Affiliate Banners
Pictures your members can put on their own websites and blogs, in the standard ad sizes other sites have room for. Each member copies a banner from their account page, already linked to your storefront with their own affiliate code, so everyone who signs up through it is credited to them.
| Section | Affiliate Center |
| Panel route | /admin/affiliate-center/banners |
| Access needed | Affiliate Center → Banner → View list |
Adding, editing and deleting each need their own access: Affiliate Center → Banner → Create, Affiliate Center → Banner → Edit and Affiliate Center → Banner → Delete. Without them the list is read-only.
Adding a banner
Add banner opens the form.
| Field | Accepts | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Size | One of the standard sizes below | The ad slot the banner is made for |
| Picture | JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF, up to 2 MB, exactly the chosen size or exactly twice it | The banner itself |
| Title | Up to 255 characters, optional | Used as the picture's alternative text on other sites |
| Order | Zero or a positive whole number | Lower numbers are shown first |
| Status | Offered to affiliates or Hidden from affiliates | Only offered banners appear on members' account pages |
Sizes
| Size (px) | Name |
|---|---|
| 728 × 90 | Leaderboard |
| 970 × 90 | Large leaderboard |
| 970 × 250 | Billboard |
| 468 × 60 | Full banner |
| 300 × 250 | Medium rectangle |
| 336 × 280 | Large rectangle |
| 250 × 250 | Square |
| 200 × 200 | Small square |
| 120 × 600 | Skyscraper |
| 160 × 600 | Wide skyscraper |
| 300 × 600 | Half page |
| 320 × 50 | Mobile banner |
| 320 × 100 | Large mobile banner |
The picture must fit the size exactly
Ad slots on other sites do not stretch, so a picture is accepted only at exactly the size you chose, or at exactly twice it — a 728 × 90 banner can be 728 × 90 or 1456 × 180 px. Twice the size looks sharp on high-resolution screens and is still shown at the slot size.
Under the picture the form tells you the dimensions the chosen size needs, then whether the picture you picked fits. A picture that does not fit is refused when you save.
The list
| Column | Shows |
|---|---|
| Banner | A preview |
| Size | The size and its name |
| Title | The title, if you gave one |
| Order | Its position |
| Status | Active or Inactive |
Editing and deleting
Edit banner changes any field.
- Changing the size keeps the current picture only if it already fits the new size. Otherwise, choose a new picture in the new size.
- Replacing the picture removes the old one. Copies members already placed on other sites stop showing it until they copy the banner again from their account page.
- Hiding a banner only stops new copies. Copies already placed keep showing the picture.
Delete banner removes the banner and its picture. Members can no longer copy it, and copies already placed on other sites stop showing the picture.
To retire a banner without breaking the copies members already placed, set it to Hidden from affiliates instead of deleting it.
What members see
On their account page, under Invite & Earn, members with an affiliate code see Banners for your site: every banner set to Offered to affiliates, in your order, each with Copy code. The copied code is a link to your storefront carrying their affiliate code, with the picture inside it at the slot size. They paste it into their own site.
Members without an affiliate code create one with Get affiliate code first. When no banner is offered, the section is not shown.
Related
- Affiliate Overview · Referred Signups · Referral Points
- My Account — the same Invite & Earn card, for your own account
- Growth Toolkit