Creator programme
What Creator status includes, how to access your analytics, and how affiliate link tracking works.
Creator status is granted manually to people who share their hiking content with an audience — gear lists, trip planning, routes. It gives you full Pro access, a stats panel on your shared pages, and affiliate link tracking per item.
To apply, open Settings → Creator access in the app and fill in the request form.
What Creator status includes
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Pro access | Unlimited trips, gear lists, and itinerary days — same as Pioneer or a paid Pro subscription |
| Analytics panel | View count, copy count, and affiliate click count on every shared gear list and trip |
| Affiliate link tracking | Per-item click tracking when visitors click a link you've marked as an affiliate link |
Creator access never expires. It is tied to your account and is not connected to any subscription billing.
Analytics panel
Where to find it
Open any of your shared gear lists or trips — the pages at /gear-list/[id] or /trip/[id]. In the page header, next to the clone button, you'll see a small chart icon. That icon is only visible when you are logged in as the owner and on the Creator tier. Tap or click it to open the stats panel.
The panel is invisible to all other visitors. It does not affect the page layout in any way.
What it shows
| Metric | What it counts |
|---|---|
| Views | Each time the shared page is loaded — one count per page load |
| Copies | Each time a visitor clones your gear list or trip |
| Affiliate clicks | Each time a visitor clicks a link you have marked as an affiliate link |
At the top of the panel, a period selector lets you switch between 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, and all time. Use the refresh button to pull the latest numbers.
View counts exclude your own visits. When you open your own shared page, no view event is recorded.
Affiliate click breakdown
If your gear list has affiliate links and clicks have been recorded, the panel also shows a per-item breakdown: each affiliate item by name with its click count for the selected period, sorted by most clicks first.
This breakdown only appears on gear lists — trip pages do not have per-item affiliate tracking.
Affiliate links
An affiliate link is a product URL that earns a commission when a visitor clicks through and makes a purchase. Trailkeep tracks which items on your shared gear list visitors click, so you can see which products drive the most traffic.
Marking a link as affiliate
- Open your gear list (Plan → Pack in the dashboard)
- On any item row, click the link icon to open the Edit Link dialog
- Enter or confirm the URL
- Toggle Affiliate link on
You can also set links (and affiliate flags) on Gear Vault items. List rows linked to a vault template inherit those values until you override them on that list.
The affiliate toggle appears in the Pack Planner link dialog and in the vault link dialog (not on trip waypoints).
Once marked, sponsored links show a green link icon on your shared gear list, with a small disclosure note when any sponsored links are present. Clicks on that icon are recorded in your analytics (not clicks on the item name).
How click tracking works
When a visitor clicks the link icon on a sponsored item on your shared gear list, the click is recorded silently in the background using a fetch call with keepalive. The click is attached to your account, the shared list, and the specific item. It does not interrupt the navigation — the visitor lands on the product page normally.
Clicks are not recorded when you click your own items.
Frequently asked questions
Does adding affiliate links change how my gear list looks to visitors? Sponsored items show a green link icon (and a small page-level disclosure when any sponsored links exist). The item name itself is unchanged.
If someone clones my list, do they get my affiliate links? No. Cloning copies planning content for the visitor's own account — not your monetization setup. Your affiliate links and click tracking stay on your shared page only.
I shared a trip and opened the stats panel — why is the affiliate clicks number always zero? Affiliate click tracking only applies to gear lists. Trip pages do not have per-item affiliate tracking. The affiliate clicks metric will show zero on trip analytics.
Can I see stats for multiple lists in one place? Not yet. The panel is per-page only — you open it on each individual shared list or trip.
Can I remove Creator status from my account? Yes — contact info@trailkeep.com and we'll revert your account.
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