ESET

ESET is a Slovakia-headquartered cybersecurity vendor founded in 1992, best known for the NOD32 antivirus engine and for being one of the first AV companies to embed cloud-assisted detection at scale. The consumer catalog spans ESET NOD32 Antivirus, ESET Internet Security, ESET Smart Security Premium, ESET HOME Security Essential / Premium / Ultimate on Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, with cross-device licenses that bundle password management and encrypted cloud storage at the top tier. The business side, which is where most affiliate revenue comes from, includes ESET PROTECT platform tiers (Entry, Advanced, Complete, Elite, MDR), ESET Inspect EDR, full-disk encryption, secure authentication, mail security, and cloud office protection. ESET runs its own research lab (WeLiveSecurity) that publishes malware and APT analyses that journalists and security content creators cite regularly.

Affiliate content that converts here leans into straightforward antivirus roundups, small-business endpoint comparisons (ESET vs. Bitdefender, Sophos, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes), and renewal / upgrade guides for existing ESET customers. The buyer mix skews more toward SMB IT admins and security-conscious home users in Europe, LATAM, and North America than the pure consumer AV mass market, which shifts the pitch toward lower churn, lower system impact, and third-party AV-Comparatives / AV-Test results. ESET has also been noted for not selling user data and for a relatively low false-positive rate, both of which are defensible talking points in review content.

ESET runs its affiliate program through CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction). Publishers apply through CJ's publisher signup, and ESET approves the advertiser relationship after a site review; the public entry page is eset.com/us/business/partner/online-affiliates/. Approved affiliates get banners, deeplinks, and the product feed inside the CJ dashboard, plus seasonal creatives when ESET pushes Black Friday, renewal, or back-to-school campaigns. The program accepts publishers globally, but traffic has to come predominantly from the US and Canada for commissions to validate at the listed rates; other regions route through separate ESET country affiliate programs where available.

Commission starts at 20% on qualifying new-customer sales, with performance-based uplifts for higher-volume publishers negotiated directly through the ESET affiliate team. Cookie duration is 45 days per the current CJ advertiser page and aggregator listings. Commissions lock per CJ's standard monthly cycle and pay on the net-20 schedule via direct deposit, check, or Payoneer, subject to CJ's USD 50 / USD 100 minimums. Self-referrals, coupon cookie-stuffing, and refunded or cancelled orders do not pay; renewals historically paid a reduced rate (around 3.6% through Cuelinks-style gateways) and full 20% only applies to fresh-customer signups.