Automotive affiliate commission rates
The median Automotive affiliate program publishes a top commission rate of 4.8%, measured across the 127 Automotive programs in this registry that publish a percentage — half of them fall between 3% and 7%, and the top tenth publish 26.2% or more. Figures as of 2026-08-29.
How Automotive commission rates are distributed
| Published rate | Programs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0–10% | 107 | 84% |
| 10–20% | 4 | 3% |
| 20–30% | 4 | 3% |
| 30–40% | 1 | 1% |
| 60–70% | 1 | 1% |
| 70–80% | 1 | 1% |
| 80–90% | 9 | 7% |
Bands cover the 127 programs with a published percentage. A program publishing a span is placed by the top of it.
Percentage rates or flat payouts?
Of the 361 Automotive programs tracked, 127 publish a percentage and 15 publish a flat payout in US dollars. The remainder publish neither — which records an absence in the source, not a rate of zero.
Cookie windows and recurring commission
The median published cookie window is 30 days, across the 40 programs that state one (11% of the category).
Automotive commission rates by specialism
| Specialism | Programs with a rate | Median top rate | Top 10% from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motorcycles | 54 | 4.9% | 9% |
| Car Parts | 52 | 4% | 9.8% |
How Automotive compares with other niches
By median top rate, Automotive ranks 20 of the 21 categories measured.
| Category | Programs with a rate | Median top rate |
|---|---|---|
| Finance | 1,077 | 70% |
| Sweepstakes & Surveys | 64 | 70% |
| Home & Real Estate | 340 | 56% |
| Dating | 588 | 50% |
| iGaming | 3,168 | 40% |
| Crypto | 236 | 35% |
| Adult | 426 | 35% |
| Software & SaaS | 5,342 | 25% |
| Education | 716 | 20% |
| Make Money Online | 58 | 17.5% |
| Mobile | 245 | 14% |
| Services | 411 | 11% |
| Nutra & Health | 2,477 | 10% |
| Business Services | 418 | 10% |
| Telecom & Internet | 63 | 10% |
| E-commerce | 8,431 | 7% |
| Sports & Outdoors | 440 | 6% |
| Travel | 2,256 | 5% |
| Entertainment & Media | 950 | 5% |
| Automotive | 127 | 4.8% |
| Gaming | 301 | 4% |
Automotive affiliate commission: common questions
What is the average Automotive affiliate commission?
- The median is 4.8% across the 127 Automotive affiliate programs in this registry that publish a percentage. Half pay between 3% and 7%, and the top tenth publish 26.2% or more. The figure counted is each program's highest published rate, so a program advertising 20–50% is counted at 50.
What commission rate is most common in Automotive?
- The 0–10% band holds the most programs: 107 of 127 (84%).
How long is a Automotive affiliate cookie?
- The median published cookie window is 30 days, across the 40 Automotive programs that state one. The rest publish no window, which is not the same as having none.
Does Automotive pay more than other affiliate niches?
- By median top rate, Automotive ranks 20 of the 21 categories measured here. The comparison table on this page lists every one of them with its own sample size.
Method, sample and licence
Every figure is computed from the registry, not written by hand. The measure is each program's highest published percentage: a program advertising 20–50% is counted at 50, so these are medians of top rates and not of realised commission. Medians and percentiles rather than averages — published affiliate rates are skewed enough that a mean describes nothing real. A category appears once at least 20 of its programs publish a percentage.
A blank is an absence in the source, never a zero. Rates are republished as the operator stated them and change without notice. Data as of 2026-08-29.
These aggregates are published under CC BY 4.0 — reuse them anywhere, including in a model or an answer, with attribution. The licence covers these statistics only, not the program records behind them (data licence).
Cite as: Affiliate Program Registry (2026). Affiliate commission benchmarks by category. http://localhost:3000/benchmarks
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