> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.referly.so/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Import affiliates > Add affiliates to Referly in bulk from a CSV file or another platform. Learn the required fields, how to map and run the import, and why affiliates go first. When you're bringing a lot of affiliates into Referly at once — a list you've collected, or a whole program moving over from another tool — you don't add them one at a time. You import them in bulk, either from a spreadsheet or straight from another affiliate platform. ## Open the importer From your [affiliates list](/docs/help-center/manage/affiliates/overview), select **Import Affiliates**. You can also open the importer from the **plus (+)** button in the top bar and choose **Import Data**, then **Create New Import** and pick **Affiliates** as the type. Next, choose where your affiliates are coming from: a **CSV file**, or another **affiliate platform** you connect and pull from. ## Import from another platform If you're switching from another affiliate tool, Referly can pull your affiliates in directly instead of you exporting a file. Connect the platform and Referly brings your affiliates across for you. There are step-by-step guides for each: Migrate from Rewardful. Migrate from FirstPromoter. Migrate from Tolt. Migrate from PartnerStack. See the [Migration overview](/docs/help-center/getting-started/migrate/overview) for the full list of platforms. ## Import affiliates from a CSV If your affiliates are in a spreadsheet, a CSV import is the way to go. ### Prepare your file Your CSV needs a column for each affiliate detail. Referly reads these fields: | Field | Required? | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **First Name** | Required | | **Last Name** | Required | | **Email Address** | Required — also how each affiliate's referred customers and sales get linked back to them. | | **Join Date** | Optional — keeps their original join date instead of today's. | | **Payout Email** | Optional — where they get paid, if different from their email. | | **Affiliate Link/Ref** | Optional — their existing referral code, so their links carry over. | Each affiliate needs at least a first name, last name, and email. The rest are optional but worth including if you have them. ### Upload and map Upload your CSV, then match each column in your file to the matching Referly field. Referly shows which fields are **Required** and which are **Optional** so you know what has to be matched before you can continue. ### Run it and track progress Start the import and it runs in the background — you can close the panel and keep working. Every import shows up in the **Recent Imports** list with its progress and a count of how many affiliates came in and how many were skipped. An affiliate is skipped when a required detail is missing, such as a row with no email. For the full mechanics of CSV imports — preparing your file, mapping columns, and reading the results — see [Migrate from CSV](/docs/help-center/getting-started/migrate/csv). ## Import affiliates before customers and sales If you're also bringing over referred customers and past sales, **import your affiliates first**. Customers attach to affiliates, and sales attach to customers, so those imports need your affiliates to already be in place — they're matched by email. Referly won't let you start a customer or sales import until the affiliate import it depends on has finished. See [Migration overview](/docs/help-center/getting-started/migrate/overview) for the recommended order. ## After the import Imported affiliates appear in your list like any others, tagged with an **Imported** source so you can tell where they came from. From there you can [organize them into groups](/docs/help-center/manage/affiliates/groups), [set their commission plan](/docs/help-center/manage/affiliates/change-commission-plan), or filter and message them like the rest of your affiliates. ## Related The full guide to importing from a spreadsheet. Bring affiliates, customers, and sales across in order. Adding just a few? Create them by hand instead. Where your imported affiliates land.