Each pick by workflow: where affiliates sign in, how payouts run and who pays the fees, and whether you recruit strangers or manage people you know. Costs are modeled at $10,000 of affiliate-attributed GMV a month with a 10% commission ($1,000), from each vendor’s pricing page and App Store listing.
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Shopify Collabs
Included creator marketplace — start here
Before installing anything, open the marketplace Shopify already gave you. Creators apply through your Collabs application page or accept a direct invite, and an open access program offers commission to Collabs creators. Commissions are paid automatically through your Shopify bill. Nothing on this list replaces it; a third-party app adds an owned roster on your store beside it.
Cost at $10,000 GMV. Free to install, with no subscription. Its App Store listing says a 2.9% commission processing fee on automatic payments may apply: up to $29 on $1,000 of commission.
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Simple Affiliate
A roster you already know, on your store
The pick when the people are already in your orbit: customers, creators, partners you know by name. They sign in with your store’s Shopify customer accounts, so there is no separate affiliate portal. Autopay pays the full commission through Stripe in a monthly payment when you turn on the monthly schedule, or when you click Pay now, and bills you the processing fee; PayPal and store-credit payouts carry no Simple Affiliate fee. There is no marketplace, so you bring the roster.
Cost at $10,000 GMV. Pro is $39/month with no percentage of referred sales. With Autopay by bank (3.9% of $1,000 of commission) it models to $78; pay by PayPal or store credit and it stays $39. Starter is $0 for up to 10 affiliates.
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UpPromote
Recruiting strangers, plus a sales percentage
Built for recruiting publishers you have never met: from Growth your offer is listed on the UpPromote marketplace, and a Creator Discovery add-on starts at $39/month. Affiliates work in an UpPromote affiliate account; Professional adds a custom domain for its sign-up and login links and syncs affiliate profiles to your Shopify customer list. Store-credit payouts start on Growth, PayPal and store-credit auto-payout and multi-level marketing on Professional, and refer-a-friend is in the same product.
Cost at $10,000 GMV. Growth is $29.99/month plus 2% of successful referral sales: $229.99 at $10,000. Professional is $89.99 plus 1.5%. Free costs $0 for up to $3,000 of referral sales reviewed a month, without the marketplace listing.
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GoAffPro
Free plan with no sales fee, or MLM
Affiliates register in a GoAffPro portal, which runs on your own domain from Premium. Premium also adds multi-level marketing and, per its pricing page, a payout scheduler and tax plugin, and the listing names PayPal, bank, ACH, card, and gift-card payouts. The listing does not mention a publisher marketplace, so it suits a roster you recruit yourself.
Cost at $10,000 GMV. Hobby is $0 with unlimited affiliates and revenue; GoAffPro recommends it below 100 daily orders, about 3,000 a month. Premium is $49/month and Business starts at $99/month. Neither goaffpro.com/pricing nor the listing shows a percentage of sales.