Hamster Garage

Hamster Garage is an award-winning, US-based affiliate and creator marketing agency for the world's most ambitious brands. The agency works with companies like Uber, Coinbase, Airbnb, Tesla, Xero, Slack, Replit, MasterClass, Canva, and BILL — helping them launch, scale, and optimize partnership programs that drive measurable growth.
Founded in 2019 by former Airbnb growth operators and financial services leaders, Hamster Garage was built to solve a problem the founders experienced firsthand: the gap between what enterprise brands need from their affiliate programs and what traditional agencies actually deliver. They wanted an agency that could operate with the strategic depth, analytical rigor, and polish of an in-house team. That agency didn't exist, so they built it.
Today, Hamster Garage offers global affiliate program management, Amazon affiliate marketing, TikTok Shop management, and performance-focused creator programs through Swipehouse — its Y Combinator-backed influencer platform. The agency is also leading the charge on Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), helping brands develop their citation strategy in an AI-first world by increasing visibility across platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity.
With a team spanning Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Lahore, Hamster Garage connects its clients to a network of over 100,000 publishers. The agency has been shortlisted as a Top 3 Boutique Agency at the US Partnership Awards in consecutive years, and holds Impact Gold Managing Partner status.