# For affiliates

Affiliates are part of the PlayerPal network design: an Affiliate is a
recognised party, operators can report which players an Affiliate brought in,
and an affiliate overview is being built on those facts. Less is built for
affiliates than for operators and game providers, and this page says plainly
what exists.

The labels mean: **Available** (built and tested in the platform), **In
development** (being built; behaviour may change) and **Planned** (designed,
not built yet).

## At a glance

| Capability | Status |
|---|---|
| Affiliate as a party in the network | [Available] |
| Attribution facts, sent by operators | [Available] |
| Affiliate overview built on verified attribution | [In development] |
| Affiliate portal | [In development] |
| Affiliate player Aliases | [Planned] |
| Attributed and activated player KPIs | [Planned] |

## Attribution comes from the operator

[Available]

In the first version, the Operator is the authoritative source for
attribution. The operator sends attribution facts through fact ingest: which
Affiliate a linked player is attributed to, the campaign and click reference,
when it happened, and whether the attribution is claimed, observed or
verified.

The facts use the operator's own player Alias and your Affiliate party ID.
They never carry a player's email, name or phone number. Affiliates do not
send attribution to PlayerPal directly yet.

## Affiliate overview

[In development]

An affiliate overview is being built on verified attribution. It covers the
players attributed to you, commercial mix and campaign performance. Where the
underlying facts have not arrived, it shows what it needs, for example
verified attribution, rather than a zero.

The affiliate portal shows this overview, but its sign-in is not yet
production authentication.

## Not decided yet

[Planned]

- **Affiliate Aliases.** A player Alias format for affiliates is reserved,
  but PlayerPal does not issue affiliate Aliases yet. How an affiliate
  Audience is scoped has not been decided, so today an Affiliate sees
  attributed or aggregate figures, not player-level handles.
- **Attributed and activated player KPIs.** Defined in the catalogue, waiting
  on the attribution model.
- **Network comparison for affiliates.** The anonymity rules are designed to
  cover affiliates; affiliate comparisons are not live.

If affiliates are important to your plans, contact PlayerPal to discuss the
roadmap.

## Privacy for affiliate data

The same commitments apply as for every party: no player personal data, scope
taken from credentials, and anonymity thresholds on anything compared across
parties. See [Privacy](../trust/privacy.mdx).

## Related

  - [For operators](./for-operators.mdx): 
    Operators link players and send attribution facts.
  
  - [Fact ingest](../developers/fact-ingest.mdx): 
    The attribution schema operators send.
  
  - [Capabilities](./capabilities.mdx): 
    Status of every PlayerPal capability.