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# Invite affiliates

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**Please note!** This page is about the links app owners use to invite affiliates to their affiliate program, not the links affiliates use to promote apps to merchants.
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### The affiliate invite link

The affiliate invite link lets you invite people to join your affiliate program on Shoffi without searching for your app in the marketplace and requesting access.

Each affiliate group you create has its own unique link, which adds the affiliate directly to that group. The default group gives affiliates your app's standard terms. You can read more about [affiliate groups](/for-app-owners/affiliate-groups.md).

The link redirects to a sign-up page that shows your app's logo, name, and affiliate terms. After users complete sign-up, they are redirected automatically to their `Connections` page.

### Approval

Whether an affiliate who uses an invite link is approved right away depends on your app's [Auto Approval](/for-app-owners/the-affiliate-terms.md) setting:

* If **Auto Approval** is enabled, affiliates who join with an invite link are approved automatically and can copy their unique affiliate link right away.
* If **Auto Approval** is disabled, invite-link joins stay as requests on your `Affiliates` page until you approve them, the same as market requests.

### Where to find the link

You can find it under `Affiliates` in the `Groups` tab.