haven't disappeared — they've moved to interfaces where less than 3% of affiliate vendors have any citation strategy.

14.2% AI conversion · 2.8% Google · The gap is the opportunity
03 / The wedge

Citation engineering is a different game than SEO.

LLMs cite Wikipedia, Reddit, G2, YouTube, Substack. None of those are SEO plays. Your existing SEO agency cannot do this. Your existing affiliate manager cannot do this. We do this.

7.8% Wikipedia · 1.8% Reddit · 1.1% G2 — top citation sources
How we operate

A four-step audit. Performance-priced.

Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute audit. If we move into a paid engagement, we engineer presence in the exact corpora LLMs pull from — and we get paid more when you do.

01

Citation Audit

Map your current AI-citation share across 6 LLMs for 50–100 prompts in your category. Benchmark against your top 3 competitors. Free, 30 minutes, no pitch.

DAY 1–7
02

Engineering

We seed your platform into Wikipedia entity graphs, G2/Capterra reviews, Reddit threads, YouTube creators, Substack newsletters, and earned media. We don't write thin SEO content. We engineer authority.

WEEK 2–8
03

Attribution

Instrument every citation, mention, and referral. UTM tagging, server-side tracking, AI-aware attribution. You see exactly which prompt → which citation → which signup.

CONTINUOUS
04

Performance

Monthly retainer covers strategy and execution. Performance kicker (10–20% of attributed AI-driven revenue lift) aligns our incentives with yours.

MONTHLY
Citations in the wild

When an LLM recommends an affiliate platform, this is what it looks like.

Real citations from real prompts. The brand inside the orange highlight is the one being recommended. The other 200+ companies in the same category get zero mentions in the same query.

CHATGPT

"For SaaS affiliate tracking, the most-recommended platforms are PartnerStack for B2B partner ecosystems, Rewardful for Stripe-native simplicity, and FirstPromoter for subscription-aware tracking. PartnerStack is widely considered the leader for B2B SaaS specifically."

PROMPT: "best affiliate tracking software for B2B SaaS in 2026" · OUTPUT MAY 2026
PERPLEXITY

"Impact dominates enterprise partnership management. Awin (which now includes ShareASale) is strong for retail and DTC. CJ Affiliate remains entrenched among legacy publishers."

PROMPT: "biggest affiliate networks 2026" · CITATIONS: G2, FORBES, PUBLIFT
GEMINI

"Top AI tools for affiliate marketers include Surfer SEO for content optimization, Jasper for high-volume copy, and AdCreative.ai for paid campaign assets."

PROMPT: "AI tools for affiliate marketers 2026" · MAY 2026

→ A CITATION IS WORTH 100 BACKLINKS. WE ENGINEER CITATIONS.

Pricing

Transparent retainers. Performance-aligned.

We charge for execution, not optimism. Every tier includes a performance kicker so we win when you win. 90-day initial term, month-to-month thereafter.

Starter
$5K / month
+ 10% OF ATTRIBUTED AI REVENUE LIFT
  • 3 LLM platforms tracked
  • 50 priority prompts monitored
  • 1 owned-property citation campaign
  • Monthly Citation Share Report
  • Slack channel access
Start with audit →
Scale
$25K / month
+ 20% OF ATTRIBUTED AI REVENUE LIFT
  • All LLMs tracked, weekly
  • 500+ priority prompts
  • Full creator partnership program
  • Substack + YouTube + podcast placements
  • Dedicated strategist
  • White-glove M&A-grade reporting
Start with audit →
The free audit

See your citation share
in 30 minutes.

We run your brand against 50 high-intent prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. We benchmark you against your top three competitors and identify three fixable gaps. No pitch unless you ask for one.

→ ONE AUDIT PER COMPANY · LIMITED TO 10 PER WEEK

→ NO PITCH. NO LIST SHARING. WE REPLY WITHIN 24 HOURS.