Best CBD Affiliate Programs 2026: Data-Driven Rankings
The CBD affiliate space is larger and more opaque than most advertisers let on. Our database holds 326 program listings across 10 networks, representing 198 distinct brands. Two things stand out immediately. First, the vertical’s ghost rate — programs with no EPC data whatsoever — sits at 68.4%, the highest of any health sub-vertical we track. Second, the programs that do publish data show a median EPC of just $0.28, yet the top of the distribution is genuinely interesting: Extract Labs clocks $9.97 on Impact, Muscle MX hits $9.75 on Awin, and NuLeaf Naturals reaches $7.01, also on Impact.
That spread tells you something important about the CBD market right now. The programs with real, verifiable EPC data tend to be US-based direct-to-consumer brands with tight niches — veterans’ wellness, sports recovery, organic full-spectrum oils — and audiences that convert with purpose. The programs without EPC data are either too new to have generated meaningful network statistics, running on networks that do not surface per-program EPC, or simply not driving enough affiliate traffic to produce a stable figure. The latter is worth taking seriously: a ghost program is not necessarily a bad program, but it is an unverifiable one, and that matters when you are allocating content effort.
This report examines the programs where the numbers are available and defensible, contextualises the well-known CBD brands that appear in our ledger as ghosts, and highlights a structural quirk that will cost you money if you ignore it: the same CBD brand appearing on multiple networks can carry materially different commission terms, yet virtually no affiliate guide discusses this at the program level. We do, and we name the specific discrepancies.
Best CBD Affiliate Programs by EPC
This table ranks the top CBD programs from our database by a composite of their reported performance metrics, weighting EPC most heavily and applying a data-completeness adjustment for programs that publish conversion rate and reversal rate alongside EPC. The vertical median EPC among programs that report any figure is $0.28; the outlier threshold (ten times the median, floored at $3.00) is $3.00. Programs above that threshold are flagged.
| # | Program | Network | Market | EPC | Commission | Cookie | Conv. Rate | Reversal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hemp Point CBD | Awin | GB | $2.49 | — | 30d | 6.4% | — |
| 2 | LIT Farms | Skimlinks | US | $2.46 | 19.4% | 30d | 17.0% | 6.9% |
| 3 | Pinnacle Hemp | Awin | US | $2.34 | — | 30d | 7.5% | — |
| 4 | Cycling Frog | Impact | — | $2.29 | 5.0% | — | — | — |
| 5 | FOCL | Skimlinks | US | $2.07 | 22.7% | — | 15.8% | 0.0% |
Every cbd program we track — all 326 of them
| Program | Network | Market | EPC | Commission | Cookie | Conv. | Reversal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stormrock IT | awin | IT | $10 | — | 30d | 100% | — |
| Extract Labs | impact | — | $9.97 | 15% | — | — | — |
| Muscle MX | awin | US | $9.75 | — | 30d | 33.33% | — |
| NuLeaf Naturals CBD | impact | — | $7.01 | 10% | — | — | — |
| CBD For Life | impact | — | $3.2 | 15% | — | — | — |
| Hemp Point CBD | awin | GB | $2.49 | — | 30d | 6.44% | — |
| Lost In Translation, Inc | skimlinks | US | $2.46 | 19.4% | 30d | 16.96% | 6.9% |
| Pinnacle Hemp (US) | awin | US | $2.34 | — | 30d | 7.54% | — |
| Cycling Frog | impact | — | $2.29 | 5% | — | — | — |
| Cycling Frog | flexoffers | US | $2.23 | 21% | — | — | — |
| FOCL | skimlinks | US | $2.07 | 22.7% | — | 15.82% | — |
| CBD.co | skimlinks | US | $1.91 | 15% | — | 18.77% | — |
| VESSEL | skimlinks | US/CA | $1.85 | 20% | 20d | 14.76% | — |
| Flower of Life CBD (US) | awin | US | $1.74 | — | 30d | 19.8% | — |
| Binoid CBD | skimlinks | US | $1.69 | 20% | 29d | 20.09% | 2.6% |
| Aspen Green (US) | awin | US | $1.55 | — | 30d | 9.86% | — |
| cbdMD | impact | — | $1.41 | 25% | — | — | — |
| Neurogan | skimlinks | US | $1.39 | 8% | 29d | 19.73% | — |
| Kind Oasis | impact | — | $1.36 | 3% | — | — | — |
| Upstate Elevator | impact | — | $1.34 | 10% | — | — | — |
| Mood | skimlinks | US | $1 | 9.9% | 30d | 13.09% | 39.7% |
| Genuine-swiss CH | awin | CH | $0.96 | — | 30d | 0.71% | — |
| Mission Farms CBD | skimlinks | US | $0.95 | 40% | — | 3.39% | — |
| Koi CBD | skimlinks | US | $0.89 | 20% | 21d | 6.32% | 1.9% |
| Pure Spectrum CBD | skimlinks | US | $0.84 | 20% | — | 5.99% | — |
| SensiSeeds EUR | skimlinks | NL/BE +5 | $0.7 | 5% | 28d | 24.49% | — |
| Supreme CBD | skimlinks | GB | $0.68 | 10% | 25d | 16.75% | — |
| CBD Armour | awin | GB | $0.64 | 20% | 365d | 3.41% | — |
| Weed Side Story FR | awin | FR | $0.64 | — | 30d | 23.23% | — |
| Upstate Elevator Supply Co. | skimlinks | US | $0.59 | 12.1% | 27d | 7.61% | — |
| D8 Super Store | skimlinks | US | $0.54 | 20% | 28d | 6.41% | 4.7% |
| CBD.market | awin | US | $0.53 | — | 30d | 22.22% | — |
| CBD A Basso Costo IT | awin | IT | $0.5 | — | 30d | 7.14% | — |
| cbdMD | flexoffers | US | $0.49 | 32% | — | — | — |
| Diamond CBD | flexoffers | US | $0.49 | 75% | — | — | — |
| Okiweed CBD FR | awin | FR | $0.47 | — | 30d | 17.41% | — |
| mychanvre | awin | FR | $0.47 | — | 7d | 8.97% | — |
| NEwhere Inc. | skimlinks | US | $0.46 | 20% | 22d | 4.29% | — |
| SMOKOCBD | awin | GB | $0.45 | — | 30d | 50% | — |
| Mellow Fellow | flexoffers | US | $0.44 | 14.4% | — | — | — |
| Swiss Peak CBD | awin | GB | $0.43 | — | 30d | 8% | — |
| CANNABY DE | awin | DE | $0.42 | — | 30d | 1.34% | — |
| EASY WEED | awin | FR | $0.41 | — | 30d | 9.85% | — |
| Tealerlab CBD FR | awin | FR | $0.38 | — | 30d | 18.45% | — |
| Dreem Distillery | awin | GB | $0.36 | — | 30d | 1.02% | — |
| Reakiro CBD DE | awin | DE | $0.35 | — | 30d | 6.67% | — |
| enjoy hemp | skimlinks | US | $0.35 | 10% | — | 4.41% | — |
| CBDFX | awin | GB | $0.3 | — | 30d | 5.46% | — |
| Mellow Fellow | skimlinks | US | $0.3 | 12% | 22d | 4.55% | — |
| Swiss Peak CBD | skimlinks | GB | $0.29 | 20% | — | 2.52% | — |
| Tealerlab UK | awin | GB | $0.29 | — | 30d | 14.18% | — |
| Simply CBD | awin | GB | $0.28 | — | 30d | 10.58% | — |
| Stormrock CBD FR | awin | FR | $0.25 | — | 30d | 5.52% | — |
| Strain Station | awin | GB | $0.25 | — | 30d | 15.02% | — |
| FAB CBD | impact | — | $0.24 | 5% | — | — | — |
| CBDPure | flexoffers | US | $0.23 | 40% | — | — | — |
| Lost In Translation, Inc | flexoffers | US | $0.23 | 16% | — | — | — |
