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Lifetime recurring vs 12-month recurring: which actually pays more

A 60% lifetime rate on a €30 tool loses to 30% for a year on a €500 plan. We run the maths on eight real programs from the directory.

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Lien Vermeulen · 2 Sep 2026 · 9 min read
Key takeaways
1 Price × rate × retention beats headline percentage every time
2 Lifetime only wins when churn is genuinely low
3 Mix one-time bounties with recurring to smooth cashflow
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Niches 11 min read

The accounting software niche is the most underrated in affiliate marketing

High intent, long lifetimes and almost no content competition outside English — but geography decides whether you get paid at all.

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Jonas De Smet · 28 Aug 2026
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Paid ads 8 min read

Brand bidding: what 'restricted' really means in program terms

Allowed, restricted and forbidden are not shades of the same rule. Here is how enforcement works and what gets commissions clawed back.

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Priya Nair · 24 Aug 2026
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Beginner 7 min read

How to pick your first affiliate program with no audience yet

Filter for free-signup conversions, instant approval and low payout thresholds — then write the three page types that convert.

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Lien Vermeulen · 20 Aug 2026
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Countries 10 min read

Belgium and the Netherlands: local programs global publishers miss

Accountable, Dexxter, Moneybird and Exact Online face a fraction of the competition that global SaaS keywords carry.

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Jonas De Smet · 16 Aug 2026
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Knowledge base 6 min read

Cookie windows explained: from 24 hours to 180 days

Why attribution length matters more for B2B than for retail, and how to read a program's real window behind the marketing claim.

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Priya Nair · 12 Aug 2026
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Strategy 9 min read

Promotion fit: matching programs to the channel you already own

The same program can be a 96% fit for SEO and a 30% fit for TikTok. Here is how we score channels and how to use those scores.

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Lien Vermeulen · 8 Aug 2026
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Niches 8 min read

AI tool programs are generous — and volatile

Rates of 25–45% recurring are common, but terms change fast. A quarterly re-verification routine protects your best pages.

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Marcus Feld · 4 Aug 2026
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Content 12 min read

Comparison pages outperform reviews: the data from 40 programs

'X vs Y' converts roughly twice as well as single-product reviews in software categories. The exceptions are instructive.

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Marcus Feld · 30 Jul 2026
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