Strand
The Affiliate Income Tracker That Connects All Your Programs in One Dashboard
See every commission from Amazon Associates, Impact, ShareASale, and CJ in one view — with post-level attribution showing which content is driving your affiliate revenue.
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An affiliate income tracker for content creators runs into the same problem every month: you open Amazon Associates, log into Impact, check ShareASale, and then open CJ, each in a separate tab, each with a different reporting interface, each with a different lag before commissions post. You total them in a spreadsheet. You still do not know which individual posts are driving the most revenue across all your programs, because none of the networks can see the others.
Amazon Associates shows you clicks and conversions for Amazon links. It does not show you how that "best Dutch oven" post is performing across your Impact commissions for a cookware brand you also promote on the same page. ShareASale shows merchant-level commissions. It does not attribute them back to the specific post that drove the click. Your total affiliate revenue lives in five separate dashboards, and assembling it into a complete picture is a manual task you do at the end of every month.
Why Tracking Affiliate Commissions Across Multiple Networks Requires Five Dashboards and a Spreadsheet
Each affiliate network is built to serve merchants and advertisers first. The publisher dashboard is a secondary interface. Amazon Associates gives you summary reports but no deep content attribution. Impact aggregates across the brands you promote on their platform but not the ones on CJ. ShareASale shows conversions by merchant but not by the post that drove them. The affiliate managing 15 programs across four networks has to log into each one, export or screenshot, and reconcile the numbers manually to get a picture of their total earnings.
For a blogger generating $3,000-$7,000/month in affiliate revenue, that monthly reconciliation takes 30-45 minutes and still produces a spreadsheet that tells you total earnings but not which content to prioritize for updates or expansion.
Introducing Strand
Connect your affiliate networks in Strand's setup wizard, one network at a time, in under three minutes each. Strand pulls your commission data from each network daily, attributes commissions back to the referring post on your site, and shows a unified view of affiliate revenue by program and by content. It replaces the five-dashboard monthly reconciliation with one screen that updates overnight.
What You Get — $19/month
Multi-network affiliate dashboard — Connects to Amazon Associates, Impact, ShareASale, CJ, and 15+ other major networks via API. All commissions appear in one dashboard updated daily, with separate columns for confirmed and pending earnings by network.
Amazon Associates tracker — Pulls clicks, conversions, ordered items, and commissions from Amazon Associates daily, with the 48-hour reporting lag automatically accounted for. Strand handles the import so you do not need to download CSVs or run manual reports.
Post-level revenue attribution — Every commission links back to the referring URL on your site. You see which posts and pages are driving affiliate revenue across all connected programs, in one table, for any date range you select.
Program performance comparison — Side-by-side EPC, conversion rate, and total commissions for every program you're enrolled in. Shows which programs are worth featuring in new content and which ones you may want to replace with higher-converting alternatives.
Pending commissions tracker — Distinguishes confirmed from pending commissions for each network, with expected clearing dates based on each program's payment schedule. You know what has posted and what is still in the window.
Monthly earnings summary — Auto-generated month-end report showing total affiliate revenue by network and by program. Paste it into your income report without manual calculation or tab-switching.
Cookie window visualization — Shows each program's cookie window length next to its conversion data, so you can see whether a 7-day window is costing you commissions you would capture with a 30-day program on the same topic.
Slack and email alerts — Notifies you when a program's earnings per click drops significantly week-over-week, flagging potential broken links, out-of-stock products, or changed commission structures before they cost you a full month of revenue.
Why $19/month
Affluent is the closest comparison at $24/month for a limited set of networks. Strand's Starter plan at $19/month connects up to five networks with full post-level attribution and the monthly earnings summary included. The Publisher plan at $39/month adds unlimited network connections, the program performance comparison view, cookie window visualization, and Slack alerts for bloggers managing 10 or more programs simultaneously. If Strand helps you identify one underperforming post to update and you capture $200 in additional affiliate revenue that month, the plan pays for itself before the end of the first week.
Who This Is For
You publish content regularly and monetize through affiliate links across multiple networks. You have logged into Amazon Associates and Impact in separate tabs more than once this month. You know your total affiliate revenue but not which specific posts are driving it or which programs are performing worst.
The First Month Clarity Guarantee
If you connect your affiliate networks in Strand and your dashboard does not show all your commissions in one view within 48 hours, contact support for a full refund of your first month. Every network connection is tested by a member of the Strand team before it goes into the supported integrations list.
In 30 Days, You'll Have:
- Every affiliate commission from every network appearing in one dashboard, updated daily, without logging into five separate interfaces
- A ranked list of your posts by affiliate revenue across all programs, showing which content to update or expand first
- A month-end earnings summary auto-generated, ready to paste into your income report without manual reconciliation
- A side-by-side comparison of every affiliate program's EPC and conversion rate, so you know which programs to feature in new content
- At least one Slack or email alert that surfaces a problem — a dropped EPC, a broken link — before you notice it yourself at month-end
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Strand work as an affiliate dashboard for bloggers on Amazon Associates?
Amazon Associates is one of Strand's core integrations. Strand pulls your clicks, conversions, ordered items, and commissions from Amazon daily, accounts for the 48-hour reporting lag, and shows your Amazon earnings alongside every other network in the same view. Post-level attribution shows which of your posts are driving Amazon conversions specifically, not just your Associates account as a whole.
How does Strand compare to Affluent for tracking affiliate commissions across multiple networks?
Affluent connects a limited set of networks and focuses on overall commission totals. Strand adds post-level attribution showing which content on your site drives revenue across all networks simultaneously, plus the program performance comparison with EPC and conversion rate by program. For bloggers who want to know not just what they earned but where it came from, Strand adds the content layer Affluent does not.
How long does it take to connect my affiliate networks?
Each network connection takes under three minutes in Strand's setup wizard: authorize API access and Strand pulls your historical data for the past 90 days. Most publishers with four or five networks are fully connected in under 15 minutes. Your dashboard populates as each connection completes.
What if I promote a network that is not on Strand's supported list?
Strand supports Amazon Associates, Impact, ShareASale, CJ, Rakuten, Awin, FlexOffers, and 10 additional networks. If a network you use is not on the list, you can request it on the integrations page. Networks used by 20 or more Strand publishers are prioritized for the next development cycle.
What it is: A unified affiliate income tracker for content creators that connects to Amazon Associates, Impact, ShareASale, and 15+ other networks, pulling all commissions into one dashboard with post-level attribution.
What you get: Multi-network dashboard, Amazon Associates tracker, post-level attribution, program comparison, pending commissions tracker, monthly earnings summary, cookie window view, Slack alerts.
Price: $19/month (up to 5 networks, post-level attribution, monthly summary) or $39/month (unlimited networks, program comparison, cookie window view, Slack alerts).
Catch: Strand is built for content creators managing affiliate programs as publishers. If you are running an affiliate program for your own product as the merchant, Tapfiliate or Refersion is the right tool for that use case.
Guarantee: Full refund of first month if your dashboard does not show all connected commissions within 48 hours of setup.
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