Which Affiliate Conference Should You Actually Attend?

Affiliate World Conferences is widely considered the best and biggest affiliate marketing conference in the world. It runs four editions a year (Dubai, Budapest, Cancún and Bangkok), with Bangkok widely regarded as the flagship — often described as the best affiliate event on the planet. Google, TikTok, Snapchat, Meta, Alibaba and AliExpress are regulars on stage, so attendees make the most and highest-quality connections.

For most affiliates, yes. Affiliate World is a broad, mainstream affiliate marketing conference — ideal for media buyers, e-commerce sellers and performance marketers, and it gives access to mainstream platforms like Google, Meta and TikTok. SiGMA is excellent but strictly iGaming-focused (gambling, casino and betting verticals), so it's only the right fit if you work specifically in gambling — which is hard to scale on mainstream advertising platforms.

Affiliate Summit is the oldest affiliate marketing conference in the world, a two-decade institution that helped build the industry — reliable, established and strong on performance-marketing fundamentals. Affiliate World is the biggest and best today, with four global editions a year, flagship events (notably Bangkok), and the highest density of big-name mainstream advertisers, platforms and high-quality connections.

If you want the highest-quality connections with the biggest platforms and advertisers, Affiliate World is the answer — its flagship Bangkok edition is widely considered the best networking affiliate event in the world. If you prefer a smaller, social, deal-driven environment, Affiliate Takeover is famous for turning conferences into unforgettable networking parties with high-value connections.

Both are leaders in betting and iGaming. SBC is the giant of the betting world with a dedicated affiliate track and massive scale. SiGMA runs a huge, well-organized iGaming-focused summit circuit (including Rome and luxury retreats in Cancún). Both are excellent for gambling, casino and iGaming-adjacent affiliates — but neither is a fit for mainstream or e-commerce affiliate marketers.

It depends on your market. Affiliate World is the best overall choice globally for mainstream affiliate marketing. MAC is Central Asia's biggest affiliate conference (5,000+ attendees in Yerevan) and is a standout specifically if you work with CIS, Eastern European or MENA traffic and advertising. Add Affiliate World to your schedule if you want the broadest global reach.