Affiliate Marketing in Nepal: Daraz's Real Terms, Other Programs, and How to Start

Affiliate marketing in Nepal means earning a commission when someone buys through a link you share. Daraz runs the best-known local program, and its own agreement answers most of the questions people ask. There is no fee to join, the cookie lasts 7 days, and payment comes in rupees after the return window closes, once you pass NPR 1,500 [1]. What it does not publish is a fixed commission rate or a follower minimum.

How this was checked: on 25 October 2026, Anobee read Daraz's affiliate FAQ and its full Affiliate Agreement clause by clause, along with the official pages of the other programs below. Where a program does not publish its terms on its own site, this page says so instead of repeating figures from other blogs.

How affiliate marketing works

There are three parties. A merchant sells something, you share a tracking link to it, and a customer buys through that link. The merchant's system records the sale against your link and pays you a commission once the sale is final.

Most programs pay per sale. Some hosting and software programs pay per sign-up instead. Two details decide how much of your work turns into money. One is the cookie window: how long after a click a purchase still counts as yours. The other is the list of sales the program excludes.

Daraz affiliate program in Nepal: what the official terms say

Daraz's affiliate program is run by Daraz Kaymu Private Limited, and individuals join with their citizenship number [1]. The program covers promotion inside Nepal only, unless Daraz approves otherwise in writing [1].

Sales that earn no commission

Daraz pays nothing on orders that are returned or refunded, charged back, cancelled, suspected of fraud, or bought to resell [1]. The agreement also lists behaviour that cancels commission and breaches the agreement [1]:

• Buying through your own link or with your own voucher code.
• Bidding on "Daraz" or its misspellings in search ads.
• Changing Daraz's links or cookies, cookie stuffing, pop-unders and automatic redirects.
• Sending orders from resellers or other businesses buying to resell.
• Using the Daraz name in your domain, username or group name.

These rules matter for how you promote. A Facebook group that pushes members to buy in bulk, or a site that redirects visitors to Daraz without a click, can lose its commission entirely.

Is the Daraz affiliate program worth it?

For a Nepali audience, Daraz has the products people already buy. The trade-offs are the short 7-day window and the wait: commission is confirmed only after returns close and is published once a month [1]. Expect at least a month between a sale and the money reaching your account.

Older figures quoted around the web, such as a 10,000-follower rule or a 3% to 20% range, do not appear in Daraz's current terms. Check your dashboard after approval for the rates that apply to you.

Other affiliate programs you can join from Nepal

Beyond Daraz, affiliate marketing in Nepal runs into a gap: few local companies publish their full terms. This table lists only what each program's own page states. Anything else needs confirming before you join.

Other blogs list rates for the shops in the last row. Without a page from the company itself, there is no way to know whether those numbers are current.

International programs and getting paid in Nepal

Global programs such as Amazon Associates have far more products, but payment is the hard part. Amazon pays by bank transfer, gift card or cheque. Its list of countries that can receive bank transfers covers the United States, the United Kingdom and much of Europe [4]. Nepal is not on that list.

So before you join an international program, check exactly how it pays and whether that method works from Nepal. If a program can pay into a Payoneer account, Anobee's guide to Payoneer in Nepal explains how that money reaches a Nepali bank and what it costs. The guide to earning money online in Nepal compares the other ways to receive money from abroad.

How to start affiliate marketing in Nepal

1. Choose a narrow niche. "Budget phones under Rs. 20,000 in Nepal" is easier to build trust in than "gadgets". Pick something you can write or talk about for months.
2. Pick one program that pays in a way you can receive. For most beginners that means a local program paying in rupees, such as Daraz.
3. Choose one platform. A blog builds search traffic over time; YouTube, Facebook, TikTok or a WhatsApp community are quicker to start. Daraz's agreement covers websites, apps, social media, email and video channels [1]. If you want a blog, Anobee's guide to setting up a WordPress blog walks through it.
4. Make content that helps before it sells. Honest reviews, comparisons and "how to use" guides convert better than a bare link. Answer the questions your audience is already searching for; the Nepali keyword research guide shows how to find them.
5. Disclose your links. A short line such as "This post contains affiliate links; I may earn a commission" keeps readers' trust.
6. Track and adjust. Use the program's dashboard to see which posts get clicks and which do not, and put more effort into what works.

Earnings vary too much by niche, audience and platform for any honest average. Daraz's own ceiling is up to $10 per purchase [1], so a small audience will usually earn small amounts at first.

Mistakes that cost Nepali affiliates money

• Ignoring the cookie window. With Daraz's 7 days, content that sends people to buy today works better than content they bookmark for later.
• Buying through your own link. Daraz treats this as a breach and pays nothing on those orders [1].
• Promoting everything. Links to every product dilute trust. Stay in your niche.
• Joining an international program before sorting payment. Check the payout method first.
• Trusting old rates. Commission rates change; your program dashboard is the final word.

Is affiliate marketing in Nepal legal?

Promoting products for a commission is an ordinary business activity, and Daraz itself contracts with Nepali individuals using their citizenship number [1]. The practical obligations are about tax and payments. Daraz says taxes follow the laws of Nepal, deducts withholding taxes, and asks affiliates for a VAT or PAN invoice each month [1]. Ask a tax adviser how to file your own income, especially if it grows.