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How to attribute new signups from your creator storefront links

Use Share profile and listing signup links so visitors carry cref (your creator user id). First touch to your published storefront within 30 days can attribute a genuinely new registration to you for masked-email stats under Creators → Affiliate. This guide covers what cref does, where it appears, and what does not count.

Time
Difficulty
Beginner
Cost
0 credits(~$0.00)
Steps
4

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What you need

  • Published creator profile on Apiway Studio
  • Public storefront URL (studio.apiway.ai/<nickname>)

Steps

  1. Publish your creator profile

    The Affiliate tab and reliable storefront URLs require a published creator profile. Finish at least one marketplace listing or publish your profile from the Creators dashboard.

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  2. Copy a share link that includes cref

    Use Share profile on your public storefront or the signup CTA on a listing. Those links append cref with your stable creator user id to /login (register mode) so first-touch attribution survives bookmarks and reshares.

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  3. Tell people to complete registration within 30 days

    Attribution uses a 30-day first-touch window from the first visit to your published storefront or listing. The first qualifying creator wins for that browser session chain; switching storefronts mid-flow does not reassign an existing touch.

  4. Review results under Creators → Affiliate

    After signups complete, open Creators and choose the Affiliate tab (next to Earnings). You see masked emails for attributed accounts when first-touch rules are met on your published storefront or listings.

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Common mistakes

  • Expecting credit payouts automatically for every referral row

    Referral statistics are reporting-first. Payouts or revenue share are only promised when Apiway publishes separate program rules in Terms or pricing.

  • Sharing a bare nickname URL without going through Share or listing CTAs

    Plain storefront URLs still set first-touch cookies when the profile is published, but cref on signup is what keeps the hand-off explicit when visitors jump straight to Register. Prefer Share / listing links for campaigns you track.

Troubleshooting

  • I do not see the Affiliate tab

    Open **Creators** in the app sidebar (`/app/creators`). The **Affiliate** tab sits after **Earnings** in the horizontal tab row for every signed-in Studio account. If the row still stops at Earnings, hard-refresh the page or confirm you are in the authenticated Creators hub (not the marketing `/creators` landing).

  • My friend signed up but nothing appeared

    Attribution targets genuinely new accounts created after the storefront touch, within eligibility rules documented in /docs/creators/creator-affiliate-attribution. Existing accounts, self-referral, or touches after the creator unpublishes do not create rows.

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