Welcome to the Microsoft Affiliate Program!

This is the official affiliate program for Microsoft. The broad range of products available in the official Microsoft Affiliate Program includes top sellers like Office, Surface, PCs, Band, phones and the popular gaming console Xbox, as well as digital entertainment categories apps, games, music, video, movies and more. Simply put, all products sold through the Windows 10 and Microsoft web stores are eligible for commissions. In addition to the wide choice of products, the Microsoft Affiliate Program also offers attractive commissions, extensive click attribution windows, and refreshed marketing materials to create the most value for our partners.

Your benefits as a partner:

• Huge monetization opportunity with attractive commission structure and click attribution windows to help you make more money.
• Access to a comprehensive selection of ready-to-publish marketing banners and text links for top Microsoft products
• Regular and exclusive product promotions with attractive publisher incentives
• Up-to-date information on new releases and product launches
• Item level, daily reporting to help you learn quickly and enhance your marketing efforts

Current commission and bounty rates:

*Please find commission rates per currency here

** The Groove Music Pass service and Store music purchase service will be discontinued on December 31, 2017. This means Microsoft will no longer track or commission on any new subscriptions or paid music downloads after October 15th, 2017. Check out the FAQ or reach out to msaffiliatesupport@microsoft.com for any questions.

Please note: Microsoft HoloLens sales are not commissionable.

Benefits for your customers:

• The latest Microsoft products for various target groups (students, developers, companies, individuals)
• Buy directly from Microsoft for worry-free transactions with simple and secure payments
• Exclusive incentives such as discounts, student offers, attractive bundles and campaigns

We look forward to partnering with you so be sure to get started today!

Additional Rules for the Microsoft Affiliate Program

In addition to the general terms and conditions of the affiliate network the following requirements apply for the Microsoft Affiliate Program:

• No placement of any Microsoft trademarks in search engines, including "Microsoft", "Microsoft Store", “Windows” or “Windows Store”, or variations or misspellings). These keywords should not appear in the ad title, ad text, or in the ad URL. No direct link to the Microsoft Store website from search engines.
• No use of any Microsoft trademarks in domains and subdomains, including "Microsoft", "Microsoft Store", “Windows” or “Windows Store” (or variations or misspellings).
• No Cookie-Dropping/Cookie-Spamming. Cookies may be set only on the effective user click on one of the advertising media from Microsoft. It is not allowed to set cookies on clicks on the close button or on mouseover. The setting of a cookie on an invisible advertising material or by the invisible loading of the Microsoft site is prohibited. This means it is not permissible to use popups, popunders, frames, iFrames or layers which set a cookie without participation of the user.
• Advertising or other similar networks participating in the Microsoft Affiliate Program may only use tracking tags on unsold inventory. Placing affiliate tags on pre-sold inventory is prohibited.
• Affiliates are prohibited from promoting through "adware" and "forced clicks".
• Sites with illegal, violent or pornographic content are excluded from participation in the Microsoft Affiliate Program. Examples of illegal advertising environments in this context are file-sharing portals and warez-sites. Microsoft may require any advertising through the Microsoft Affiliate Program to be discontinued by an affiliate at any time.
• No self-created ads may be used, unless this has been explicitly permitted by Microsoft.
  
• Any materials or data provided by Microsoft for your use in creating links may be included only on the approved affiliate site URL(s). Use of any such materials on other non-approved websites, or for any other purpose, is prohibited.

Microsoft may modify the requirements for its Affiliate Program at any time.

Any violation of program requirements may result in termination from the Microsoft program and the cancellation of all outstanding commissions.

Other important info:

• Properly tagged deep links are critical for accurate tracking and reporting. We encourage affiliates to use the tagging tools available at the Microsoft Affiliate Program website to build any deep links. Microsoft and Tradedoubler are not responsible for inaccurate or broken links. Referrals made using incorrect or broken links will not be paid a commission.
• Only applications that have been approved by Microsoft, for the Microsoft application ecosystem, are eligible to participate in the Microsoft Affiliate Program.
• Digital products must be purchased through the Windows 10 or Microsoft online store to be eligible for commissions.

Questions? Please review our FAQ and contact your Microsoft Affiliate Program Support Team.