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Reach Sportswear Shoppers
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Drive Sports-Related Sales
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Get Your Products in the Game
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Promote New & Priority Products
Capitalise on Sporting Moments
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Hit PBs with Performance Partnerships
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Sports Publishers
Feature your products across sports publications, buying guides and specialist content that helps active shoppers research and choose what to buy. Learn more.
Influencers & Content Creators
Showcase your products through creator reviews, recommendations, demonstrations and social content designed to engage sports audiences and drive conversions. Learn more.
Cashback & Loyalty Partners
Reward loyal customers and encourage new purchases through cashback and loyalty partnerships that give shoppers another reason to choose your brand. Learn more.
Voucher & Deal Partners
Reach high-intent shoppers searching for your products, brand or latest offers, and turn more of that existing demand into sales. Learn more.
Shopping & Content Platforms
Increase product discovery among shoppers comparing options, researching purchases and looking for inspiration before choosing their next sports product. Learn more.
Conversion Optimisation Technology
Create urgency, increase basket values and improve conversion rates through tailored offers and technology designed to support the path to purchase. Learn more.
New Product Launches
Build awareness and drive demand around new products, sports equipment and collections.
Major Sporting Events
Use relevant publishers, creators and promotional partners to reach shoppers inspired by major sporting occasions.
Gifting Periods
Promote sports products through gift guides, editorial content and creator campaigns.
Back to School
PE kits, trainers, football boots – parents preparing for term time is a huge opportunity for brands that affiliate partners can unlock.
Seasonal Sports Demand
Align your affiliate activity with seasonal changes in training, competition and participation.
Sales and Clearance
Use promotional partners to reach customers looking for discounts and move priority or excess stock.
New Season Launches
Give new ranges and priority products additional exposure through targeted affiliate partnerships.
International Expansion
Use local affiliate partners to introduce your sports brand to new markets and audiences.

Launching an affiliate programme is only the beginning. The biggest opportunities often come from understanding your data, improving your partner mix and continually testing what works.

We look beyond clicks and conversions to understand which partners are generating valuable customers and incremental revenue for your sports brand.

From recruiting new partners to developing high-performing relationships, we continually look for ways to improve your affiliate programme and increase the value generated by your partnerships.

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Challenge
The fast-growing UK darts brand wanted to increase visibility across newly onboarded voucher sites but did not have approval to offer discount codes.
Strategy
Instead of a traditional discount, we used CPAi funding to offer a customer reward through HotUKDeals (HUKD) Discounts via Atolls. The reward was tied to a £75 minimum basket value, helping to drive both visibility and higher order values.
Results
HUKD Discounts climbed from the 30th to the 5th highest-performing affiliate during the campaign. It became the #1 voucher site on the programme, while delivering an AOV 45% higher than the program average.
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SPORTS BRAND TESTIMONIAL

Affiliate marketing can work for a wide range of sports businesses, from specialist retailers and equipment brands to sportswear companies and large ecommerce businesses. The right strategy will depend on your products, audience, margins and growth objectives.

Sports brands partner with affiliates who promote their products to relevant audiences. When a customer clicks through an affiliate link and completes a qualifying purchase, the affiliate receives a commission. This allows brands to generate measurable sales through a network of third-party partners.

There isn’t one type of affiliate partner that’s right for every sports brand. Sports publishers, influencers, content creators, cashback and loyalty platforms, voucher sites and shopping partners can all play different roles within an effective program.

Affiliate marketing can help sports brands reach new audiences, increase product visibility, capture high-intent shoppers and support purchases around key sporting and seasonal moments. Performance data can then be used to identify the partners and campaigns generating the strongest results.

Affiliate marketing can give emerging sports brands access to established audiences and publishers that may otherwise be difficult to reach. However, the partner strategy and commercial proposition need to be appropriate for the brand’s stage of growth.