Douro : Smarter Affiliate Monetization
Adtech UX/UI, Affiliate Marketing Platform
Douro connects affiliates with top-performing offers in Crypto, fintech, and Gaming. Track real-time results, get paid weekly, and scale your earnings fast with business tools, exclusive deals, and full transparency.
Problem
Affiliates often face low-quality offers, unclear tracking, and delayed payouts, while advertisers struggle to find reliable partners and measure ROI. Douro solves this by delivering a results-based affiliate platform with real-time tracking, exclusive deals, and tools that empower both affiliates and advertisers to scale efficiently.
UX Thinking
User Personas
Affiliates: Seek fast onboarding, profitable offers, and timely payouts.
Advertisers: Want ROI transparency, scalable traffic, and easy offer management.
Goals
Simplify affiliate onboarding and offer discovery.
Provide a clean, trackable system for offer performance.
Make both sides feel supported and in control.
Key UX Strategies
3-step activation flow: Choose offer → Generate link → Track results
Created dual interfaces for affiliates and advertisers
Real-time performance stats and creative access for fast scaling
UI Decisions
Visual Style
Sleek, data-centric interface with a professional SaaS feel
Performance highlights: clicks, conversions, payout metrics
Component Design
Offer cards with filters by geo, payout type, vertical
Tracking dashboard with intuitive KPIs and earnings summaries
Smart CTA buttons: Copy Link, Apply, Contact AM
Research
Benchmarked platforms like MaxBounty, Algo-Affiliates, Impact, and AdCombo. Identified pain points: friction in finding good offers, delayed payouts, poor UX. Designed Douro to cut noise and focus on offer quality + speed of execution.
User Flow Overview
Affiliate
Sign up → Access dashboard → Filter offers → Copy tracking link
Advertiser
Submit offer → Set payout model → Launch campaign → Monitor stats
Both
Get real-time analytics and weekly payout updates
Visual Design
Color Palette
Deep blue with green (profit), blue (trust), and orange (alerts) accents
Typography
Sharp, modern sans-serif fonts for clean metric display
UI Highlights
Performance cards, automated alerts, creative library previews
Tools Used
Figma (wireframes, prototypes, UI design)
Notion (research and documentation)
Results
Delivered a scalable, dual-sided affiliate platform optimized for fast monetization. Reduced affiliate onboarding to under 3 minutes. Designed a layout that made offer discovery and ROI tracking seamless for both sides.
Lessons Learned
Affiliates prioritize speed and clarity above all. Advertisers need clear attribution and budget control to scale. Real-time feedback and creative access make or break affiliate loyalty