Overview

If a school owner has added you as an affiliate, you can use the Affiliate Dashboard to:

Set up your payout details
Track commissions and sales
Access affiliate links and promotional materials
Generate custom affiliate links

Once added as an affiliate, you'll receive an email confirmation.

If you're a new user, you’ll be prompted to create an account.
If you're an existing student, you can log in with your current credentials.

Accessing your dashboard

To access your Affiliate Dashboard:

Log in to the Teachable school where you’re an affiliate.
Click your profile icon and select View admin dashboard.

Within the dashboard, you'll see:

Commission rate – Your commission percentage, set by the school owner
Affiliate code – Automatically applied to your links to track referrals
Cookie period – How long your referrals are tracked (in days)

You can also view your earnings for the:

Last 7 days
Last 30 days
All time

If the school owner has assigned specific products to your account, you’ll see pre-generated affiliate links with your code applied. Click Copy next to a product to share it with your audience.

Affiliate links and resources

Go to the Links & resources tab to:

View affiliate links created by the school owner
Generate custom affiliate links
Download promotional materials

Affiliate link generator

To generate a custom link:

Copy the URL of the Teachable page you want to link to (e.g., homepage, sales page, checkout).
Paste the URL into the Link Generator.
Click Generate.

Note: Be sure your link starts with http:// or https://.

External landing pages

If allowed by the school owner, you can generate affiliate links for external URLs (not hosted on Teachable). To do this:

Paste the external URL into the Link Generator.
Click Enter.

Caution: Affiliate tracking only works on Teachable checkout pages. External checkout pages will not track sales.

Promotional materials

School owners may upload promotional assets such as:

Images or logos
Flyers or PDFs
Social media templates

To download a resource, click the Download button beside the file.

Note: If no materials are available, contact the school owner directly.

Sales and payouts

Sales

In the Sales tab, you'll see a history of all credited affiliate sales.

In the Transactions tab, each record includes:

Sales price – Full price of the product
Earnings – Your commission from the sale

Click a transaction to view detailed payout information.

Statements

The Statements tab summarizes monthly earnings. Statements become available 20 days after each month ends.

Note: Affiliate commissions may be restricted to specific products. Contact your school owner if you have questions.

Settings

In the Settings tab, you can toggle enrollment notifications on or off for:

Paid product enrollments
Free product enrollments

Payout details

Affiliate payouts depend on how the school processes payments:

If the school uses Teachable’s Monthly Payment Gateway with BackOffice enabled:

Payouts are made via PayPal.
You’ll be prompted to add your PayPal info in the Payout details tab.
Payments are issued on the 1st of each month, for sales made at least 30 days prior.

Example: On March 1st, you’ll receive payouts for January sales.

If your lifetime earnings exceed $100, you’ll be asked to submit a tax form. Payouts are held until completed.