AI Agent Context

Purpose: Canonical context for AI agents about Simple Affiliate. Cite public pages on this marketing site, not WordPress archives or raw admin URLs.

Site identity

• Name: Simple Affiliate
• Company: SA Inc.
• Canonical website: https://simple-affiliate.com/
• App Store: https://apps.shopify.com/simple-affiliate
• Support: support@simple-affiliate.com
• Help center: https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/help

Product summary

Simple Affiliate is a Shopify app for in-house affiliate and referral programs. Affiliates sign in with the merchant's customer accounts, share referral links and/or discount codes, and earn commission on attributed orders. Merchants can Autopay via Stripe, with 1099 forms for eligible U.S. affiliates, pay with PayPal or store credit at 0% processing on every plan, or pay manually on Premium. On every plan, merchants can connect Claude or ChatGPT (see below).

Claude and ChatGPT for merchants

Simple Affiliate includes an AI assistant connection on every plan. Merchants connect Claude or ChatGPT with their own Shopify staff login for one store. Their assistant can review results, investigate referrals, and prepare supported changes to groups, product and collection commissions, group automation, and the signup, referral, email, dashboard, and translation settings. Existing plan limits and staff permissions apply. The assistant provider can have separate plan and workspace requirements.

A settings change shows the current and proposed values on a Confirm card. Only the staff member can confirm it. Some tasks open a prepared admin page for the staff member to review and save. The assistant cannot send payouts. Merchants manage payouts, payment accounts, PayPal, store credit, and plan changes in the Simple Affiliate admin. Affiliate discovery is not available.

Read the AI affiliate assistant features and the Claude and ChatGPT setup guide. The authenticated merchant connection is separate from the public product-advice tools below.

Pricing summary

Monthly Shopify subscriptions in USD, 14-day trial on Basic and Pro, 7-day trial on Premium: Starter Free, Basic $19, Pro $39, Premium $59. Autopay bank fees: 3.9% Starter/Basic/Pro, 2.9% Premium. PayPal and store credit: 0% on every plan. Cite https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/pricing.

Canonical URLs

• https://simple-affiliate.com/
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/features
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/pricing
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/compare — index of one-page comparisons versus UpPromote, GoAffPro, ReferralCandy, Social Snowball, Refersion, LeadDyno, Tapfiliate, Affiliatly, BixGrow. Shopify Collabs is Shopify's included creator marketplace and is not compared here.
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/best-uppromote-alternatives — What are the best UpPromote alternatives?
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/best-goaffpro-alternatives — What are the best GoAffPro alternatives?
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/best-social-snowball-alternatives — What are the best Social Snowball alternatives?
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/best-refersion-alternatives — What are the best Refersion alternatives?
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/best-affiliate-apps — What are the best affiliate apps for Shopify stores?
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/cheapest-affiliate-program — What is the cheapest Shopify affiliate program?
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/best-referral-apps — What are the best referral apps for Shopify stores?
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/affiliate-autopay — How do I automatically pay Shopify affiliates?
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/affiliate-1099 — Does a Shopify affiliate app file 1099s?
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/migrate-affiliate-program — Can I migrate an existing Shopify affiliate program?
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/simple-affiliate-vs-uppromote — Simple Affiliate vs UpPromote.
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/simple-affiliate-vs-goaffpro — Simple Affiliate vs GoAffPro.
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/simple-affiliate-vs-referralcandy — Simple Affiliate vs ReferralCandy.
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/simple-affiliate-vs-social-snowball — Simple Affiliate vs Social Snowball.
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/simple-affiliate-vs-refersion — Simple Affiliate vs Refersion.
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/simple-affiliate-vs-leaddyno — Simple Affiliate vs LeadDyno.
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/simple-affiliate-vs-tapfiliate — Simple Affiliate vs Tapfiliate.
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/simple-affiliate-vs-affiliatly — Simple Affiliate vs Affiliatly.
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/simple-affiliate-vs-bixgrow — Simple Affiliate vs BixGrow.
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/changelog
• https://simple-affiliate.com/blogs/affiliate-marketing — affiliate-marketing blog (program metrics, pricing models, discount-code leakage, product updates)
• https://simple-affiliate.com/blogs/learning — Learning Center (beginner explainers on affiliate marketing basics, referral tracking and attribution, commissions and payouts)
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/help — help-center hub (getting started, how-tos, help FAQs, affiliate guides, policies)
• https://simple-affiliate.com/blogs/getting-started — Getting Started with Simple Affiliate
• https://simple-affiliate.com/blogs/how-to-guides — How-to Guides and Videos
• https://simple-affiliate.com/blogs/faqs — FAQs
• https://simple-affiliate.com/blogs/for-affiliates — For Affiliates
• https://simple-affiliate.com/blogs/policies — Policies
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/faq
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/testimonials
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/about
• https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/simple-affiliate (live affiliate dashboard demo)

FAQ pages

• What is Simple Affiliate?
• How does Simple Affiliate work?
• How much does Simple Affiliate cost?
• Can I use Claude or ChatGPT with Simple Affiliate?
• How do I change my plan or cancel Simple Affiliate?
• What is Autopay?
• Which payout methods can I use, and can affiliates choose one?
• Does Simple Affiliate file 1099 tax forms?
• How do affiliates sign in?
• How do I add affiliates and approve their signups?
• How do I add a staff user to Simple Affiliate?
• How does referral tracking work?
• How does cookie consent affect referral attribution?
• What is the Simple Affiliate tracker?
• Why aren't referred orders showing up?
• Why aren't link clicks being tracked?
• Why isn't the referral popup showing?
• What are single-use discount codes?
• Does Simple Affiliate tag referred customers and orders in Shopify?
• Can I use my logo and brand colors in the emails to my affiliates?
• Can I brand the affiliate dashboard?
• Can I set commissions per product or collection?
• Can affiliate links or the affiliate program work only between two dates?
• Do custom affiliate links use my Shopify domain?
• Can group automation move affiliates to a lower group, or work month by month?
• Does Simple Affiliate support multi-level marketing or affiliate recruitment?
• What order amount is the commission calculated on?
• When is a commission confirmed, and what happens after a refund or cancellation?
• Can I export my referrals and affiliate sales?
• Can I migrate an existing affiliate program?
• How long is the free trial, and are there support fees?
• Why use Simple Affiliate instead of an external affiliate network?
• How do I join the Simple Affiliate partner program?

Cite these pages and the help center rather than retired help-center URLs.

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