| Sunmed | flexoffers | US | $0.21 | 6% | — | — | — |
| Diamond CBD | skimlinks | US +0 | $0.2 | 27.2% | — | 1.25% | 15.5% |
| Hemproutine IT | awin | IT | $0.2 | — | 26d | 1.97% | — |
| Stormrock High CBD FR | awin | FR | $0.2 | — | 30d | 9.47% | — |
| CBDWELT.de | skimlinks | Global | $0.19 | 25% | — | 1.66% | — |
| Body and Mind Botanicals | awin | GB | $0.18 | — | 30d | 10.21% | — |
| CBD Pas Chere FR | awin | FR | $0.18 | — | 30d | 11% | — |
| KLORIS | awin | GB | $0.18 | — | 30d | 7.49% | — |
| Orange County CBD | awin | GB | $0.18 | — | 30d | 4.65% | — |
| CBD Mall | flexoffers | US | $0.17 | 75% | — | — | — |
| CBD FR | awin | FR | $0.17 | — | 30d | 5.23% | — |
| CBD For Life | skimlinks | US | $0.17 | 15% | — | 3.03% | — |
| Weedy FR | awin | FR | $0.17 | — | 30d | 6.42% | — |
| CBD PURPLE FR | awin | FR | $0.16 | — | 30d | 8.67% | — |
| OTO CBD | skimlinks | GB | $0.16 | 17.3% | 30d | 2.28% | 2.6% |
| SupremeCBD UK | flexoffers | GB | $0.15 | 8% | — | — | — |
| Chill Clouds | flexoffers | US | $0.14 | 75% | — | — | — |
| Bud Bros | awin | GB | $0.14 | — | 30d | 6.74% | — |
| Naturecan USA | impact | US | $0.14 | 10% | — | — | — |
| Profesor CBD ES | cj | ES | $0.13 | 15% | — | — | — |
| Green Roads CBD | skimlinks | US | $0.12 | 30% | — | 0.73% | — |
| Hemproutine FR | awin | FR | $0.11 | — | 26d | 1.03% | — |
| CBD One | awin | GB | $0.08 | — | 30d | 3.95% | — |
| Golden Goat CBD | skimlinks | US | $0.08 | 15% | — | 0.81% | 66% |
| OTO Wellbeing | awin | GB | $0.08 | 15% | 30d | 4.2% | — |
| SensiSeeds US | awin | US | $0.08 | — | 30d | 1.64% | — |
| Mission Farms CBD | flexoffers | US | $0.08 | 24% | — | — | — |
| D8 Super Store | flexoffers | US | $0.08 | 16% | — | — | — |
| CBD VITAL ? CBD Öl & Hanfprodukte für mehr Wohlbefinden - global program for all countries | skimlinks | CH/FR +3 | $0.07 | 14% | — | 0.41% | — |
| Grass & Co. CBD | awin | GB | $0.06 | — | 30d | 4.14% | — |
| SensiSeeds EUR | awin | DE | $0.06 | — | 30d | 3.24% | — |
| Eden's Herbals | cj | — | $0.06 | 20% | — | — | — |
| IVORYSWISS | awin | FR | $0.04 | — | 30d | 50% | — |
| BIo CBD Oil CH | flexoffers | CH | $0.03 | 16% | — | — | — |
| CBD Blume DE | awin | DE | $0.03 | — | 30d | 6.01% | — |
| CBD Pure | skimlinks | US | $0.03 | 35% | — | 0.19% | — |
| Naturecan De | skimlinks | DE | $0.03 | 5% | — | 1.41% | — |
| SensiSeeds UK | awin | GB | $0.03 | — | 30d | 3.2% | — |
| Uncle Bud's Hemp | cj | — | $0.03 | 6% | — | — | — |
| CBD ReThink | flexoffers | US | $0.02 | 14.4% | — | — | — |
| SensiSeeds EUR | flexoffers | AT | $0.02 | 3.2% | — | — | — |
| Upstate Elevator Supply Co. | flexoffers | US | $0.02 | 2.4% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Es | skimlinks | ES | $0.01 | 1% | — | 3.26% | — |
| Mood | flexoffers | US | $0.01 | 0% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan DE | flexoffers | DE | $0 | 4% | — | — | — |
| Muscle MX | flexoffers | US | $0 | 20% | — | — | — |
| Buy CBD Hub | Delta 8 | Delta 10 | awin | US | — | — | 30d | — | — |
| CBDiablo | awin | GB | — | — | 30d | — | — |
| Canna Connoisseur DE | awin | DE | — | — | 30d | — | — |
| Enjoy Hemp | awin | US | — | — | 30d | — | — |
| FOCL | CBD for Wellness | awin | US | — | — | 45d | — | — |
| Hanfgefluester DE | awin | DE | — | — | 26d | 0.06% | — |
| MAMA KANA CBD | awin | FR | — | — | 30d | — | — |
| Neurogan US | awin | US | — | — | 30d | — | — |
| One Farm by WAAYB | awin | US | — | — | 30d | — | — |
| TerraVibe (US) | awin | US | — | — | 30d | — | — |
| VESSEL | awin | US | — | — | 30d | — | — |
| Vitality CBD | awin | US | — | — | 30d | 0% | — |
| 4Fathers Organics, LLC | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| ATLRx | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| ATLRx | flexoffers | US | — | 12% | — | — | — |
| Alpha Therapeutics, LLC | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alter Native | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Amberwing Organics | skimlinks | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Amberwing Organics | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Amberwing Organics | flexoffers | US | — | 24% | — | — | — |
| Annabis.cz | cj | — | — | 12% | — | — | — |
| Anthology Brands, Inc. | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apollo CBD | skimlinks | AT/CH/DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aromextrem CBD | skimlinks | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aspen Green | mavely | — | — | 21% | — | — | — |
| Aspen Green | flexoffers | US | — | 24% | — | — | — |
| Avid Hemp | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| BIo CBD Öl | skimlinks | CH | — | — | — | — | — |
| Batch CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 24% | — | — | — |
| Best Damn Gummy's | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Biomedical Research Laboratories | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Black Dahlia | rakuten | US | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Body and Mind Botanicals | skimlinks | GB | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brandlesscbd.com | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Bud Bros | skimlinks | GB | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buds for Buddies | skimlinks | DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Buy CBD Hub | Delta 8 | Delta 10 | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| CANATURA | skimlinks | AT/DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| CANNABY DE | skimlinks | DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD 040 | skimlinks | DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD Abassocosto | skimlinks | IT | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD Armour | skimlinks | GB | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD Barato | skimlinks | ES | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD FR | skimlinks | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD Health Collection | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD One | skimlinks | GB | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD ReThink | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD VITAL France | skimlinks | Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD-Natural | skimlinks | DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD.co | flexoffers | US | — | 12% | — | — | — |
