Best Affiliate Marketing Events and Conferences to Attend

Whether you’re just starting out, or you’re a seasoned affiliate marketer or even a top player in the industry, attending networking events and conferences is a key component of building and maintaining a successful affiliate marketing business. Events give you the opportunity to create powerful partnerships and strong connections that can expand your influence and footprint across this ever-growing industry.

We all know that the recent pandemic took a big toll on attending these events in person, but as restrictions are easing up across the country and the world, we’re finally able to travel and enjoy live networking once again! 

This guide covers what to look for in an affiliate marketing event, the difference between large conferences and smaller masterminds, and the events worth putting on your radar — including where you'll find the Digistore24 team throughout the year.

Benefits of Going to Affiliate Marketing Events

Events and conferences are important for beginners because they can serve as a real-time introduction to the industry, with the core of many events being workshops and experts speaking on stage. Even experienced affiliate marketers receive a lot of benefit from attending and learning about new trends and advanced strategies to grow their businesses. Both new and experienced marketers want to learn affiliate marketing tips and be able to meet and connect with valuable people that will increase the profitability of their businesses.

For affiliates, events serve as an opportunity to find out about the newest and highest performing offers. This is also a time for them to find out how others are promoting top offers and getting the best results. Of course, you can also do all of these things using social media for affiliate marketing, but attending events is a totally new beast.

For vendors, meeting new affiliate partners, nurturing relationships with current partners, and learning industry trends and tips to scale their offers is among the top benefits. Structured business deals are also set up during these events, as well as gaining support for upcoming offer launches.

In summary, industry events create the perfect mix of learning, networking, doing business and having fun. Here’s what you can expect to gain when you attend:

Large Conferences vs. Smaller Masterminds and Industry Events

Any successful affiliate marketer knows the value in attending a good mix of large conferences and smaller masterminds and events. While the big conferences bring tons of attendees and a variety of speakers and sessions to choose from, in addition to fancy showroom floors with lots of vendor swag, masterminds and smaller industry events are great for rubbing shoulders and actually getting to interact with the experts speaking on stage and are usually more tailored with high-level strategies and ample time to interact with the other attendees to form stronger connections in a shorter time.

Both kinds of events are highly beneficial and provide great opportunities for meeting your next big affiliate partner or learning about the next best affiliate marketing products to promote.

Let’s take a look at some of the actual events below.

Best Affiliate Marketing Events

So what can you expect from these larger conferences?

Let’s explore a few of these events:

Affiliate Summit East — New York City — The East Coast's flagship affiliate event. 4,500+ attendees, a world-class expo floor, and the famous Meet Market networking format. Free entry for affiliates and media buyers.

Affiliate World Europe — Budapest — One of the highest-quality affiliate conferences in the world. Two days of expert content, 300+ exhibitors, and the best networking-to-attendee ratio of any major show.

Affiliate World Asia — Bangkok — The year's closing event and one of the most anticipated on the global calendar. Thousands of attendees from every major market, plus after-hours events that Bangkok does better than anywhere.

Affiliate Summit West — Las Vegas — The largest affiliate marketing event in North America. Runs in January and sets the tone for the year.

Afiliados Brasil — São Paulo — The biggest affiliate marketing event in Latin America. Essential if you're building or scaling in the Brazilian market.

TES Affiliate Conference — Prague (September) and Marbella (March) — One of the most established conferences in the European affiliate calendar. Known for its tight-knit community atmosphere and consistently high-quality networking.

AW Summit Bucharest — Bucharest — One of Europe's largest multi-vertical affiliate conferences. Strong program, legendary evening events.

Affiliate Takeover — Barcelona and Miami — A newer conference with serious momentum. White-hat focus, curated attendee list, DTC and performance marketing emphasis.

Digistore24 Masterminds and Networking Events

Digistore24 doesn't just attend the world's biggest affiliate events — we host our own mastermind sessions, private dinners, and suite experiences throughout the year at many of them.

At conferences like Affiliate World Europe, Affiliate Summit East, AW Summit Bucharest, TES Prague, and Affiliate World Asia, you'll find the DS24 team hosting intimate gatherings that go beyond the standard conference experience. These sessions bring together our top affiliates, vendors, and partners for strategy conversations, relationship-building, and the kind of candid discussion that doesn't happen on stage. If you're already in the DS24 ecosystem, watch for invitations. If you want to get there, start here.

For our flagship Club24 VIP event and more, visit the Digistore24 Experience Page.

Other Events and Masterminds Worth Knowing

Here’s what you can expect from these kinds of smaller events:

Let’s check out some of these events:

GeekOut — Hosted by GeekEx, GeekOut events run throughout the year in locations including Las Vegas, Miami, and Mykonos. The format sits between a conference and a mastermind — smaller, focused on eCommerce and DTC, and built around real tactics from people actually running campaigns at scale. No fluff tolerated. A strong fit for media buyers and offer owners wanting depth over breadth.

Affiliate Takeover — Founded by Alex Micol of Scalers, Affiliate Takeover has grown fast since its first edition in Barcelona. The events in Miami (March) and Barcelona (July) attract a curated list of affiliates and media buyers committed to white-hat, compliance-first performance marketing. If sustainable scaling is your focus, this is a community worth being part of.

Mimosa Mastermind — An invite-only, destination-based mastermind for high-level affiliates and vendors. No public ticket sales, no set dates — Mimosa operates on referral and relationship. If you're running significant volume and the right people know your name, you'll find your way in. Worth knowing about, even if you can't book a ticket today.

TTMeetup — Less of an event and more of an affiliate marketing community hub. TTMeetup runs a Telegram group and covers the affiliate industry across verticals, including nutra, eCommerce, dating, iGaming, and lead gen. The DS24 team shows up at the events and networking sessions they organize throughout the year. If you want to stay close to what's happening across the broader affiliate ecosystem, it's worth following.

Final Thoughts

Relationships are the root of success in affiliate marketing. The people who get the most out of this industry aren't always the ones with the biggest ad budgets or the most optimized funnels — they're the ones who know the right people, show up in the right rooms, and build trust over time.

Events are the fastest way to do that. Pick the ones that match where you are in your business, go in with a plan, and treat every conversation as a potential long-term partnership. You'll be surprised how quickly the industry starts to feel smaller — and how much that works in your favor.

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