Affiliate tracking to use with Publisher Discovery
Publisher Discovery helps you find high-value affiliate publishers across major networks. But once you've identified the right partners, you need a system to track their referrals, attribute sales, and handle commissions. Trackli picks up exactly where Publisher Discovery leaves off.
What Publisher Discovery does (and doesn't do)
- Searches across affiliate networks to find publishers promoting products in your niche
- Reveals competitor affiliate programs and the publishers driving their traffic
- Provides publisher-level data including traffic estimates, promotional methods, and network affiliations
- Filters results by geography, vertical, and publisher type to narrow your recruitment list
- Exports publisher lists for outreach and recruitment campaigns
- Does not track clicks or referral traffic from recruited affiliates
- Does not attribute conversions or sales to specific affiliate partners
- Does not calculate or manage commission payments for affiliates
- Does not provide an affiliate portal where partners can view their performance
- Does not integrate with payment processors to automate payouts
The gap: why you still need tracking
Publisher Discoveryexcels at helping you discover and recruit affiliates, but once a partner says “yes,” you need infrastructure to generate unique referral links, track clicks and conversions, and calculate commissions automatically on every conversion. That's exactly what Trackli provides.
Attribution
Server-side click and conversion tracking
Analytics
Real-time dashboards for brands and affiliates
Commissions
Automatic calculation on every sale
Multi-processor
Works with Stripe, Paddle, LemonSqueezy, and more
How Publisher Discovery + Trackli work together
Publisher Discovery and Trackli serve complementary roles in your affiliate workflow. Publisher Discovery operates as an upstream research tool — you use it to identify and vet potential affiliates across networks. Once you've recruited those affiliates, Trackli handles all downstream operations: generating referral links, tracking clicks, attributing conversions through your payment processor, and calculating commissions. There is no direct API integration between the two tools; instead, you export your publisher shortlist from Publisher Discovery and onboard those affiliates into Trackli via email invitations.
Step-by-step workflow
Search for publishers
Use Publisher Discovery to identify affiliates promoting products in your vertical across multiple networks.
Build your recruitment list
Export a shortlist of high-potential publishers filtered by traffic quality, geography, and promotional methods.
Set up Trackli
Create your Trackli account and connect your payment processor (Stripe, Paddle, or others) in under five minutes.
Onboard recruited affiliates
Invite publishers from your list into Trackli where they receive unique referral links and access to a branded portal.
Configure commission structures
Set up percentage-based or flat-rate commissions in Trackli for each publisher you recruit.
Monitor performance
Use Trackli's real-time dashboard to track clicks, conversions, and revenue generated by each publisher.
Review commissions
Trackli calculates commissions automatically for every conversion. Review pending commissions in your dashboard.
Why Trackli complements Publisher Discovery
- Once you recruit publishers via Publisher Discovery, Trackli generates unique referral links for each partner
- Trackli tracks every click, conversion, and sale so you know which publishers are actually performing
- Automated commission calculations eliminate spreadsheet-based tracking — every conversion is recorded and attributed instantly
- A branded affiliate portal gives recruited publishers a professional dashboard to monitor their own stats
- Real-time analytics let you compare publisher performance and optimize your program continuously
Visual workflow
Discovery vs tracking: who does what
Publisher Discoveryand Trackli are complementary tools. Here's how responsibilities split.