This week in FMTC’s Affiliate Roundup: Levanta is acquiring Perch+ to expand its affiliate marketplace. The APMA is pushing a code of conduct to improve affiliate transparency and traffic quality. Reddit is outperforming B2B affiliate content in search.


Levanta is acquiring Perch+, adding hundreds of Amazon sellers and publishers to expand its affiliate and creator marketplace.

• The APMA is proposing a subnetwork code of conduct to improve transparency and traffic quality standards across affiliate programs as concerns over compliance grow.

• Reddit is outperforming B2B affiliate content in search, with studies showing it outranks major review and SaaS sites on over half of shared keywords, especially for high-intent queries.

• Visa and Mastercard are racing to shape agentic commerce, building infrastructure and standards for AI-driven payments and authentication as autonomous shopping grows.

• A new book, Think Like an Affiliate Manager by Greg Hoffman, argues success comes down to manager judgment—not tools or tactics.

• Shoppers are embracing AI for research and recommendations, but still want control, with most resisting autonomous AI-driven purchases.

• Marketers are moving beyond vanity metrics as pressure grows to tie marketing performance directly to revenue and pipeline outcomes, not just activity or engagement.

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