Registration takes minutes; preparing the dashboard takes an evening. The second matters more: traffic poured into an unconfigured account is counted badly and not counted in full.
What to enter at sign-up
Real contacts and a real traffic source. The source field is not a formality: it drives both your rate and whether your traffic is deemed eligible. Saying «SEO» and sending messenger traffic is grounds for withholding payment.
What to configure before the first click
One: the affiliate link and its tags. Without tags you cannot tell one source from another or learn what works. Two: postbacks, if you have anywhere to receive them — see stats and postbacks. Three: a payout method, set up in advance so you do not discover on payday that your option is missing.
What to ask the manager
Not «what is your maximum» but three specifics: what rate for my geo at my volume, what minimum deposit counts, how long is the hold. Those answers change the maths more than the number on a banner — see choosing an offer.
The first run
Small volume, one geo. The goal is not profit but your own conversion rates: contacts to registrations, registrations to deposits. With those two numbers everything else can be calculated.
Where the traffic comes from inside Telegram: Telegram traffic to 1win.