---
id: "brand/quickstart/create-account"
type: "doc"
url: "https://affitor.com/docs/brand/quickstart/create-account"
kind: "quickstart"
updated: "2026-10-15"
---
# Create your advertiser account

> Sign up on Affitor, verify your email, choose Run a program, and start the five-step program setup.

Create your Affitor brand account in about five minutes: sign up, verify your email, choose **Run a program** and name your program. Setup then walks you through the five steps to [set up your program](/docs/brand/quickstart/setup-program) and go live.

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:::tip

Creating an account is free, and you don't need Stripe or payment details yet. The platform fee is $0 until your program earns its first $10,000 through affiliates, then 3.5% on affiliate-driven sales only.

:::

## The flow at a glance

<Flow>
  <FlowStep>**Sign up** at affitor.com/signup with your company email or Google, and verify the email.</FlowStep>
  <FlowStep>**Choose Run a program** when Affitor asks how you will use it.</FlowStep>
  <FlowStep>**Name your program**, then follow the five setup steps up to Go live.</FlowStep>
</Flow>

## Step 1: Sign up and verify your email

Your email is your sign-in and where Affitor sends account notifications.

1. Go to [affitor.com/signup](https://affitor.com/signup).
2. Sign up with your company email address and a password, or continue with Google.
3. With email sign-up, open the verification email and confirm your address.

:::tip

A shared address like `partnerships@yourcompany.com` keeps team access manageable as your program grows.

:::

## Step 2: Choose Run a program

Affitor has two sides: brands that run programs and partners who promote them. The welcome screen asks **How will you use Affitor?** Choose **Run a program**, then **Continue**. **Join programs** is the partner side.

## Step 3: Name your program and finish setup

Affitor asks for your **program name**, a **program handle** (your public page address) and your **website URL**, then opens setup. Setup has five steps: **Business**, **Commission**, **Tracking**, **Payments** and **Go live**. The logo on the Business step is optional. Everything is editable later in **Settings**; see [Set up your program](/docs/brand/quickstart/setup-program) for what each step needs and when you can go live.

## Verify it worked

Setup opens right after you name your program. **Save and exit** on a step opens the matching **Settings** page, so you can leave and come back. Until the program is live, **Quick start** in the top bar shows the steps left; after **Go live**, setup shows "**your program** is live" with **Open dashboard**.

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    "Before Go live: Quick start in the top bar shows how many setup steps are left",
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  ]}
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    "No verification email? Check your spam folder and confirm you typed the address correctly",
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## Next steps

<NextStep
  title="Set up your program"
  description="Define your program details, approval mode, and commission direction so the program is ready for partners and tracking."
  href="/docs/brand/quickstart/setup-program"
  ctaLabel="Set up your program"
/>