{"id":998,"date":"2024-05-07T11:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T11:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/docs\/how-to-tell-if-the-affiliates-system-is-working-correctly\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T08:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T08:38:05","password":"","slug":"how-to-tell-if-the-affiliates-system-is-working-correctly","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/how-to-tell-if-the-affiliates-system-is-working-correctly\/","title":{"rendered":"How to tell if the affiliate system is working correctly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In case you are starting to set up your <a href=\"https:\/\/help.shortpixel.com\/article\/79-how-affiliate-links-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ShortPixel affiliate links<\/a>, there&#8217;s an easy way to tell if it&#8217;s working correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Make&nbsp;sure you <strong>clear all the cookies<\/strong> while on shortpixel.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/file-LiITzGXSLF.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2) <strong> Click on your own affiliate link<\/strong> and see how the affiliate code is correctly set (for privacy reasons, we&#8217;ve obfuscated the code below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/file-ozphxTzG7A.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3) <strong>Sign up<\/strong> with a test account:&nbsp;https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/free-sign-up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/file-JzUBxYwCJ7.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4) Log into your main account and <strong>check the Affiliate Stats<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/file-ZfN9a69J4C.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, a new lead has been registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-yellow\">Please note that if you send the affiliate link to a user that already has an account\u00a0at ShortPixel, they will not be counted as a new lead; the user clicking on your link must not have been previously registered at ShortPixel.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you are starting to set up your ShortPixel affiliate links, there&#8217;s an easy way to tell if it&#8217;s working correctly. 1) Make&nbsp;sure you clear all the cookies while on shortpixel.com 2) Click on your own affiliate link and see how the affiliate code is correctly set (for privacy reasons, we&#8217;ve obfuscated the code [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[46],"glossaries":[],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-998","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-account"],"blocksy_meta":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":130,"total_views":"4825","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin_mdli53m5","author_url":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/author\/admin_mdli53m5\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Account","term_url":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/category\/account\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2237,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/998\/revisions\/2237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"glossaries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossaries?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}