How do I manage my traffic sources?

Listing your traffic sources allows advertisers to clearly see where their brand and trademarks will be promoted. Sources can be broken down into three main areas: Traffic Sources/Websites, Social Media Accounts, and Email Lists.

1. Traffic Sources/Websites

To add a new traffic source:

1. Go to Settings in your affiliate account.
2. Click on the Traffic Sources tab.
3. Scroll down and select Add New Website.
4. Provide the following information:

• Type (e.g., Blog, Mobile App, Software)
• Name
• URL
• Category (e.g., Fashion, Toys, Baby)
• Approximate weekly visitors
• Approximate years online
• Description

Once you have added a new traffic source, it will be reviewed by our team. The Status column shows whether each source is:

• Approved – reviewed and approved by Commission Factory
• Pending – awaiting review. New traffic sources are reviewed within a couple of business days.

Once a traffic source is approved, you can confirm it's working correctly with our guide on verifying your traffic source.

2. Social Media Accounts

To connect your social media accounts:

1. Go to the Social Media Accounts section.
2. Click the three-dot icon to connect.
3. Log in to your selected platform to link it with your Commission Factory profile.

Connecting your social accounts helps advertisers view your social reach.

For more help, refer to our guide on connecting, updating, or deleting social media accounts.

3. Email Lists

If you promote affiliate offers via email, you can declare your email list:

1. Go to the Email Lists section.
2. Click Add New Email List and enter the required information.

This enables access to email creatives provided by approved advertisers.

4. Deleting a traffic source

To delete a traffic source from your account:

1. In your affiliate account, go to Traffic Sources (in the left-hand sidebar)
2. Next to the traffic source you want to remove, click the three-dot icon.
   Select Delete.

Why you might not be able to delete a traffic source

A traffic source can't be deleted while either of the following applies:

• It's part of an active advertiser application. If you've used the traffic source to apply to an advertiser program and that application is showing as Pending, Invited or Approved, the traffic source is locked. It becomes available to delete again once the application moves to Not Joined, Declined, Blocked or Left Program.
• It's ticked as usable for one of your joined advertisers. Some advertisers let you tick which traffic sources you'll use to promote them. If this traffic source is ticked for any advertiser you've joined, you'll need to untick it from that advertiser first. There's currently no bulk option for this, so if it's ticked across several advertisers you'll need to untick it one advertiser at a time.

If you try to delete a traffic source that's locked for either reason, you'll see the message: "This traffic source is being used."

Once a traffic source is no longer tied to an active application and isn't ticked for any joined advertiser, you'll be able to delete it as normal.

Not sure which advertisers are worth applying to in the first place? See which advertisers should I promote?