Publish and update your program rules
Write the terms affiliates accept, publish changes as new versions, and show affiliates exactly what changed.
Your program rules are the terms every affiliate accepts before their portal opens. In affixo they're written as numbered sections, and every change is published as a new version. Affiliates on an older version see what changed, section by section, and accept again.
Publish or update the rules#
Open Agreement
Go to SettingsProgramAgreement. The Current agreement card shows the live version and how many affiliates accepted it. Read current agreement expands the full text.
Start a draft
Under Publish a new version, click Use starter draft for a ready-made set of rules, or Copy current version to edit what's live. The draft uses the business name from SettingsGeneral.
Edit the sections
Each section has a title and text. Use Add section, the up and down arrows, and the remove button to arrange them. Changed sections are marked Changed or New. For each one, add What changed, in one line (optional), for example "No ads on our brand name".
Add a summary
Summary of this version (optional) is shown to affiliates who are asked to accept, for example "Two rules changed: paid search and refunds."
Publish
Click Publish version, then Publish agreement in the confirmation.
Heads up
The page won't publish while it still contains placeholder details, and it asks you to confirm your legal name when the prefilled name is your workspace display name. You also need to change at least one section before a new version can go out.
What affiliates see#
- New affiliates accept the current rules before their portal opens.
- Existing affiliates are asked to review what changed and accept. For each changed section they see your one-line note, then Before and Now. Their links and earnings keep working while they decide.
- If they don't agree, the rules page offers to contact you or leave the program. Leaving stops new earning; commissions they already earned are still paid.
Version history#
Version history lists every version with its title, summary, publish date, and whether it's Current or Superseded.
Limits#
Up to 40 sections, 120 characters per section title, 5,000 characters per section, 200 characters per change note and 500 characters for the summary.
Related#
Questions
No. Their links and earnings keep working while they review the changes. They're asked to accept the new version from their Program rules page.
Each changed section shows Before and Now, with the one-line note you wrote above it. Someone who skipped a version sees everything that changed since the version they last accepted.
They can contact you, or leave the program themselves. Leaving stops new earning, and what they already earned is still paid on your normal schedule.
The Current agreement card shows the version number and how many affiliates have accepted it.
No. It's a starting point that uses your business name from Settings › General. Review your rules with your legal adviser before publishing, and replace any placeholder details the page points out.
Still stuck?
Send us a note and a person will get back to you, usually within one business day.