What Wildeye does

Wildeye, Inc. operates Warmlink, an AI-powered affiliate commerce platform aimed at content creators with audiences ranging from 10,000 to over 10 million followers across YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, newsletters, and blogs. The core product ingests a creator's YouTube channel or RSS feed and, in roughly 30 seconds, auto-generates a hosted, branded shop stocked with high-commission affiliate offers matched to the creator's niche — eliminating the manual research, vendor approvals, and subscriber minimums associated with traditional affiliate networks. The company describes an underlying "trust graph" that maps creators to relevant offers via audience trust signals, and ships HotRev, a three-tier revenue-share program (20% on Tier 1, 6% on Tier 2, 4% on Tier 3) that pays creators override commissions on referrals they bring for life.

The business model is freemium: creators join at zero cost and earn two income streams — direct shop commissions from day one, and compounding HotRev referral overrides — while Wildeye monetizes a share of those flows. Distribution is self-serve via warmlink.io with no sales involvement and no platform lock-in. GTM is product-led and community-led, layered with live-event presence (VidCon 2026 founder 1-on-1s) and a viral referral flywheel. Adjacent surfaces (agency and brand pages) signal intent to expand into B2B segments managing creators or buying creator-audience distribution. The company is privately held, founder-led (CEO Ted Cohn, formerly of WebCrawler, Excite, Apple, NeXT, and Barnes & Noble Nook), with a lean 1–10 person team that includes alumni of Amazon, Walmart, PayPal, Netflix, and JPMorgan Chase, and lists "patents pending" on IP covering the core technology.

Name

Wildeye

Legal name

Wildeye, Inc.

Website

https://wildeye.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wildeye operates Warmlink, an AI-powered affiliate shop builder that lets content creators generate personalized cross-platform shops from YouTube or RSS links in about 30 seconds. The freemium platform pairs shop commissions with a three-tier HotRev referral program targeting creators with audiences of 10K to 10M+.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creator commerce / affiliate marketing platform

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Creator Monetization Tools (Subscriptions, Tips, Merch) (BPAMALAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Creator Commerce & Affiliate Monetization Platforms (MPACAFAF), Creator Sponsorship & Brand Deal Monetization Tools (MPACAFAG)

Keywords

• Creator monetization platform
• Affiliate shop builder
• AI recommendation engine
• Influencer commerce software
• Cross-platform affiliate shop

Headquarters

HQ city

Incline Village

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Affiliate Commissions: Creators earn commissions from products recommended in their shops. Shop pays commissions from day one on all conversions from the creator's audience.
2. HotRev Referral Revenue: Compounding income stream where creators earn override commissions (20%/6%/4% across three tiers) on everything creators they refer earn, running for life.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Wildeye operates Warmlink, a free AI-powered affiliate shop builder for content creators that automatically generates a hosted, cross-platform shop in about 30 seconds from a YouTube or RSS link, pre-stocked with top-converting, highest-commission offers for the creator's niche. Built into every shop is HotRev™, a three-tier revenue-share referral program paying creators 20% / 6% / 4% overrides on the lifetime earnings of creators they refer, plus a HotRev Estimator that projects combined shop and referral income.

Product overview

Wildeye operates Warmlink, a unified AI-powered affiliate commerce platform designed for content creators. The core product, Warmlink, automatically generates personalized affiliate shops from YouTube or RSS links in about 30 seconds, populated with relevant high-converting offers. Built into every shop is HotRev™, a three-tier revenue-share referral program that pays creators compounding income from creators they bring to the platform. The HotRev Estimator tool allows creators to project potential earnings from both direct shop commissions and referral income. The platform positions itself as a layer that stacks with existing creator income sources like sponsorships and merch, rather than replacing them.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HotRev: Revenue-share referral program that pays creators on every creator they bring for life, three levels deep. Tier 1: 20% override on earnings, Tier 2: 6%, Tier 3: 4%.

Products and services

• Warmlink Free AI-built, cross-platform affiliate shop for content creators (YouTubers, X creators, newsletter writers, TikTok/Instagram/LinkedIn influencers with 10K–10M+ followers) that converts offhand audience recommendations into commissions with no research, no vendor approvals, and no subscriber minimums.
• HotRev™ Revenue-Share Program A compounding referral-income layer attached to every Warmlink shop that pays creators lifetime override commissions on the earnings of every creator they refer, three tiers deep, with no cap and no payment from the referred creator.
• HotRev Estimator Interactive estimator tool that projects a creator's combined direct shop commission income and HotRev referral income so creators can model the upside of joining Warmlink and growing their referral network.

Quantifiable outcome

• Creators following their recommendations are 77% more likely to buy compared to ads, algorithms, or AI-generated content

Named customers24 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Levanta: Levanta is an AI-driven affiliate platform built for Amazon creators, offering automated product recommendations, commission tracking, and brand partnerships. It competes with Warmlink on the AI-powered creator-to-offer matching and affiliate revenue optimization axis.
• ShopMy: ShopMy is a creator commerce platform that enables influencers to build curated shop pages with affiliate links and earn commissions. It overlaps Warmlink on the AI-assisted shop builder, creator monetization, and brand-creator linking proposition.
• Magiclinks: Magiclinks is a creator-affiliate platform focused on Instagram and YouTube influencers, providing shoppable product feeds and commission tracking. It shares Warmlink's cross-platform affiliate-shop and creator monetization model, particularly for lifestyle, beauty, and fashion creators.
• LTK: LTK (formerly RewardStyle) is the leading creator-to-shop affiliate platform, letting influencers curate shoppable recommendations across categories and earn commissions. It directly competes with Wildeye's Warmlink on cross-platform affiliate shop creation, commission routing, and brand-creator matchmaking.
• Refersion: Refersion is an affiliate and influencer marketing platform that lets brands and creators manage referral programs, track sales, and pay commissions. It addresses the same creator-affiliate mechanics Wildeye is targeting, with overlapping brand- and creator-side tooling.

Emerging players

• Stan Store: Stan Store is a creator storefront platform enabling influencers to sell digital products, link affiliate offers, and accept bookings from a single link-in-bio destination. It overlaps Warmlink on creator-side monetization tooling, though it emphasizes digital products over affiliate commerce.

Broad incumbents

• Impact: Impact is a global partner and affiliate marketing platform serving brands, agencies, and creators with tracking, attribution, and payouts at enterprise scale. It represents the broader incumbent infrastructure that Warmlink's creator-facing shop product must integrate with or compete against for brand budgets.
• Awin: Awin is a global affiliate network connecting advertisers with publishers and creators. It is a likely underlying supply source for Warmlink's offer catalog and a benchmark for traditional affiliate infrastructure that Warmlink is repositioning with a creator-first, AI-built shop UX.
• Linktree: Linktree is the dominant link-in-bio platform used by creators to consolidate destinations across social profiles. While not a direct affiliate competitor, Linktree is an adjacent creator-monetization infrastructure that hosts affiliate destinations similar to Warmlink's cross-platform shop links.
• Amazon Influencer Program: Amazon's Influencer Program lets creators build a shoppable Amazon storefront from product recommendations and earn standard Associates commissions. It is the most entrenched creator-shop incumbent, against which Warmlink's cross-network, AI-built shop must demonstrate superior economics and creator experience.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/webidtotalk

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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