Create Affiliate Referral Contract

Affiliate API Endpoint:

https://explodely.com/api/v1/aff

Parameters:

To create an affiliate referral contract (second tier affiliate contract), you need to send below parameters as POST to the affiliate API endpoint.

username - Your Explodely account username

apikey - Your Explodely account API key

contract_name - Contract name (for your records)

partner_username - Explodely affiliate ID of the partner

product - Either Explodely product ID for which contract needs to be made or "allproducts"

commission - Up to 80, the percentage of your share the partner will get

start_date - Start date in format dd-mmm-yyyy (01-jan-2024), optional (default: starts right away)

end_date - End date in format dd-mmm-yyyy (31-jan-2024), optional (default: active unless terminated)

max_earnings - value of contract sales after which the contract will expire, optional

max_sales - number of contract sales after which the contract will expire, optional

comments - Comments visible inside Explodely seller contracts section, optional

activate - Activate contract immediately if set as yes, optional (default no)

mutual_termination - If set as yes, the contract terminates after both partner approval, optional (default yes)

Responses:

The API endpoint returns a JSON object.

{"error":"invalidapikey"} - This is returned when the API key and username is not authenticated.

{"error":"invalid_partnerusername"} - This is returned when the provided partner_username is not a valid Explodely affiliate account.

{"error":"partner_contract_exists"} - This is returned when an active contract with partner username already exists.

{"error":"duplicate_contract"} - This is returned when the contract is already there.

{"error":"contract_exists"} - This is returned when the contract for all products already exists.

{"error":"commission_limit_exceeded"} - This is returned when the percentage of your share for all contracts exceeds 80%

{"error":"failed"} - This is returned when the contract creation has failed.

{"contract_created":"ok"} - This is returned when the contract has been created.