Compare your current paid acquisition costs against a performance-based affiliate channel. See exactly how much you could save per customer — and how much net profit you'd gain.
Affiliate program ROI vs. paid acquisition
1,150%
ROI
$15,640/mo net profit
Breakdown
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Total monthly budget across paid channels (Google, Meta, etc.)
How much you currently pay to acquire one customer through paid ads
Average transaction amount per customer order
Percentage of each sale you pay to affiliates — you only pay when they convert
How many orders per month you expect affiliates to drive
Paid acquisition charges you for clicks and impressions — regardless of whether they convert. Affiliate programs flip the model: you pay only for results. Every dollar of affiliate spend is a dollar tied to a real customer.
For brands operating in AI-driven commerce, this matters even more. AI agents recommend products across millions of sessions. With Syndicate Links, every agent-driven recommendation carries a cryptographic attribution token — so when a purchase happens, the right affiliate gets paid and you have a full audit trail, no cookies required.
Traditional affiliate networks weren't built for machine-to-machine commerce. Syndicate Links is: attribution that works with AI agents, multi-rail payouts (Stripe, Bitcoin Lightning, USDC), and publisher dashboards built for the next generation of traffic sources.