Awin parameter
What is the awinaffid parameter?
awinaffid is Awin's your awin publisher id. awinaffid is your publisher account ID on Awin. Together with awinmid it forms the attribution pair: which program, which publisher. Check it matches your actual account ID when auditing links you inherited or copied.
Where it appears
In the affiliate link you publish
Example
https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=12345&awinaffid=67890&ued=...If awinaffid is missing
Without awinaffid the click cannot be attributed to YOU. The link may still redirect fine — which makes this failure especially silent.
How Awin tracking fits together
A standard Awin deep link runs through awin1.com/cread.php. The awinmid parameter identifies the merchant, awinaffid identifies you, and ued carries the URL-encoded destination page. When a visitor clicks, Awin registers the click server-side, sets its tracking cookie, and redirects to the merchant with an awc click ID appended.
Because the destination is embedded inside the link, an Awin link can fail in two independent places: the Awin hop (program closed, merchant left) and the destination page (product removed, URL changed). A correct health check has to verify both.
Frequently asked questions
What does the awinaffid parameter do?
awinaffid is Awin's your awin publisher id. awinaffid is your publisher account ID on Awin.
What if awinaffid is missing?
Without awinaffid the click cannot be attributed to YOU. The link may still redirect fine — which makes this failure especially silent.
Is awinaffid in my analytics affiliate traffic?
Yes — if awinaffid shows up in your site analytics or server logs, that traffic arrived via Awin affiliate links.
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