Best Market Place affiliate programs
14 Market Place affiliate programs compared on commission, cookie window and payout terms.
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- 14 compared
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Impact vs Upwork
Impact or Upwork? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
- Market Place
- Updated August 11, 2026
Upwork takes 2 of 3 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.
Term by term
| Criterion | Impact | Upwork Top pick |
|---|---|---|
| The money | ||
| Commission | 10% | ✔ 70% |
| Pays for | — | — |
| Payout type | One-time | One-time |
| Tier ladder | Sales Deal - Closed Won 10% of order sale amount, Self Serve - Trial Started $100.00 per order, Self Serve - Client Billed $40.00 per order, Lead Submitted / Lead Verified / Demo Call / Legal / Opportunity Created / Account Created $0.00 | No tiers |
| Terms | ||
| Cookie window | 180 days | — |
| Ease of starting | ✔ 3.8 / 5 | 3.5 / 5 |
| Approval | Reviewed | Reviewed |
| Our rating | — | — |
| Getting paid | ||
| Paid out | Actions lock 15 days after the end of the day they are tracked, and approved transactions are paid 15 days after they lock. The master agreement separately states referral fees are issued 60 days after a referral is approved. | Monthly (Withdraw on a set day each month, or whenever the Impact balance reaches the threshold you configured.) |
| Minimum payout | — | Upwork publishes no figure; Impact pays out when your balance reaches a threshold you set in that account. |
| Clearing hold | 15 days | — |
| Payment methods | Direct deposit, Electronic funds transfer | ✔ Direct transfer, BACS, PayPal |
| Rules | ||
| Self-referral | — | — |
| Paid search | — | Restricted |
| Affiliate assets | Custom referral URL, Partner Portal resources and tools, Partner certifications, Brand features and logos | Logos, Ads, Banners, Text links |
A ✔ marks the better term on that row. Rows where the programs match, where the terms aren't comparable, or where a program hasn't published a figure are left unmarked — a dash means unknown, not zero.
The programs
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impact.com is a partnership management platform that brands use to run affiliate, influencer, referral and B2B partner programs in one place.
- Top pick
Upwork is a marketplace where businesses hire and pay independent professionals.
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Affiliate terms change often, and every figure here comes from each program's own published page on the date above. Confirm the current rate with the merchant before you promote it. Links to the programs are affiliate links.