An Affiliate Manager is responsible for supporting the management and organization of the promotion of one or more products on Hotmart. They act as a point of contact between the creator and affiliates, helping guide strategy, promotion rules, and communication with the affiliate network.
In this article, you'll learn about the main responsibilities of an Affiliate Manager and how to configure this role on the platform so they can receive commissions from sales generated by the affiliates they manage.
What does an Affiliate Manager do?
An Affiliate Manager's responsibilities may vary depending on the creator's strategy. In general, this professional helps organize promotional activities, guides affiliates on the product’s positioning and identity, and monitors opportunities to improve sales performance.
It is also common for the Affiliate Manager to participate in defining promotion guidelines, planning campaigns, and establishing best practices for affiliates. To do so, they should have a strong understanding of the market, the product, and the target audience reached by the campaigns.
Each Affiliate Manager can oversee a specific group of affiliates and receive a commission on the sales generated by them, according to the rules configured by the creator.
Do I need to register the Affiliate Manager as a cocreator?
Yes. If you want the Affiliate Manager to automatically receive commissions from sales generated by the affiliates they manage, you must configure them as a cocreator of the product.
The cocreation model allows you to define the commission percentage, contract duration, and which sales will generate commissions for the Affiliate Manager. The most common setup is to grant commissions only on sales generated by affiliates under their management.
How do you configure an Affiliate Manager on the platform?
To add an Affiliate Manager to a product registered on Hotmart, follow these steps:
- Access your Hotmart account through: https://sso.hotmart.com/login
- From the side menu, click Tools > Manage your business.
- Select Co-productions.
- Choose the desired product and continue.
- Click Invite cocreator.
- Enter the cocreator’s email address.
- In the cocreator role field, select Affiliate manager.
- Define the end date of the cocreation relationship.
Important: If you set the contract duration to Eternal, any changes to this setting can only be made with the Affiliate Manager's approval within the platform.
- Under Receive commission from which sales?, select the option that best matches your strategy. For Affiliate Managers, the most common option is to receive commissions only from sales generated by affiliates.
- Set the commission percentage.
- Choose the cocreation model.
- Read and accept the Terms of Use, then click Continue.
- Review the cocreation agreement summary and, if necessary, go back and correct the information.
- Enter the security code sent by email and click Send cocreation invite.
To learn more about Hotmart’s Affiliate Program, visit this article.