Affiliate Networks Directory 2026: Regulated Verticals

Six categories organize the 50 affiliate networks listed in this directory: iGaming and casino, sportsbook and betting, forex and CFD, crypto and Web3, prop trading, and sweepstakes and social casino. Every entry is an organisation that recruits affiliates and runs offers or partner programs, not a software vendor that licenses tracking technology. Each category table lists the network, the verticals it serves, its published commission models, its GEO focus, and the notable brands it promotes. Where a detail is not publicly disclosed, the cell reads not disclosed or a tilde rather than an estimate, because a directory that guesses is worse than one that admits a gap.

• iGaming and casino affiliate networks: 10 listed, including Income Access (Paysafe), RevenueLab, Better Collective, Catena Media, Gentoo Media, and Gambling.com Group
• Sportsbook and betting affiliate networks: 8 listed, including bet365 Affiliates, DraftKings Affiliates, FanDuel Affiliates, Betway Partners, and Entain Partners
• Forex and CFD affiliate and IB networks: 9 listed, including XM Partners, Exness Partners, IC Markets Partners, Pepperstone Partners, and AvaPartner
• Crypto and Web3 affiliate networks: 8 listed, including Binance, Bybit, OKX, KuCoin, Bitget, Ledger, and the independent network Olavivo
• Prop trading affiliate networks: 7 listed, including FTMO, FundedNext, The5ers, Topstep, Funding Pips, FXIFY, and Apex Trader Funding
• Sweepstakes and social casino affiliate networks: 8 listed, covering VGW, Stake.us, Bettor IOM, Yellow Social Interactive, WOW Vegas, and Crown Coins
• RevShare bands published by gambling networks in this directory sit mostly between 20 and 50 percent of net gaming revenue, tiered by monthly first-time depositors
• Crypto exchange programs publish the widest RevShare bands in the directory, from roughly 20 percent to 60 percent of referred trading fees depending on tier
• Prop trading networks pay 8 to 40 percent of challenge fees, the only category in this directory where the commissionable event is a product purchase rather than a deposit
• Forex and CFD networks are the only category where lot-based commission is standard, paying a fixed amount per traded lot alongside or instead of CPA
• Sub-affiliate structures appear in every category, and three listed iGaming media groups operate formal sub-affiliate platforms rather than direct programs only
• Sweepstakes networks operate under promotional-sweepstakes law rather than gambling licences, and five US states enacted sweepstakes restrictions during 2026
• Negative carryover treatment is the single most negotiated RevShare term in the gambling categories and is rarely published on a public rate card
• Every network listed operates a partner portal with reporting, and server-to-server postback support is now standard rather than a differentiator

How This Directory Is Organized

Six categories organize the 50 networks in this directory, defined by the regulatory regime the traffic sits under rather than by marketing label. A gambling network and a CFD broker network can look similar on a rate card and behave completely differently once licensing, financial-promotion rules, and payout reconciliation enter the picture. This page is the network-side companion to our sibling software-vendor map, the Affiliate Software Market Map 2026, which lists the platforms operators license to run programs; this directory lists the networks and programs that recruit affiliates and distribute offers. Placement follows each network's dominant traffic source and licensing footprint, and networks that operate across two categories are noted where it matters.

iGaming and Casino Affiliate Networks

Ten networks anchor the iGaming and casino category, and they split into three structurally different models: managed operator networks such as Income Access, multi-brand aggregators such as RevenueLab, and listed media groups that run sub-affiliate platforms alongside their own media. Commission is almost always quoted as RevShare on net gaming revenue, with CPA and hybrid available on negotiation, and the terms that decide actual affiliate economics are rarely on the public rate card: negative carryover, admin-fee deductions, and the qualification rules that define a countable first-time depositor. Licensing obligations shape the category directly, because both the Malta Gaming Authority and the UK Gambling Commission hold the licensee responsible for the conduct of its affiliates, which is why the larger networks in this group run promo-approval workflows and audit trails inside the partner portal.

Sportsbook and Betting Affiliate Networks

Eight networks define the sportsbook and betting category, and the dividing line between them is licensing footprint rather than brand size. US-regulated programs run state by state and price CPA against a licensed, geolocated first deposit, while European and global operators price RevShare against net revenue across many markets at once. Public rate cards in this category are unusually informative by gambling standards: several operators publish tiered RevShare up to 30 or 40 percent and time-boxed introductory rates. Affiliates and operators in this group also carry disclosure obligations for paid endorsements under the FTC Endorsement Guides in the United States, which increasingly shapes creative approval rather than only payout terms.

Forex and CFD Affiliate and IB Networks

Nine networks cover forex and CFD partner recruitment, where the commissionable unit is a traded lot or a share of spread rather than a deposit. Two partner types coexist inside almost every program listed here: affiliates paid a one-time CPA on a funded and verified account, and introducing brokers paid per lot on continuing volume, often with multi-tier sub-IB overrides that pay a master IB a percentage of a downline partner's earnings. Regulation is the hard constraint on creative rather than on commission, because the FCA financial promotion rules and ESMA guidance on investment recommendations on social media both restrict what a broker's partners may publish, and CFTC oversight limits which US residents can be solicited at all. Independent finance networks such as Algo-Affiliates sit alongside broker-owned programs and aggregate offers across multiple brokers.

