How do I approve a partner in Simple Affiliate?

Simple Affiliate provides a partner approval admin action so you can approve partners from your merchant workflow before treating them as accepted participants in your affiliate program. This gives your team a defined review point and lets you set the expectation that partner access is subject to your approval process.

What partner approval does

Use the approval action when a partner should be accepted into your program. Approval is an administrative decision for your store; it does not determine the partner’s commission rate, referral attribution, or payout timing. Configure and communicate those rules separately.

How to approve a partner

1. Open Simple Affiliate in Shopify Admin.
2. Locate the partner who requires an approval decision.
3. Review the partner information and confirm that the partner meets your program requirements.
4. Choose the partner approval admin action.
5. Confirm the approval when Simple Affiliate requests confirmation.

After approval, give the partner the instructions they need for the affiliate dashboard, referral links, discount codes, or other tracking methods enabled for your program.

Important rules to remember

• Merchant decision: Your team is responsible for deciding which partners meet your program requirements.
• Separate configuration: Approval does not create or change commission rules, referral links, discount codes, or payout settings unless you configure those separately.
• Customer expectations: Tell partners that approval is required before they should represent themselves as accepted affiliates for your store.
• Tracking expectations: An approved partner still needs to use a supported referral method for orders to be attributed.

What happens next

Once you approve a partner, verify the partner’s dashboard access and provide the current program terms. Test the referral method the partner will use before launching a promotion, and keep your support team informed of the approval process so it can answer access and attribution questions consistently.