These rates are scenarios—not a universal benchmark. The evidence base combines a full-funnel study covering 1.88 million purchases and 319 field-test creators, a meta-analysis of 251 papers, platform data from 2,368 brands, and a general affiliate reference. Together they show that creator fit, communication, product, channel, placement, and attribution materially change results.
Project your reach into potential results.
Turn your reach into a grounded estimate.
Use the audience numbers from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, your newsletter, or your community. We show every assumption so you can judge the estimate for yourself.Your monthly reach
Where do I find these numbers?
Set the date range to the last 30 days. Use the closest available reach, views, impressions, or delivered metric—then avoid adding overlapping numbers from the same platform.
- InstagramProfessional dashboard → Insights → Accounts reached
- TikTokTikTok Studio → Analytics → Overview or Content → Video views
- YouTubeYouTube Studio → Analytics → Content → Views or impressions
- NewsletterCampaign analytics → Successfully delivered in the last 30 days
Use recent per-post performance and the planned number of Cogniself mentions. The estimate reduces repeated viewers using your overlap assumption.
The audience discount is deducted first. Creator commission is then calculated on what the customer actually pays, matching Cogniself conversion tracking.
Projected potential
Potential sales range
A 12-month projection should not assume that the same audience responds identically every month.
Estimated sales over time
Monthly potential sales after channel growth, audience renewal, and diminishing response from repeated exposure.
How the estimate moves
0.5–1.5% × 2–4%
Evidence-informed scenarios
The creator-fit starting case uses a 1% reach-to-link rate and 3% click-to-sale conversion. The calculator also shows a conservative 0.5% × 2% case and a high-performance 1.5% × 4% case instead of presenting one outcome as certain.
The estimate uses the current selected product price. It subtracts the audience discount before applying the creator commission, matching how Cogniself records Stripe conversions.
See program termsInstagram defines Accounts reached as unique accounts, views as displays or plays that may repeat, and likes as interactions. That is why the calculator prioritizes recent reach or views over follower count and never applies a fixed likes-to-reach multiplier.
Read Instagram’s metric definitionsResearch supports carryover and diminishing returns in advertising response, but not one universal decay rate. The yearly model therefore exposes channel growth, audience renewal, and retained repeat response as editable assumptions.
Read the response-model evidenceThis headline estimate includes the first paid subscription invoice only. Eligible renewals can add commission for up to the first six paid months, but they are excluded because retention cannot be predicted responsibly from audience reach.
Illustrative estimate only—not a promise or guarantee of sales, income, approval, attribution, or payout. Refunds, disputes, taxes, eligibility rules, and the commission protection hold can reduce or delay earnings.