bestaffiliateprograms/affiliate-programs

Affiliate Programs Directory (BestAffiliatePrograms.cc)

4,937 affiliate programs, one row each, with the published commission, cookie window, affiliate network, how the program pays, what it takes to get approved, a modelled value per referral, and the source URLs every figure was read from. Each row is date-stamped, and each one says whether its terms were read on the program's own affiliate page or on a network listing.

This is a snapshot of the open dataset behind BestAffiliatePrograms.cc, an independent directory that compares affiliate programs. The directory is not paid by the programs it lists, and its Join links carry no referral code.

At a glance

Programs	4,937
Categories	19: Fashion & beauty (900), E-commerce & retail (527), Home & garden (482), Health & wellness (456), SaaS & software (451), Travel (371), Electronics (292), Marketing & SEO (240), Finance & fintech (221), Food & beverage (157), Education & courses (137), Hosting & web (134), Business services (120), Gaming (109), Crypto & trading (103), VPN & security (94), Telecom & mobile (63), Pets (63), Marketplace (17)
Networks	CJ (2,542), in-house programs (988), Impact.com (330), Awin (308), FlexOffers (184), PartnerStack (157), FirstPromoter, Partnerize, Rewardful, Rakuten, Tapfiliate and others
Terms read on the program's own page	1,685 (confidence = confirmed)
Terms read on a network or aggregator listing	3,252 (confidence = network)
Recurring-commission programs	553
Figures verified	between 2026-08-17 and 2026-10-04 (per row in lastVerified)
Snapshot exported	2026-10-04

Fields

Field	Type	Meaning
slug	string	Stable id of the program on BestAffiliatePrograms.cc
name	string	Program name
category, categoryLabel	string	Category key and its display name
network	string	Affiliate network, normalised (for example Impact.com, In-house)
networkRaw	string	Network as published by the source
commission	string	Published commission, in the program's own words where it gives tiers or segments
cookie	string	Cookie (attribution) window, for example 30 days
recurring	boolean	True when the commission recurs on renewals
howEarned	string	What earns the commission (sale, signup, subscription and so on)
requirements	string	What it takes to join and get approved
confidence	string	confirmed: read on the program's own affiliate page. network: read on a reputable network or aggregator listing
modelledValuePerReferralUsd	number	A conservative, reasoned model of one paid referral in US dollars. It is NOT a guaranteed payout; the method is published at /methodology
lastVerified	date	When the row's figures were last checked
homepage	url	The brand's website
applyUrl	url	The program's own signup page
sources	list of urls	The pages the figures were read from
url	url	The program's page on BestAffiliatePrograms.cc

affiliate-programs.csv holds the same rows for spreadsheets, with sources joined by |.

Load it

from datasets import load_dataset

programs = load_dataset("bestaffiliateprograms/affiliate-programs", split="train")
recurring_saas = programs.filter(lambda p: p["recurring"] and p["category"] == "saas")

Live data

Programs change their terms. This snapshot is refreshed from the live directory, which stays current:

• Full dataset as JSON, no key needed: bestaffiliateprograms.cc/affiliate-programs.json
• Remote MCP server for AI agents, no key needed: https://bestaffiliateprograms.cc/v1/mcp (docs)
• REST API with filters: bestaffiliateprograms.cc/developers
• Browse and compare programs: bestaffiliateprograms.cc/programs

How the figures are gathered

Each program's commission and cookie window are read from its own affiliate page where it publishes them, otherwise from its listing on the affiliate network that runs it. Every row keeps the URLs it was read from in sources, and the date in lastVerified, so any figure can be checked against its source. Dead signup links are re-checked and repaired. The full method, including how the modelled value per referral is derived, is at bestaffiliateprograms.cc/methodology.

Known limits: some programs publish a range or a per-segment rate, which is kept as text in commission. Programs on CJ that set their rate per advertiser say so instead of a number. A network row was read on a listing, not on the program's own page, so check its source before relying on it.

Terms of use

Free to access and to cite, with attribution to BestAffiliatePrograms.cc and a link back to https://bestaffiliateprograms.cc. Individual facts may be quoted with attribution. Please do not present the compilation as your own or rebuild a competing catalogue from a bulk copy. Full terms: bestaffiliateprograms.cc/data#license.

Cite

BestAffiliatePrograms.cc, "Affiliate program dataset", https://bestaffiliateprograms.cc, snapshot of 2026-10-04.

Corrections from program owners are welcome on any program's page ("Confirm or correct these terms") or at bestaffiliateprograms.cc/list-your-program.