Crypto and Web3 Affiliate Networks

Eight networks carry most crypto and Web3 affiliate volume, split between exchange-owned referral programs and independent CPA networks that aggregate exchange, wallet, and Web3 offers. Exchange programs publish the widest RevShare bands in this directory, commonly 20 to 60 percent of referred trading fees, tiered by referral count or referred volume, and paid daily or weekly rather than monthly. The category exists at this scale partly because mainstream paid channels restrict crypto advertising, which pushes acquisition budget into affiliate and creator channels. Attribution here is usually account-level and lifetime rather than cookie-window based, since the referral binds at signup, which changes how affiliates value a referred user compared with a gambling first-time depositor.

Prop Trading Affiliate Networks

Seven networks run the prop trading affiliate channel, and every one of them pays on challenge-fee revenue rather than on trader deposits, which makes this the only category in the directory where the commissionable event is a product purchase. Published rates run roughly 8 to 40 percent of the evaluation fee, with several firms tiering by monthly referred volume and some paying recurring commission on retries and account resets. Access is uneven: the largest firms gate their programs behind manual approval and audience review, while newer entrants recruit openly with higher headline rates and shorter track records. Because the underlying product is an evaluation rather than a regulated brokerage account, compliance exposure sits mostly in marketing claims about payouts and profit splits rather than in licensing.

Sweepstakes and Social Casino Affiliate Networks

Eight networks cover sweepstakes and social casino traffic in the United States and Canada, and all of them operate under promotional-sweepstakes law rather than gambling licences. The commercial consequence is that a rate card is usually negotiated at operator-group level and then applied across every sister brand, so an affiliate negotiating with one brand is effectively negotiating with the whole portfolio. Regulatory risk is the defining variable in this category: five US states enacted sweepstakes restrictions during 2026, which changes GEO availability faster than in any other category listed here and makes state-level targeting a contractual matter rather than a targeting preference. Commission structures otherwise mirror real-money iGaming, with RevShare on net coin-package revenue, CPA on a first purchase, and hybrid deals in between.

How to Use This Directory to Build a Shortlist

Five steps turn 50 listed networks into a shortlist of 3 networks worth a real conversation, and the first step removes the most candidates because licensing eligibility is binary. Operators evaluating network partnerships should work down this sequence rather than starting with headline commission rates, since a rate card is the last thing that should decide a partnership and the easiest thing to renegotiate later.

1. Filter by licensing and GEO eligibility first: confirm the network can legally distribute your offer in your target markets, and for gambling verticals confirm that your licence conditions permit the affiliate structures involved, because the licensee, not the network, answers to the regulator for affiliate conduct.
2. Match the commission model to your revenue shape: RevShare suits long-lifetime products with predictable net revenue, CPA suits programs that need volume and can absorb upfront risk, hybrid suits launches that need both, and lot-based or challenge-fee models apply only in the trading categories.
3. Interrogate the terms that are never on the rate card: negative carryover, admin and bonus deductions, the qualification rules that define a countable conversion, cookie or account-level attribution windows, sub-affiliate override treatment, and how a super-affiliate deal would be structured if one of your partners scales.
4. Verify the technical integration before signing: server-to-server postback support, S2S deduplication, tracking parameter pass-through into your own platform, API access for reconciliation, and whether the network's partner portal reporting can be matched line by line against your internal numbers.
5. Run a 60 to 90 day pilot with one network per category, with fraud detection thresholds configured and a written reconciliation process, then compare approved conversions against your own tracking before expanding the commitment.

Methodology & Inclusion Criteria

This directory lists 50 networks selected on three observable criteria: an active affiliate or partner program with a public presence in 2025 or 2026, a recruiting relationship with third-party affiliates rather than internal media only, and an identifiable set of brands or advertisers the network promotes. Details were compiled from public sources: network and operator websites, published rate cards, public company reporting for the listed media groups, and industry directories. Commission figures are self-reported and change frequently; where a rate could not be confirmed publicly, the cell reads a tilde or not disclosed rather than an estimate. Explicitly not included: affiliate tracking software vendors (covered in the separate software market map), individual affiliate websites that do not recruit partners, ad networks selling impressions rather than performance offers, and any program we could not verify as active. Track360 authored and published this directory. Track360 is an affiliate and IB tracking platform rather than a network, so it is not listed as an entry, and no network in this directory receives ranking, rating, or ordering advantage; category tables are alphabetical or grouped by model, never ranked. This directory is reviewed quarterly, with the next scheduled review in October 2026. To correct an entry, update a commission model, or request inclusion of a network we missed, email us and we will verify and amend at the next review or sooner for factual corrections.

Frequently Asked Questions

Five questions cover how operators and affiliates actually use this directory: the difference between a network and a program, commission norms by vertical, compliance obligations, fraud exposure, and how the list is maintained.