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# Change Affiliate Status
*Article Topics:* [*Affiliates*](/getting-started/common-topics/affiliates.md)
NATS allows you to change affiliate statuses from Active to either "Disabled" or "Banned." This can be useful for preventing disgruntled affiliates from accessing your NATS system.
## Affiliate Statuses
A "Banned" affiliate will not be able to login to your NATS system, and all of their traffic will be redirected to the */spam.html* page on your linkdomain. Once an affiliate is banned, they are also automatically removed from the [Payments Admin](/nats-admin/payments.md) to prevent them from receiving payouts.
A disabled affiliate, on the other hand, will also be restricted from logging in and removed from the [Payments Admin](/nats-admin/payments.md), but their traffic will still be tracked by NATS.
## Available Affiliate Statuses
There are 7 affiliate statuses to choose from. Each status controls some variation of login, traffic tracking, and payouts.
### Active
The standard active account status. The affiliate has full access to log into their portal, generate tracking links, receive tracked traffic, and earn sales/commissions.
* **Login Allowed:** Yes
* **Traffic Tracked:** Yes
* **Payouts & Sales:** Yes
### Disabled
Prevents the affiliate from logging into their account and blocks them from earning payouts/commissions. However, traffic coming from their tracking links will **still be tracked** in system reports for historical/analytical purposes.
* **Login Allowed:** No
* **Traffic Tracked:** Yes *(background tracking remains on)*
* **Payouts & Sales:** No
### Banned
Completely cuts off the affiliate. Account login is blocked, no payouts/sales are credited, and incoming traffic from their links is blocked/rejected (e.g., returned as HTTP 403 Forbidden or redirected away).
* **Login Allowed:** No
* **Traffic Tracked:** No *(traffic is completely blocked)*
* **Payouts & Sales:** No
### Wait on Verify
Assigned when an affiliate registers and needs to verify their email address or account details before gaining access. Once verified, the account moves forward in the approval process.
* **Login Allowed:** No
* **Traffic Tracked:** No
* **Payouts & Sales:** No
### Pending
Assigned when a new affiliate submits an application that requires manual review and approval by an administrator before the account can be activated.
* **Login Allowed:** No
* **Traffic Tracked:** No
* **Payouts & Sales:** No
### Denied
Assigned when an admin manually rejects an affiliate's registration application.
* **Login Allowed:** No
* **Traffic Tracked:** No
* **Payouts & Sales:** No
### Traffic Blocked
Blocks all incoming traffic from the affiliate's tracking links (returning HTTP 403 or redirecting away), but **still permits the affiliate to log into their portal** to view past data or account information.
* **Login Allowed:** Yes
* **Traffic Tracked:** No *(traffic is completely blocked)*
* **Payouts & Sales:** No new sales/traffic credited
Status Name
Can Log In
Tracks Traffic
Earns Payouts
Active
Yes
Yes
Yes
Disabled
No
Yes
No
Banned
No
No
No
Wait on Verify
No
No
No
Pending
No
No
No
Denied
No
No
No
Traffic Blocked
Yes
No
No
## Changing an Affiliate's Status
To change an affiliate's status in NATS, go to the [Affiliates Admin](/nats-admin/affiliates.md), select the affiliate you want to affect, and click the "Update" button beside the Status of the Affiliate.
Below the available list of information, you will find three fields that can be configured to affect your affiliate's status. These fields are:
* Status - Choose between Active, Disabled, and Banned.
* Public Reason - Displays the text in this field to the affiliate as a reason for their status change.
* Internal Reason - Displays the text in this fields to admins only as a reason for an affiliate's status change.
Once you have filled in the available fields, click the "Save" button to set your affiliate status change in effect.
