Affillion

What Affillion does

Affillion is a privately-held affiliate network that connects a curated base of publishers with advertisers offering CPA, CPL, and other performance-based marketing deals. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Hong Kong, operating with a small team of 1-10 employees. According to the firmographic data, the company was founded in 2010, but the more specific company-history record establishes 2015 as the founding date; this analysis adopts 2015 as the authoritative figure. The network maintains an application-verified, private model rather than an open marketplace, restricting membership to 129 affiliates and protecting conversion economics for existing publishers.

The core product is a single in-house tracking platform that aggregates over 2,900 offers, with a stated concentration in the dating vertical. The platform functions as a self-serve distribution channel: publishers apply, are verified, and then access offers through the proprietary interface. Distribution is conducted via listings on affiliate-industry directories such as Affpaying, supplemented by direct publisher outreach; no traditional marketing channels are deployed. There are no disclosed APIs, SDKs, integrations, or AI/ML capabilities associated with the platform.

Affillion monetizes through standard affiliate referral economics — taking a revenue share on CPA conversions routed through its network between advertisers and publishers. The customer base is split between affiliate publishers (primary segment) seeking exclusive, high-converting offers, and direct advertisers (secondary segment) seeking access to quality, vetted traffic in the dating vertical. No institutional funding, parent company, partnerships, management team details, patents, certifications, or regulatory actions are disclosed in the available data, indicating an independent founder-operated business.

Name

Affillion

Legal name

Affillion

Website

https://affpaying.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Affillion is a private Hong Kong-based affiliate network founded in 2015 that connects an application-verified base of publishers with advertisers offering CPA and CPL campaigns, primarily in the dating vertical, through an in-house tracking platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Affiliate Marketing Platform

NAICS

Media Buying Agencies (54183), Media Buying Agencies (541830)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Affiliate Marketing & Partner Networks (BPAMALAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Shopping/Deal & Affiliate Content Aggregators (MPACAKAK)

Keywords

• CPA affiliate network
• Performance marketing
• Publisher monetization
• Dating vertical offers
• Affiliate tracking platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Hong Kong

HQ country

Hong Kong SAR China

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. CPA Marketing: Cost Per Action affiliate marketing where publishers earn commissions for completed conversions. The network offers over 2900+ offers across multiple verticals with CPA, CPL, and other performance-based pricing models.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Affillion operates a private, invite-only affiliate network that connects a curated pool of approximately 129 verified publishers with advertisers running CPA, CPL, and other performance-based offers—primarily in the dating vertical. The platform aggregates more than 2,900 offers and routes them through an in-house tracking system, taking a commission on validated conversions while using exclusivity and quality controls to protect publisher economics.

Product overview

Affillion is a single-product affiliate network offering access to over 2,900 dating-related CPA offers through a private and exclusive platform model. Founded by experienced affiliates, the network prioritizes quality and exclusivity for its publisher partners rather than operating a multi-product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Affillion Affiliate Network Private, application-gated affiliate network that connects a curated pool of verified publishers with advertisers running CPA, CPL and other performance-based offers—primarily in the dating vertical. Publishers apply, are vetted, and then access 2,900+ offers through the platform's in-house tracking system.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Awin: Global affiliate network with broader geographic reach and a multi-vertical offer portfolio, comparable as a union of traditional affiliate marketing and performance-based partnerships.
• CJ Affiliate: Global affiliate network with mature tracking, integrations, and a vast advertiser base, representing the scaled incumbent that small private networks like Affillion compete against for advertiser budgets.
• ClickBank: Large-scale affiliate network operating a comparable CPA/revenue-share model, though broader in vertical scope and significantly larger in scale than Affillion.
• MaxBounty: Established CPA network with a much broader offer catalog across verticals including dating, finance, and sweepstakes, competing directly for the same publisher advertisers Affillion targets.

Direct peers

• Affmine: Affiliate network specializing in incentive and offerwall offers, using the same CPA/affiliate-referral revenue model and serving a similar small-publisher audience.
• AdsEmpire: CPA network with a comparable affiliate-publisher model and similar dating/adult weighted offer catalog, directly competing for the same publisher base.
• CrakRevenue: Adult and dating-focused CPA network comparable to Affillion, offering a similar performance-based model connecting affiliates with offers in the same dating/adult vertical.

Emerging players

• MyLead: Affiliate network with a multi-vertical CPA/CPL offer catalog, comparable to Affillion in business model but with broader vertical coverage and a public platform.
• Galaksion: International advertising network offering CPC, CPM, and CPA models; overlaps with Affillion on the CPA side and competes for the same affiliate/publisher pool.
• Kadam: Native ad network that has expanded into CPA-style performance offerings, overlapping with Affillion's affiliate monetization model with broader ad-format support.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/affiliatepaying
• Facebookfacebook.com/affpaying
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/affpaying

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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