# Affiliate programme setup

> Affiliate programme setup at ellul.ai: £119, a fixed price agreed in writing before work starts, never charged by the hour. A brand that wants partners and creators selling for it on commission.

- Price: £119 (one-off)
- Time: 3 to 5 days
- Page: https://ellul.ai/services/affiliate-programme-setup

## What is included
- Affiliate network or software chosen to fit your shop
- Commission terms, tracking and a partner sign-up page
- Partner terms that require every post to be labelled as an ad
- Tracking tested end to end; platform fees paid by you, at cost

## What other providers charge
Other providers publish a median of £122.50 across 4 comparable prices (middle half £100 to £160). Every price with its source: https://ellul.ai/services/affiliate-programme-setup/readings.json

## How many people are asking for it
99 posts on Reddit asked to hire someone for affiliate programme setup between November 2025 and November 2026, 41 of them in the last 90 days, most on r/freelance_forhire, r/Affiliatemarketing, r/forhire.

## Paid separately, at cost
- Network or software fees and any commission override, paid to the provider
- The commission you pay partners on each sale
- Processing fees on partner payouts, if your software charges them

## What the buyer supplies
- Admin access to your shop and its checkout
- The commission rate and the products partners may promote
- An account with the chosen network or software, in your name

## What the price does not cover
- Setup only; finding and recruiting partners is a separate, larger job
- Networks decide whether to accept your brand, and how long that takes
- Partner sales depend on the partners and your offer; none are promised

## Rules that apply
- ASA and CAP guidance says both the brand and the affiliate are responsible for affiliate ads under the UK CAP Code, which needs marketing to be obviously identifiable as such (rule 2.1). Source: [ASA and CAP: Affiliate marketing](https://www.asa.org.uk/advice-online/affiliate-marketing.html)
- Since 6 April 2025, UK law treats using editorial content to promote a product, where the trader paid for the promotion without making that clear, as unfair in all circumstances. Source: [Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, Schedule 20 (legislation.gov.uk)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/20)

## A cheaper way to do it
- Shopify Collabs, Shopify's own affiliate and creator app, is free to install; a 2.9% processing fee may apply to automatic commission payments. Source: [Shopify App Store: Shopify Collabs](https://apps.shopify.com/collabs)

Get a written fixed quote: https://ellul.ai/services/affiliate-programme-setup#quote