Guides
Step-by-step guides for declining and amending affiliate network commission: Awin, CJ, impact.com, Rakuten, duplicates, leaked codes and deadlines.
- Monthly affiliate validation checklistThe 12-step checklist for validating affiliate network commissions each month: exports, refunds, partial refunds, duplicates, codes, deadlines and upload.Updated 24 September 2026
- ShareASale to Awin: what changes for validationShareASale merchants moved to Awin. What that means for validation periods, declining returns, batch files and your Shopify tracking.Updated 24 September 2026
- Affiliate decline reasons: 15 templates to copyCopy-paste decline and amend reasons publishers accept: full refund, partial refund, cancellation, duplicate claim, voucher misuse, test order.Updated 22 September 2026
- impact.com: reverse actions before they lockHow brands reverse or modify impact.com actions for returns and cancellations before the locking date, in bulk or one by one, with the right reason.Updated 22 September 2026
- Affiliate validation periods by networkValidation periods, locking dates and auto-approval rules for Awin, CJ, impact.com, Rakuten, Webgains, Partnerize and Tradedoubler, in one dated table.Updated 22 September 2026
- Holiday returns: a January validation checklistBlack Friday and Christmas sales auto-approve in January. The per-network deadline, an eight-step routine and the misses that cost the most.Updated 22 September 2026
- CJ commission corrections for returns: a guideHow advertisers correct CJ commissions for returned merchandise before the locking date: locking cycles, correction reasons, files and extensions.Updated 21 September 2026
- Affiliate de-duplication across networksWhy one Shopify order gets claimed by two affiliate networks, what de-duplication does and does not catch, and how to decline the duplicate claim.Updated 21 September 2026
- Coupon code leakage: stop paying for leaked codesHow creator and affiliate codes leak to coupon sites and extensions, how to block the next leak and how to decline this month’s unearned commission.Updated 19 September 2026
- How to decline Awin commissions for returnsStep by step: export pending Awin transactions, match them to Shopify refunds, decline or amend, and upload the batch file before auto-approval.Updated 18 September 2026
- Awin auto-validation period explainedWhat Awin’s auto-validation period is, the maximum by plan, how to set it from your returns window, and what Shopify auto-validation covers.Updated 18 September 2026
- Should you pay affiliate commission on returns?Networks pay commission on refunded orders unless you decline them in time. What is fair, what network terms allow, and how to check last month.Updated 18 September 2026