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What drives decisions should drive commissions.

The Influence Compensation Lighthouse Program brings together brands, publishers, agencies, and technology partners to validate and scale a new economic model for AI-driven commerce against a certified standard.

Our selection committee reviews applications on a rolling basis.
What is AI-Influenced Compensation?

A new way to measure, value, and pay for the influence that actually drives buying decisions.

AI-influenced compensation is the practice of connecting visibility in AI and content environments to measured outcomes and translating that influence into real economic value, even when no click occurs.

Today, consumers discover and evaluate products through AI-generated recommendations, publisher content, and creator voices. These touchpoints shape decisions. But traditional performance models only recognize the last measurable action before a purchase, leaving a large portion of the influence that drove that decision unmeasured and uncompensated.

AI-Influenced Compensation enables brands to allocate commission value across every contributor to a purchase decision, and enables publishers and creators to be compensated for the influence they create throughout the consumer journey — not just the moment before the purchase. 

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“AI is already shaping how consumers make decisions. If you cannot connect that visibility to measurable business outcomes, you are investing in the wrong places and putting future growth at risk. The Lighthouse Program is an invite-only charter of industry leaders defining how influence is measured and compensated in a zero-click world. This is how the standard gets set.”
Matt Gilbert
Matt Gilbert
CEO, Partnerize
How it works

Live validation with real participants, real transactions.

During the pilot phase, participating organizations evaluate how influence signals captured through VantagePoint™ translate into compensable value. Three mechanics make this real.

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Partnerize underwrites pilot commissions

Publishers and creators receive compensation immediately during the pilot period, no waiting for proof points to accumulate. Brands build their economic case alongside live payments.

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VantagePoint™ Fractional Compensation Standard (VPFCS) governs every allocation

Every commission is calculated under the VantagePoint™ Fractional Compensation Standard, a standardized, auditable methodology for distributing value across all contributors to a purchase decision.

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Detailed reporting quantifies influence

Participants receive reporting that connects influence across the consumer journey to downstream conversions and revenue as the foundation for defensible future budget decisions.

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The Standard

Independently certified.
Auditable by design.

The measurement methodology underpinning the program (the VantagePoint™ Fractional Compensation Standard) has been independently certified by the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM). This Third-party validation provides transparency, accountability, and auditability — so every commission calculated can be independently verified.

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Voices from the founding cohort.

Join the program

Apply for consideration in the Lighthouse Program.

The founding cohort is limited. We are reviewing applications from advertisers, publishers, agencies, and technology partners who are ready to validate the next model for commerce economics.