Services affiliate commission rates
The median Services affiliate program publishes a top commission rate of 11%, measured across the 411 Services programs in this registry that publish a percentage — half of them fall between 5% and 30%, and the top tenth publish 80% or more. Figures as of 2026-08-29.
How Services commission rates are distributed
| Published rate | Programs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0–10% | 179 | 44% |
| 10–20% | 85 | 21% |
| 20–30% | 40 | 10% |
| 30–40% | 17 | 4% |
| 40–50% | 5 | 1% |
| 50–60% | 9 | 2% |
| 60–70% | 4 | 1% |
| 70–80% | 24 | 6% |
| 80–90% | 32 | 8% |
| 90–100% | 16 | 4% |
Bands cover the 411 programs with a published percentage. A program publishing a span is placed by the top of it.
Percentage rates or flat payouts?
Of the 1,818 Services programs tracked, 411 publish a percentage and 240 publish a flat payout in US dollars. The median flat payout is $35, with the top tenth from $250. 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 90 days, across the 37 programs that state one (2% of the category).
How Services compares with other niches
By median top rate, Services ranks 12 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% |
Services affiliate commission: common questions
What is the average Services affiliate commission?
- The median is 11% across the 411 Services affiliate programs in this registry that publish a percentage. Half pay between 5% and 30%, and the top tenth publish 80% 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 Services?
- The 0–10% band holds the most programs: 179 of 411 (44%).
Do Services affiliate programs pay a percentage or a flat fee?
- Both, and flat fees are common here: 411 programs publish a percentage and 240 publish a flat payout in US dollars. The median flat payout is $35, with the top tenth from $250.
How long is a Services affiliate cookie?
- The median published cookie window is 90 days, across the 37 Services programs that state one. The rest publish no window, which is not the same as having none.
Does Services pay more than other affiliate niches?
- By median top rate, Services ranks 12 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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