Find merchants by name or domain on Affiliate.com

The ?search= query parameter on GET /v1/merchants lets you find merchants by matching against their name or their home_url. You can use a partial name, a full name with spaces URL-encoded, or a bare domain string — the API handles both formats.

How search matching works

Name search — pass any part of the merchant’s name, URL-encoded. For example, ?search=best+buy matches “Best Buy US”, “Best Buy Canada”, and any other merchant whose name contains that phrase.
Domain search — pass a bare domain such as bestbuy.com. The API matches against the merchant’s home_url only — verified live: a domain present only in the domains array (not in home_url) does not match. It also does not match origin_id, the internal id, or nmer_/mer_ object IDs.

Search is case-insensitive. You do not need to pass the full name or include https:// for domain searches.

Endpoint

GET /v1/merchants?search={query}

Examples

Search by merchant name

curl --request GET \
  'https://api.affiliate.com/v1/merchants?search=best+buy&page=1&per_page=10' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

Search by domain

curl --request GET \
  'https://api.affiliate.com/v1/merchants?search=bestbuy.com&page=1&per_page=10' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

Find merchants with commissionable URLs

curl --request GET \
  'https://api.affiliate.com/v1/merchants?has_commissionable_url=1&countries=US&per_page=50' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

Narrow results to a specific network

Combine search with network_ids to limit results to one or more networks. This is useful when the same brand is available on multiple networks and you want a specific one.

curl --request GET \
  'https://api.affiliate.com/v1/merchants?search=food&network_ids=10&has_description=1&product_count_min=300&product_count_max=1000&page=1&per_page=10' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

Response

Search responses use the same structure as the standard list endpoint — a meta pagination object and a data array of matching merchant objects.

{
  "meta": {
    "total": 1,
    "from": 1,
    "to": 1,
    "current_page": 1,
    "last_page": 1,
    "per_page": 100,
    "fields": [
      "id",
      "name",
      "description",
      "domains",
      "icon_url",
      "logo_url",
      "product_count",
      "network"
    ],
    "trace_id": "0194fffe-9a3b-71aa-ada0-8686ff2715dd"
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 71655,
      "name": "Real Food Hub",
      "description": "Real Food Hub is for people who love Real Good Food from farmers markets and enjoy the convenience of online ordering. We believe it has more taste, more nutrition and is more ethically produced.",
      "domains": ["https://www.realfoodhub.co.uk"],
      "icon_url": "https://img.affiliate.com/logos/merchants/71655/icon.png",
      "logo_url": "https://img.affiliate.com/logos/merchants/71655/logo.png",
      "product_count": 1301,
      "network": {
        "id": 10,
        "name": "Awin UK",
        "url": "https://www.awin.com",
        "logo_url": "https://img.affiliate.com/logos/groups/10006/128x128.png"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Tips

Add network_ids alongside search to filter results to merchants you’re actually affiliated with. This eliminates noise when a common brand name appears across dozens of networks.

Copy the id value from a search result and use it in GET /v1/merchants/{id} to fetch that merchant directly in future requests — no need to search again.

Error responses

Status	Meaning
`400`	Invalid input — check your parameter values
`401`	Unauthenticated — include a valid `Authorization: Bearer` header
`429`	Rate limit exceeded — slow down your request rate

A search with no matches is not an error — it returns 200 with an empty data array and meta.total: 0, verified live.

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Find merchants by name or domain on Affiliate.com

How search matching works

Endpoint

Examples

Search by merchant name

Search by domain

Find merchants with commissionable URLs

Narrow results to a specific network

Response

Tips

Error responses

​How search matching works

​Endpoint

​Examples

​Search by merchant name

​Search by domain

​Find merchants with commissionable URLs

​Narrow results to a specific network

​Response

​Tips

​Error responses

How search matching works

Endpoint

Examples

Search by merchant name

Search by domain

Find merchants with commissionable URLs

Narrow results to a specific network

Response

Tips

Error responses