| CBD.market | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBD.market | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| CBD.market | flexoffers | US | — | 16% | — | — | — |
| CBDFX | skimlinks | GB | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBDSI | skimlinks | Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBDSPAZA | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| CBDSPAZA | flexoffers | US | — | 9.6% | — | — | — |
| CBDshop24.de | skimlinks | Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| Caliper CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Calmbywellness | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cannaconda.de - Dein Hanfshop | skimlinks | AT/DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cannadoca | skimlinks | PL/NL +26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Canobo CBD | skimlinks | DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cantura Onlineshop | skimlinks | AT/CH/DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charlie Bravo Delta | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cheech & Chong CBD | flexoffers | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cheech & Chong's - CBD Space Chews | flexoffers | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cheech and Chong's | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cheech and Chong's | pepperjam | — | — | — | 5d | — | — |
| Cheef Botanicals | impact | — | — | 25% | — | — | — |
| Chong's Choice | flexoffers | US | — | 12% | — | — | — |
| Creamhigh CBD | flexoffers | FR | — | 16% | — | — | — |
| Creating Better Days | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daily Habit CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dasy LLC | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Die Naturburschen | skimlinks | AT/DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dragon Hemp | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earlybird CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Edelhanf.de | skimlinks | Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eden's Herbals | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enjoy Hemp | flexoffers | US | — | 8% | — | — | — |
| Evopure UK | flexoffers | GB | — | 16% | — | — | — |
| FAB CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| FAB CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 48% | — | — | — |
| Farmer & Chemist Affiliate | impact | — | — | 25% | — | — | — |
| Fleur Marché | flexoffers | US | — | 2.4% | — | — | — |
| Flower of Life CBD (US) | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Flying Buck CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Forever Well Nutrition | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| GRINSEKATZEN® | skimlinks | Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| Green Herbal Care | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Green Valley Nutrition | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Half Day CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hanfgefluester DE | skimlinks | DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harmonious CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 12% | — | — | — |
| Harmony CBD | impact | — | — | 25% | — | — | — |
| Healthworx CBD - Made in COLORADO | impact | — | — | 40% | — | — | — |
| Hemnia | skimlinks | AT/DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hemp Baby | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hemp Baby | impact | — | — | 5% | — | — | — |
| Hemp Point CBD | skimlinks | GB | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hemp Therapies | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| High Falls Hemp NY | flexoffers | US | — | 12% | — | — | — |
| Holistik Wellness | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hollyweed CBD | impact | — | — | 15% | — | — | — |
| Home of Hemp | skimlinks | Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| Infusionz | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Innovative Extracts Affiliate Partnership (IEAP) | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Innovative Extracts Affiliate Partnership (IEAP) | impact | — | — | 30% | — | — | — |
| Koi CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 16% | — | — | — |
| Leaf Remedys | flexoffers | US | — | 20% | — | — | — |
| Live Rishi | flexoffers | US | — | 20% | — | — | — |
| Malantis CBD | skimlinks | Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manitoba Harvest | impact | — | — | 2% | — | — | — |
| Manitoba Harvest CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manitoba Harvest CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 1.6% | — | — | — |
| Medterra CBD DE | flexoffers | DE | — | 16% | — | — | — |
| Medterra International | flexoffers | GB | — | 16% | — | — | — |
| Mendi | avantlink | — | — | 15% | — | — | — |
| Mission Farms CBD | impact | — | — | 30% | — | — | — |
| Motive CBD | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Muscle MX | skimlinks | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Muscle MX | avantlink | — | — | 15% | — | — | — |
| Naternal | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naternal CBD and Delta-9 | flexoffers | US | — | 24% | — | — | — |
| Nature et CBD | skimlinks | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naturecan AUS | impact | — | — | 5% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Au | skimlinks | AU | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naturecan CBD Nederland / België | impact | — | — | 5% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan CZE | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Croatia | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Denmark | impact | — | — | 7% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Finland | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Fitness Europe | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan France | impact | FR | — | 5% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Germany | impact | DE | — | 5% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Greece | skimlinks | GR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Greece | impact | — | — | 5% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Hong Kong | skimlinks | IN/HK +11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Hungary | impact | — | — | 5% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Italy | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Netherlands | skimlinks | NL/BE +1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Norway | impact | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Poland | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Portugal | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Romania | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Slovakia | impact | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naturecan South Korea | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Spain | impact | — | — | 5% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Sweden | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Switzerland | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Taiwan 台灣 | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Thailand | impact | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naturecan Turkey | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan UK | impact | UK | — | 3% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan USA | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naturecan USA | flexoffers | US | — | 8% | — | — | — |
| Naturecan 臺灣 | skimlinks | 1 regions | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ned | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ned | impact | — | — | 15% | — | — | — |
| Ned | flexoffers | US | — | 12% | — | — | — |
| Nine Realms CBD | skimlinks | Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| OG Seeds | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Onda Wellness | impact | — | — | 20% | — | — | — |
| Overcome | skimlinks | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pachamama | impact | — | — | 18% | — | — | — |
| Palmetto Harmony | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Peacock CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Peacock CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 12% | — | — | — |
| Penguin CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Penguin CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 20% | — | — | — |
| PhytoLogica CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 16% | — | — | — |
| Pipwellness | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Players Choice CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Profesor CBD ES | skimlinks | ES | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pure CBD Vapors | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pure Hemp CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 32% | — | — | — |
| Pure Spectrum | impact | — | — | 20% | — | — | — |
| Pure Spectrum CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 20% | — | — | — |
| QUWA CBD | impact | — | — | 10% | — | — | — |
| Reakiro CBD DE | skimlinks | DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reakiro CBD DE | flexoffers | DE | — | 16% | — | — | — |
| Reform Botanicals | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| SMOKOCBD | skimlinks | GB | — | — | — | — | — |
| SOS-CBD | skimlinks | AT/CH/DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Seed Bank | flexoffers | US | — | 16% | — | — | — |
| Sensi CBD EUROPE | skimlinks | DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| SensiSeeds US | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Steve's Goods | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stormrock DE | skimlinks | AT/CH/DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Strain Station | skimlinks | GB | — | — | — | — | — |
| Summitt Labs | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sunmed | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| TONIC CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| TONIC CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 12% | — | — | — |
| Tealerlab FR | skimlinks | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| TerraSero | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tommy Chong's Nano CBD | flexoffers | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tranquil Earth CBD | avantlink | — | — | 20% | — | — | — |
| Tribe CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| UKLG_Handpicked CBD | cj | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Uncle Bud's Hemp | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Uncle Bud's Hemp | mavely | — | — | 4.2% | — | — | — |
| Vape Bright | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Veritas Farms | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vitadol | skimlinks | Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vitality CBD | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| WILD THEORY | flexoffers | US | — | 28% | — | — | — |
| We Are Good Nature | impact | — | — | 8% | — | — | — |
| WeVapor | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| WeWeed 2025 | skimlinks | IT | — | — | — | — | — |
| WeWeed IT | flexoffers | IT | — | 6.4% | — | — | — |
| Weedy FR | skimlinks | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wyld CBD | impact | — | — | 12% | — | — | — |
| Wyld CBD | flexoffers | US | — | 2.4% | — | — | — |
| britishcbd.net | skimlinks | GB | — | — | — | — | — |
| cannhelp | skimlinks | Global | — | — | — | — | — |
| cbdsfinest.de | skimlinks | AT/CH/DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| kdm-liquids CBD | skimlinks | AT/DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| oHHo | skimlinks | US | — | — | — | — | — |
| oHHo Botanicals | flexoffers | US | — | 20% | — | — | — |
| 株式会社Leep + ウェルネスCBDブランド「roun(ラウン)」(21-0428) | skimlinks | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naturecan株式会社 + 英国発の高品質CBDブランド【NATURECAN(ネイチャーカン)】(21-0907) | skimlinks | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Detailed Analysis
Top CBD Affiliate Programs Reviewed
Extract Labs
ImpactUSExtract Labs is a veteran-owned Colorado company, and that positioning is doing measurable work. At $9.97 EPC on Impact, it sits second in this vertical on raw earnings-per-click, exceeded only by the heavily flagged Stormrock IT figure. The 15% commission rate is solid for the vertical without being outlier-high, which suggests the EPC is being driven by either a strong conversion rate, a higher-than-average basket, or both. Impact does not surface those sub-metrics for this program in our current dataset, so direct verification is not possible without joining the program. The EPC is flagged as an outlier at more than three times the $3.00 threshold, so treat it as a promising signal rather than a guaranteed performance floor.
