> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://doc.trackrev.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Welcome to TrackRev

> Run your SaaS affiliate programme on real link attribution — commissions reconciled to real charges, on one data model and one definition of a sale.

TrackRev runs your **SaaS affiliate programme on real link attribution** — every partner
referral reconciled to the charge it actually earned, so commissions follow real revenue
rather than clicks. The link tracking and revenue attribution beneath the programme are
full products in their own right and work standalone, all three sharing one data model and
one definition of a sale, so every number in every dashboard reconciles to the same Stripe
(or Paddle, Polar, Lemon Squeezy) charge.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Affiliate & Partners" icon="handshake" href="/affiliate/overview">
    Recurring and one-time commissions reconciled to real charges, a white-label
    partner portal and automated payouts. The alternative to Rewardful,
    FirstPromoter, Tolt and Tapfiliate.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Revenue Attribution" icon="chart-mixed" href="/revenue-attribution/overview">
    Rank every channel by revenue and retained MRR — not clicks. First-touch,
    last-touch and linear models. The alternative to Triple Whale, HYROS and
    Northbeam.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Links & Analytics" icon="link" href="/link-tracking/overview">
    Branded short links on your own domain with first-party, server-side click
    tracking that survives Safari ITP and iOS. The alternative to Bitly, Dub,
    Rebrandly and Short.io.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Why one platform

Most teams stitch together a link shortener, an attribution cron and an affiliate tool.
That is three bills, three dashboards, and three different definitions of a "conversion"
that never reconcile. TrackRev is all three on **one data model** — a click, a visitor and
a sale mean the same thing everywhere — so the channel report, the visitor journey and the
affiliate commission all trace back to the same charge.

<Note>
  New to TrackRev? The fastest path to a live dashboard is the
  [5-minute Quickstart](/getting-started/quickstart). It walks you from sign-up to your
  first tracked, attributed click.
</Note>

## The core loop

Everything TrackRev does follows one loop. Understanding it makes every feature obvious.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Generate a tracking link">
    Paste a destination URL and TrackRev mints a short link — one per channel, with UTMs
    baked in — on your own branded domain.
  </Step>

  <Step title="A visitor clicks">
    TrackRev logs the click **server-side**, drops a first-party `vid` cookie, and 302s to
    your destination. Because the click is recorded on the server, it survives ad-blockers
    and Safari's tracking prevention.
  </Step>

  <Step title="The pixel ties the session to the visitor">
    A lightweight pixel (`p.js`) on your site connects the browser session to that `vid`,
    records pageviews, and — when you know who the visitor is — an `identify(email)` call.
  </Step>

  <Step title="A payment arrives">
    TrackRev pulls new charges from your payment processor and joins each one back to the
    visitor via the checkout reference (or email as a fallback).
  </Step>

  <Step title="The channel gets the credit">
    The attribution engine credits the winning channel under the model you choose, and the
    revenue shows up ranked by channel — and, if the sale came through a partner, as a
    commission on the affiliate ledger.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Choose your starting point

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/getting-started/quickstart">
    Sign up, create your first workspace, install the pixel and see a tracked click end to
    end in about five minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Core concepts" icon="cubes" href="/getting-started/core-concepts">
    Workspaces, links, channels, visitors, events, orders and attribution — the vocabulary
    the rest of the docs use.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect your revenue" icon="stripe" href="/revenue-attribution/connect-stripe">
    Link Stripe, Paddle, Polar or Lemon Squeezy so clicks turn into attributed revenue.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Launch an affiliate programme" icon="users" href="/affiliate/create-program">
    Stand up a commission structure and a branded partner portal, and start recruiting.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Get help

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Email support" icon="envelope" href="mailto:maruf@trackrev.io">
    Reach the team at **[maruf@trackrev.io](mailto:maruf@trackrev.io)**. Scale plans get priority support.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API reference" icon="code" href="/developers/introduction">
    Build on top of TrackRev with the REST API and outbound webhooks.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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