Of the 621 people who upgraded at my last free summit, 233 came through an affiliate link. Thirty-two partners made a sale that week and one of them sent 40 buyers on her own. Here is what the program pays, where the partners come from, and why most affiliates never promote anything.

I thought I had one affiliate list. I actually had two groups doing completely different jobs, and I had been sending both of them the same materials. Here is how I split them, what each group gets now, and the one question that tells you which kind of partner you are talking to.

People ask what I changed to grow my affiliate program and the honest answer disappoints them. Almost nothing. The commission is the same as day one. Here are the two things that did change, and only one of them had anything to do with affiliates.