What gives confidence in this figure is the brand’s positioning: a well-defined audience of veterans, sports-recovery seekers, and health-conscious consumers, a product range spanning tinctures to topicals, and a US-market focus that benefits from relatively clear regulatory status under the 2018 Farm Bill. Affiliates running content aimed at veterans’ health and wellness or active-recovery audiences should treat this program as a priority test. The absence of a published cookie duration on Impact requires direct confirmation with the program before committing significant content effort.
Best for: Health and wellness bloggers, CBD-focused content creators, and veteran-support communities.
Muscle MX
AwinUSThe $9.75 EPC and 33.3% conversion rate on Awin both carry a flag flag, and they should. A one-in-three conversion rate is implausible at scale for any e-commerce program. The almost certain explanation is a very thin click sample on Awin — a single well-targeted referral campaign can produce these numbers before enough data has accumulated to regress toward the mean. The actual average commission rate is not published on Awin for this program, which limits how far the analysis can extend. The 30-day cookie is standard for the Awin platform and unremarkable in either direction.
What the headline figures do confirm is that Muscle MX converts well in contexts where audience intent is high. The brand targets sports recovery and active-lifestyle consumers seeking CBD-based topicals and ingestibles — a more specific audience than a general wellness CBD play. This is a brand worth testing on Awin if you have a fitness or sports-recovery content property. The same brand is also listed on Avantlink (15% commission, no EPC), Skimlinks (no data), and FlexOffers ($0.001 EPC, 20% commission) — a dramatic illustration of why network choice matters when the same brand appears in four places with wildly different results.
Best for: Fitness content creators, sports-recovery bloggers, and pain-management audiences.
NuLeaf Naturals CBD
ImpactUSNuLeaf Naturals sits at $7.01 EPC on Impact at a 10% commission. The EPC is flagged as an outlier — above the $3.00 threshold — but unlike the Muscle MX figure, this comes with a commission rate attached, which allows a rough back-calculation. A $7.01 EPC at 10% commission implies average revenue per clicking visitor of approximately $70, which is plausible for a full-spectrum hemp oil purchase if the conversion rate is around 10%. That arithmetic is internally consistent, lending slightly more credibility to the figure than some comparably flagged programs. Still, confirm the data inside the Impact dashboard before basing significant content investment on it.
NuLeaf Naturals sells organic CBD and hemp products including oils, Delta-9, CBN, and CBG. Their brand message centres on health and lifestyle, and they have a notable secondary audience of pet owners — a meaningful distribution channel for CBD content that is otherwise hard to monetise. The 10% commission is below the vertical average of 15.9%, but if the $7.01 EPC proves durable at scale, absolute earnings remain competitive. Affiliates who already have an audience interested in full-spectrum hemp products or pet wellness supplements have the best shot at replicating the reported performance.
Best for: Health and wellness bloggers and pet-care content creators.
LIT Farms
SkimlinksUSLIT Farms is the most data-complete program in the upper half of this vertical. The $2.46 EPC on Skimlinks comes with a 17.0% conversion rate, a $74.72 average basket, and a 6.9% reversal rate. With those four numbers in hand, the program becomes modelable: at a 17% conversion rate and $74.72 basket, a 19.4% commission earns approximately $2.46 per click on average, which checks out arithmetically. This internal consistency makes LIT Farms the most verifiable high-EPC entry in the CBD affiliate landscape at time of writing. The EPC is below the $3.00 flag threshold, adding further credibility.
The 6.9% reversal rate warrants attention. It is not alarming in isolation, but on a $74.72 basket, a reversal costs the affiliate roughly $14.50 in forgone commission per cancelled order. At a 17% conversion rate, roughly one in every 14 visitors who convert will subsequently reverse, reducing the effective EPC from $2.46 by approximately $0.17. The brand sells cannabis-adjacent products — seeds, gummies, vapes — which may attract some impulse buyers who cancel. Affiliates targeting committed cannabis consumers rather than casual wellness shoppers should see a cleaner reversal picture.
Best for: Cannabis-focused content creators, lifestyle influencers, and health and wellness sites reaching adult recreational audiences.
FOCL
SkimlinksUSFOCL has a 0.0% reversal rate in our data — the cleanest figure in the upper tier of this vertical. Combined with a 15.8% conversion rate and a $57.52 average basket, this is a program that rewards high-volume, targeted traffic with predictable returns. The 22.7% commission rate is the highest of any program in the top 10 that also publishes a conversion rate, making it the best-documented high-commission option in the set. The implied earnings per conversion ($57.52 × 22.7% = $13.06) make this one of the more attractive per-sale returns for a mid-basket CBD program.
FOCL sells premium CBD products targeting sleep, mood, focus, and pain relief — a broad enough remit to support multiple content angles, yet with clear product differentiation from mass-market CBD. No cookie duration is reported in our Skimlinks data; this is a data gap rather than a confirmed session-only cookie, but it warrants direct confirmation with the program before using FOCL as a primary monetisation vehicle on top-of-funnel content. The zero reversal rate is the programme’s most distinguishing characteristic and, if it holds at higher volume, makes FOCL the most reliable per-click earner in the $2 EPC range.
Best for: Health and wellness bloggers, CBD-focused content sites, and creators targeting audiences interested in functional supplements for sleep, focus, and mood.
CBD.co
SkimlinksUSCBD.co operates as the consumer-facing storefront for the CBD.market family, an online marketplace aggregating a wide range of CBD products across multiple formats and price points. The Skimlinks listing shows a $1.91 EPC, 18.8% conversion rate, 0.0% reversal rate, and a $67.69 average basket — a data-complete profile that makes it straightforward to model expected returns. At 15.0% commission on a $67.69 basket, each conversion earns roughly $10.15. The 18.8% conversion rate is above the vertical norm, consistent with a marketplace model where visitors arrive with clear purchase intent and find a broad product selection.
