# Activating The Affiliate Program

To activate your affiliate program, you need to activate for each of the products in your store individually. This means, *you can have some products supporting the affiliate program while ommitting others.* To get started:

1. Log in to your [Freemius Dashboard](https://dashboard.freemius.com/login/)
2. Select one of the products on offer by clicking the **Products** tab under the Freemius logo on the top left.
3. Click the ***Affiliation*** menu item which is only visible after [setting at least one paid plan](https://freemius.com/help/help/documentation/wordpress/setup-product-pricing-plans-refunds/.md).
4. Toggle the Activate Affiliation Program switch.
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   ![Freemius developer dashboard Affiliation menu item](/help/assets/ideal-img/freemius-dashboard-affiliation-menu-item.92f373a.480.png)
5. Then follow the settings instructions to configure your Affiliation Program terms.

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Activating the Affiliates program in any of the products, adds the **Earn** section for all your users in the User’s dashboard.

![Freemius user dashboard showing the become an affiliate submission button](/help/assets/ideal-img/freemius-user-dashboard-earn-section-affilates.1ce760a.480.png)

## Sales Attribution[​](#sales-attribution "Direct link to Sales Attribution")

By default, when a visitor clicks on an affiliate link of one product but purchases another, the sale won't be attributed to the affiliate. If you would like to attribute sales across your entire store, make sure to check the **Store-level Attribution** option. If you have multiple stores and would like to attribute sales across your entire account, make sure to check the **Account-level Attribution** option.

## Invite-Only Affiliate Program (Hide for other users)[​](#invite-only-affiliate-program-hide-for-other-users "Direct link to Invite-Only Affiliate Program (Hide for other users)")

If none of your products have the program activated, the **Earn** section will not be shown in the User’s dashboard. However, you can activate the program and make it invite only. This can be done in the developer dashboard by disabling visibility for non-affiliate accounts.

![Freemius developer dashboard toggle button to hide the affiliate program from non-affiliate users](/help/assets/ideal-img/freemius-user-dashboard-product-affilates-hide-non-affiliates.2055955.480.png)

When you make the Program invite only, then the task is on the store manager/product owner to [onboard the affiliates manually](https://freemius.com/help/help/documentation/affiliate-platform/onboarding-affiliate-marketers/.md#adding-affiliates-manually).

## Deactivating the affiliate program[​](#deactivating-the-affiliate-program "Direct link to Deactivating the affiliate program")

In the developer dashboard, simply toggle the **Deactivate Affiliate Program** under the ***Affiliation*** section for each product.

![Freemius developer dashboard Affiliation activation/deactivation toggle switch](/help/assets/ideal-img/freemius-user-dashboard-product-affilates-deactivate.a4fdf7c.480.png)