See how clicks, conversion rate, basket size, and commission combine into monthly affiliate income.
Results are estimates for informational purposes only. Not financial advice.
An affiliate revenue calculator projects how much you'll earn from affiliate marketing by combining traffic, click-through rate, conversion rate, and commission per sale. It turns vague hopes ('I'll just add affiliate links to my blog') into concrete numbers, so you can see how much traffic you actually need to make affiliate income meaningful — often more than aspiring marketers realize.
Enter your monthly visitors, the percentage who'll click an affiliate link (typically 1–5%), the percentage of those clicks that convert into a sale (1–5% on most networks, higher on review-driven content), and your average commission per sale. The calculator returns total monthly revenue. For most niches, you need 10,000+ engaged monthly visitors before affiliate income exceeds the cost of running the site.
A $5 commission on a $50 product needs 200 sales to make $1,000 — meaning thousands of visitors. A $200 commission on enterprise software, or a 30% recurring commission on a SaaS subscription, needs only a handful of monthly conversions to deliver the same income, and the recurring stream compounds month after month. Most successful affiliate marketers focus on a small number of high-intent product categories — software, finance, hosting, courses — rather than chasing low-margin physical goods. Pick programs where one sale meaningfully moves your monthly number.
Results are estimates for informational purposes only.