The parent brand (CBD.market) also appears on Impact (10% commission, no EPC), Awin ($0.53 EPC, 30-day cookie, no commission figure), and FlexOffers (16% commission, no EPC). This family of listings across four networks produces starkly different affiliate terms — a case study discussed in the cross-network section above. The Skimlinks entry is the only listing with a complete data picture and a non-trivial EPC, making it the default recommendation for affiliates who already have access to the Skimlinks network. Affiliates on Awin can access a 30-day cookie and a modest $0.53 EPC as an alternative.
Best for: Health and wellness bloggers, CBD product review sites, and content creators targeting a broad CBD-interested audience across multiple product categories.
Binoid CBD
SkimlinksUSBinoid CBD is the most complete data profile among the mid-EPC programs and carries the additional virtue of arithmetic self-consistency. At a 20.1% conversion rate and a $42.09 average basket, a 20% commission produces $42.09 × 20.1% × 20% = $1.69 EPC. The figures are internally consistent across all five metrics, lending the program a credibility that many higher-EPC entries lack. The 2.6% reversal rate is modest on a $42 basket and translates to a forgone commission of roughly $0.85 per reversal — a manageable figure. The 29-day cookie is effectively standard.
Binoid specialises in high-potency hemp-derived products — THCA, Delta-9, Delta-8, THC-P — which places it at the more potent end of the legal hemp spectrum. This niche attracts high-intent buyers who research before purchasing, which likely explains the 20% conversion rate despite a product category that might otherwise generate hesitation. Affiliates targeting an audience already familiar with hemp-derived THC alternatives will find this program produces consistent, predictable returns. The program’s data transparency makes it one of the safest recommendations in this vertical for affiliates who want a modelled revenue estimate before investing in content.
Best for: Cannabis enthusiasts, hemp-derived THC product review sites, and health and wellness bloggers with audiences interested in legal hemp alternatives.
Neurogan
SkimlinksUSNeurogan has the highest average basket of any data-complete program in this vertical at $87.80. This figure matters because the 8.0% commission rate — the lowest among the data-complete programs — is substantially compensated by basket size. At a 19.7% conversion rate, each converting visitor earns the affiliate $87.80 × 8.0% = $7.02 gross, which at the observed conversion rate produces $1.39 per click. The arithmetic checks out. The 0.0% reversal rate means every penny of earned commission stays earned — no clawbacks to plan for, which simplifies revenue modelling.
Neurogan is a family-owned company using American-grown hemp, with a product range focused on sleep, calm, and pain relief. Their money-back guarantee and lab-testing claims support conversion in a market where consumer trust is a persistent barrier. The $87.80 average basket is the highest among this vertical’s data-complete programs, and affiliates who reach health-conscious consumers willing to pay for premium CBD will find the economics work even at 8%. The lesson from Neurogan is that a below-average commission rate on a premium basket can outperform an above-average commission rate on a budget product — the basket is the variable most often ignored when selecting programs.
Best for: Health and wellness bloggers, CBD-focused review sites, and affiliate marketers targeting natural health solutions at the premium end of the market.
What About Charlotte’s Web, Lazarus Naturals, and the Other Household Names?
The brands most consumers would name first in CBD — Charlotte’s Web, Lazarus Naturals, Joy Organics — have a complicated relationship with affiliate marketing. Charlotte’s Web and Lazarus Naturals do not appear in our database at all. Both historically managed affiliate programs outside the major networks our data pulls cover, or have run in-house programs not aggregated into network data. Lazarus Naturals is particularly notable: it built significant direct brand loyalty through a pricing model that may make sustaining high affiliate commissions structurally difficult.
Green Roads CBD appears in our Skimlinks data with an EPC of $0.12 and a 30.0% commission rate. That combination — high commission, very low EPC — suggests either a conversion problem, a basket-size problem, or both. A 30% commission that produces $0.12 per click implies average revenue per click of roughly $0.40, which at a typical conversion rate would put the implied basket well below $10. That is inconsistent with a premium CBD brand and warrants investigation before any content effort is directed at it. Green Roads’ traffic on Skimlinks may simply be negligible, producing a statistically unstable figure.
Medterra appears on FlexOffers in both a US and a German-market program, both at 16% commission, both with no EPC data. cbdMD is one of the few well-known brands with a genuine data presence: $1.41 EPC on Impact at 25% commission, and $0.49 EPC on FlexOffers at 32% commission. The Impact entry is the better network by EPC despite the lower commission rate — the wide spread between the two figures with reversed commission direction is discussed in detail in the cross-network section. Diamond CBD appears on both Skimlinks and FlexOffers; FlexOffers lists a 75% commission alongside a $0.49 EPC, suggesting either a very low basket or a largely inactive affiliate channel.
For affiliates whose content strategy requires marquee CBD names, the practical picture is this: cbdMD is the only major household name with credible, data-backed performance on Impact. Green Roads, Medterra, and Diamond CBD are accessible but produce thin or absent EPC. Charlotte’s Web and Lazarus Naturals require direct brand contact or a check of platforms not currently in our network coverage.
Cross-Network Data
Same Brand, Different Networks: The Terms Vary More Than You Would Expect
CBD is one of the verticals where multi-network listing is most pronounced. Muscle MX runs on four networks; CBD.market on four; SensiSeeds on three. The performance data between networks is not always comparable, and in several cases the spread is large enough to change the affiliate decision materially. Below are the most instructive examples from our database.
