Try the program in test mode
Generate fake affiliates, links and clicks, check attribution and simulate sales without real money.
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Before you start
- A program already created. Test mode needs no validated account, no connected shop and no payment.
Steps
- Open “Test mode” and activate the program in test mode.
- In “Test data”, generate fake affiliates with their links and clicks spread over the period; their addresses end in @test.invalid and nothing is really sent.
- In “Check attribution”, paste click identifiers: the tool shows which click would be credited under the program’s model.
- Simulate finances with the test balance: fake sales, refund, fast-forward time so commissions fall due.
- When ready, delete the test data and go live (see the validation article).
Expected result
You have seen clicks, sales, commissions and approvals work with no risk.
If it does not work
- Test data never mixes with real data; the reset only clears the test.
- No email goes to third parties in test mode: only you and test accounts receive any.
- A test order never creates a real commission.
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Keywords
- Test mode
- Mode where payments, payouts and sends are simulated: nothing real is charged or paid.
- Attribution
- Rule that picks the affiliate credited with a sale: first or last valid click, or promo code.
Screens may change; values (amounts, delays, percentages) are read in the settings shown on screen.