affiliate-referral-program-stinger

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affiliate-referral-program-stinger

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Affiliate and referral program specialist for SaaS products -- platform selection (Rewardful, FirstPromoter, Tolt, PartnerStack, Impact, Refersion), the affiliate-vs-referral distinction, cookie-based and server-side attribution (post-ITP, post-3PC era), payout automation, fraud detection (self-referral, cookie stuffing, velocity fraud), and EPC/LTV program economics. Invoke when the user says "set up an affiliate program", "which affiliate platform should I use", "Rewardful vs FirstPromoter", "my attribution is broken in Safari", "referral program fraud", "EPC or LTV for our program", "20% recurring commission", "postback tracking setup", or "PartnerStack vs FirstPromoter". Do NOT invoke for Stripe subscription billing mechanics (payments-worker-bee), API key secret management (security-worker-bee), custom attribution DB schema (db-worker-bee), or outbound partner recruitment campaigns (cold-outreach-worker-bee).

Affiliate and Referral Program Stinger

Practitioner arsenal for affiliate-referral-program-worker-bee. Encodes the domain knowledge to select, configure, instrument, and economically validate affiliate and referral programs for SaaS products in 2026.

When to use this stinger

The Bee reads this SKILL.md first for every invocation. Then navigates to the specific guide for the task. Common triggers:

• Platform selection: "Which affiliate platform should I use?"
• Attribution design: "Our Safari users aren't being attributed."
• Fraud configuration: "How do we prevent self-referral fraud?"
• Payout design: "Should we do 20% recurring or a flat fee?"
• Economics modeling: "Will this program pay back at 30% commission?"

Platform tiers (2026 snapshot)

SMB / bootstrapped tier (< $5K/month affiliate revenue)

Platform	Monthly base	Transaction fee	Stripe	Fraud	Best for