Muscle MX
The Awin EPC is a flagged outlier. The FlexOffers EPC of $0.001 on a 20% commission is close to zero, confirming negligible affiliate activity on that network. Avantlink publishes the commission (15%) with no performance data. Awin is the only network with any usable EPC figure, however uncertain it may be at scale.
Cycling Frog
This is the most commercially significant network discrepancy in the vertical. The EPCs are nearly identical ($2.29 on Impact versus $2.23 on FlexOffers), yet the commission rate differs by a factor of four (5% versus 21%). If both figures reflect comparable click populations, the FlexOffers commission rate is dramatically more favourable. Affiliates with access to both networks should join FlexOffers first and test whether the EPC holds at scale before concluding which listing performs better for their specific traffic source.
Mission Farms CBD
Mission Farms CBD runs a 40% commission on Skimlinks — the highest of any program with a non-trivial EPC in this vertical — against 30% on Impact and 24% on FlexOffers. The Skimlinks EPC of $0.95 against FlexOffers’ $0.08 confirms that meaningful affiliate activity is concentrated on Skimlinks. Join Skimlinks first; confirm the 40% rate with the program directly before making it a cornerstone placement, as rates at this level can be introductory or volume-tiered.
SensiSeeds
SensiSeeds, founded in 1985 and one of the world’s oldest cannabis seed banks, shows a 24.5% conversion rate and 0% reversal on Skimlinks against EPCs below $0.10 on both Awin and FlexOffers for the same brand. The Skimlinks audience for this brand is materially more purchase-ready. The 5% commission rate is below average but the conversion rate compensates at the click level.
cbdMD
cbdMD on FlexOffers pays 7 percentage points more commission (32% versus 25%) yet delivers an EPC nearly three times lower ($0.49 versus $1.41). Impact is the better network for this brand on current data, despite the lower headline commission rate. This is the clearest example in the vertical of a higher commission rate producing worse affiliate economics in practice.
Upstate Elevator Supply Co.
Upstate Elevator offers organic Vermont hemp products and shows a meaningful EPC divergence across three networks: $1.34 on Impact (10%), $0.59 on Skimlinks (12.1%, with full data), and $0.02 on FlexOffers (2.4%). Impact produces the highest EPC; Skimlinks provides the most complete data for modelling. FlexOffers is negligible. The practical recommendation is to start with Impact and use Skimlinks data as a benchmark for expected conversion performance.
Data Insights
CBD Affiliate Programs: What the Data Shows
The 326 CBD program listings in our database display several structural patterns worth naming explicitly before allocating content effort. The headline numbers — $0.88 average EPC, 15.9% average commission — conceal a distribution that is sharply two-tailed: a small number of programs with verified data show strong performance, while the majority offer no EPC evidence at all.
Insight 1: The ghost rate is the highest of any health sub-vertical we track
68.4% of the 326 CBD program listings carry no EPC data. Among programs with any EPC figure, the median is $0.28. The ghost rate reflects a combination of regulatory advertising restrictions that suppress active affiliate promotion, a large proportion of small DTC brands early in their affiliate channel, and network-level reporting gaps particularly on FlexOffers. Affiliates must therefore select from a practical field of 103 programs, and with 90 of those below $1.00 EPC, the actionable shortlist is short.
Insight 2: High commission rates concentrate in the weakest-EPC programs
The average commission rate among the 146 programs that report one is 15.9%, well above travel and software verticals. But high commission rates cluster in the programs with the weakest EPC data. Diamond CBD and CBD Mall both appear on FlexOffers at 75% commission with EPCs of $0.49 and $0.17 respectively. FAB CBD carries a 48% commission on FlexOffers with no EPC data at all. This pattern suggests high commission is being used as a recruitment incentive for programs that have not yet demonstrated affiliate channel performance. Commission rate is a poor predictor of EPC in this vertical — arguably the weakest predictor of any metric we track.
Insight 3: Skimlinks is the data-richest network for CBD program selection
Among programs that report all four key metrics — EPC, commission, conversion rate, and reversal rate — Skimlinks dominates. FOCL, CBD.co, Binoid CBD, Neurogan, LIT Farms, Koi CBD, SensiSeeds, and Pure Spectrum CBD all publish a full data profile on Skimlinks. Awin programs consistently show a cookie duration (30 days as standard) but rarely publish conversion or reversal data. Impact publishes commission alongside EPC but rarely more. Affiliates who want data-driven program selection should prioritise Skimlinks access for this vertical above other networks.
Insight 4: Reversal risk is concentrated in specific cannabis-adjacent programs
Of the 27 programs that report a reversal rate, 19 show 0.0%. The exceptions are instructive: Mood.com on Skimlinks reports a 39.7% reversal rate alongside a $1.00 EPC and 13.1% conversion rate — a combination that makes the programme's effective economics far worse than the headline EPC suggests. Golden Goat CBD shows 66.0%, which is almost certainly a data artefact (the EPC is $0.08, limiting damage). LIT Farms registers 6.9%. The pattern is consistent with cannabis-adjacent products and subscription billing: higher cancellation rates follow higher consideration purchases. Mood.com in particular should be avoided until its reversal rate stabilises.
Insight 5: Cookie duration is effectively standardised at 30 days, with one outlier
Among the 70 programs that report cookie data, 66 sit in the 15–30 day range, with the large majority using exactly 30 days as the Awin platform default. The sole outlier is CBD Armour on Awin, which reports a 365-day cookie — flagged in our tables. A 365-day cookie for a commodity CBD oil product is unusual enough to warrant verification inside the Awin network before treating it as a confirmed feature. For the rest of the vertical, a 30-day window is the planning assumption: CBD affiliate links are unsuitable for top-of-funnel content that precedes the purchase decision by more than a month.
Browse all 326 CBD programs with EPC data, commission rates, and cross-network comparisons in our full program search, or read our methodology to understand how these figures are sourced and validated.
