Overview
Affiliate Challenges are performance-based incentives you can create within your Affiliates program that let you motivate affiliates with milestone-based rewards. Instead of relying only on standard commissions, you can create time-bound Challenges that reward affiliates when they hit specific performance goals, such as a set number of sales.
This feature helps you drive higher engagement, increase sales velocity, and reward your top-performing affiliates in a more intentional way.
Each Challenge defines:
A goal (For example, a sales count threshold)
A reward (Monetary or custom)
A timeframe (Start and end dates)
A budget cap (Optional)
When affiliates meet the Challenge requirements within the set timeframe, they earn the reward you defined.
How to access Affiliate Challenges
From your Dashboard, click Sales.
Select Affiliates.
Open Commission setup.
Click the Challenges tab.
On the Challenges tab, you can:
Create a new Challenge.
View existing Challenges.
Edit or delete Challenges.
How to create an Affiliate Challenge
To create a new Challenge:
From your Dashboard, go to
Sales > Affiliates > Commission setup > Challenges.Click Create challenge.
Add Challenge details
Name your challenge
This is visible to affiliates on their dashboard.Description
Use this to explain the goal, rules, or reward details (500 or less characters).Thumbnail
Upload an image to visually highlight the challenge for your affiliates.
Set up the reward
When configuring rewards, you’ll define what affiliates need to achieve and what they earn.
Choose Offers
Select one or more Offers that count toward the Challenge.
Set a Sales count threshold
Define how many sales an affiliate must generate to complete the Challenge.
Choose a Reward type. Choices include:
Monetary
Enter a dollar amount.
Select a payout method (manual or automatic, based on your affiliate payout settings).
Custom
Use this for non-cash rewards (for example, gift cards, swag, or private perks).
Custom rewards are tracked but fulfilled manually.
Set a budget (optional)
Setting a budget helps you cap spending and run controlled promotions.
Define a maximum total budget for the Challenge
Once the budget is reached, the Challenge automatically ends.
Schedule the challenge
Set a Start date and End date. Only sales made within this window count toward the Challenge.
Publish and manage Challenges
After creating a Challenge, you can:
Publish the Challenge when you’re ready.
Edit Challenge details before or during its run (depending on status).
Delete a Challenge if it’s no longer needed.
View Challenge progress
Opening a Challenge shows an overview of its performance, including:
Key metrics
Total sales
Sales count
Affiliates enrolled
Paid rewards
Leaderboard
The Leaderboard makes it easy to identify top performers and track competition at a glance. It ranks affiliates based on:
Total sales
Challenge completion progress
Budget breakdown
The Budget breakdown helps you understand how much of your allocated budget has been used and what’s still available. This includes:
Total budget
Paid rewards
Remaining rewards
How your affiliates view Challenges
When an affiliate opens a Challenge, they’re shown a dedicated challenge card with clear, actionable information about their progress and rewards. Affiliates can view:
Challenge name and Thumbnail: Makes it easy to recognize active promotions.
Active Challenge dates: Includes Start and End time.
Sales goal and progress: Displays as a progress bar (for example, 0 / 10 sales).
Reward amount: The total reward they can earn for completing the challenge.
Real-time metrics: Including Sales count and Total sales amount.
By expanding Challenge details, affiliates can also read the full description you set when configuring the Challenge.
All progress updates automatically as sales are tracked, so affiliates always know where they stand and how close they are to earning the reward.
Exporting Challenge results
Exports make it easy to analyze performance or reconcile rewards outside the platform. You can export challenge data at any time for reporting or payouts.
Exported fields include:
Affiliate ID
State
Sales Count
Sales Amount (in cents)
Completed At
Affiliate Name
Affiliate Email