Search All CBD ProgramsHow to Choose a CBD Affiliate Program
CBD is a vertical where the ghost rate problem is acute enough to change your evaluation process. Start by accepting that two-thirds of listed programs cannot be evaluated on EPC alone. For the one-third that can, apply the following framework.
First, prioritise programs that publish at least three of the four core metrics: EPC, conversion rate, reversal rate, and average basket. In this vertical, that means focusing primarily on Skimlinks listings. Programs with all four — Binoid CBD, LIT Farms, FOCL, Neurogan, CBD.co — allow you to build a revenue model before committing content. Programs with EPC alone (most Impact and Awin entries) require additional due diligence inside the network dashboard before you can reach a confident EPC estimate for your specific traffic.
Second, treat the reversal rate as a veto criterion, not an afterthought. Mood.com’s 39.7% reversal rate turns a $1.00 headline EPC into something closer to $0.60 after reversals remove commissions. Golden Goat CBD’s 66.0% figure renders the EPC meaningless. Any program with a reversal rate above 15% requires a clear explanation before joining, and even then deserves a low content allocation until the rate proves stable. The programs with 0.0% reversal — FOCL, Neurogan, CBD.co, SensiSeeds, and others — earn a material credibility premium.
Third, check the regulatory context for your audience’s market. US-market CBD programs benefit from the clarity provided by the 2018 Farm Bill for hemp-derived products. UK-market programs operate under MHRA novel food regulations that restrict health claims differently. European programs vary by country. Promoting a UK-only CBD brand to a predominantly US audience — or vice versa — will depress your conversion rate regardless of the program’s published metrics, because the products are simply not available to your visitors.
Fourth, do not select programs on commission rate alone. The programs with the highest reported rates (Diamond CBD at 75%, FAB CBD at 48% on FlexOffers, Mission Farms at 40% on Skimlinks) are not the highest-EPC programs. A 40% commission on a $25 basket earns $10 per sale at a given conversion rate. An 8% commission on an $87.80 basket (Neurogan) earns $7.02 per sale, but Neurogan’s 19.7% conversion rate and zero reversals make the programme bankable in a way that a 40% rate with no EPC data is not. The basket and conversion rate are the variables that matter; the commission rate is the multiplier applied to them.
Fifth, account for the multi-network problem. If a brand you want to promote runs on three networks, check the EPC on each before defaulting to the one with the highest commission. The Cycling Frog example is the clearest in this vertical: near-identical EPCs on Impact and FlexOffers, but a 21% commission on FlexOffers versus 5% on Impact. That four-fold commission difference is decisive if the EPCs are comparable in your traffic context. The only way to confirm is to run a head-to-head test or examine network-level data in detail inside each dashboard.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best CBD affiliate programs?
Based on our database of 326 program listings, the highest verified EPCs belong to Extract Labs ($9.97, Impact), Muscle MX ($9.75, Awin), and NuLeaf Naturals CBD ($7.01, Impact). These programs combine meaningful commission rates with audiences that convert. For affiliates who want data completeness as well as EPC, FOCL ($2.07, Skimlinks) and Binoid CBD ($1.69, Skimlinks) both publish conversion rates, reversal rates, and average basket sizes, making performance modelling much more reliable before content is published.
How much commission do CBD affiliate programs pay?
Across the 146 CBD programs in our database that report a commission rate, the average is 15.9%. Rates span a wide range: CBDPure and CBD Pure offer around 35–40%, Mission Farms CBD reaches 40% on Skimlinks, and FAB CBD is listed at 48% on FlexOffers. At the lower end, SensiSeeds sits at 5% and Kind Oasis at 3%. Commission rate alone is a poor proxy for earnings — a 40% rate on a $30 basket pays the same as a 15% rate on an $80 basket, and the latter is more likely to represent a purchaser with genuine intent.
Why is the ghost rate so high in the CBD affiliate space?
Of the 326 CBD program listings we track, 223 (68.4%) carry no EPC data at all. Several factors explain this. Many programs are small or recently launched and have not generated enough affiliate traffic to produce stable EPC figures. Others are on networks — particularly FlexOffers — where EPC reporting is opt-in or delayed. Regulatory uncertainty around CBD advertising also suppresses active affiliate promotion, which further thins the click-and-conversion data networks use to calculate EPC. The result is a vertical where selecting programs blind is especially risky.
Which networks carry the most CBD affiliate programs?
Skimlinks and Impact carry the deepest CBD program inventories in our database, and both publish EPC, conversion rate, reversal rate, and average basket data for a meaningful subset of programs. Awin carries a sizeable number of European-market CBD programs (UK, Italy, France, Germany) with 30-day cookies as standard but limited sub-metric data. FlexOffers has a large CBD list but its ghost rate — programs with no EPC data — is noticeably higher than the other major networks in this category.
Are CBD affiliate programs legal to promote?
CBD derived from hemp (less than 0.3% THC) is federally legal in the United States following the 2018 Farm Bill, and most US-market programs in our database operate within this framework. UK and EU programs are subject to their own regulatory frameworks, which generally permit CBD sales but restrict certain health claims. Affiliates should review FTC endorsement guidelines and specific network policies for CBD before publishing content. Several major ad platforms restrict CBD advertising even where the products themselves are legal, which also suppresses the affiliate data available for these programs.
What cookie duration should I expect from a CBD affiliate program?
Of the 70 CBD programs in our database that report a cookie duration, 66 sit in the 15–30 day range. The overwhelming majority use exactly 30 days, which is the Awin platform default. Only one program (CBD Armour on Awin) reports a 365-day cookie — an outlier worth verifying directly. The majority of programs on Skimlinks and Impact do not report a cookie duration in our dataset, which reflects how those networks manage cookie policy at the network level rather than per-advertiser. Affiliates should confirm cookie terms inside the specific network dashboard before building content calendars around them.