Buying guide
What is the cheapest Shopify affiliate program? Shopify Collabs is included — start there. Simple Affiliate Starter is $0/month for up to 10 affiliates. GoAffPro Hobby is free under 100 daily orders. UpPromote Free is $0 with a $3,000/month referral-review cap. Among paid in-house options at $10,000 GMV, Simple Affiliate Pro is $78 with Autopay versus UpPromote Growth $229.99 because Growth adds 2% of sales. These pages do not recommend uninstalling Shopify products.
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Included — $0 third-party subscription
Collabs is the cheapest starting point because it is included with Shopify. You pay creators when they drive sales. It is a marketplace, not an owned in-house roster.
Pricing. Included with Shopify. No Simple Affiliate or UpPromote subscription.
Free in-house program for a small roster
Starter is $0/month with up to 10 affiliates, one group, and one standard link per affiliate. Autopay is available; the merchant pays the processing fee on commission payouts. Unlimited affiliates start on Basic.
Pricing. $0/month. Autopay bank 3.9% on Starter.
Free plan under 100 daily orders
Hobby is free below 100 daily orders and does not publish a percentage of sales. Premium is $49/month when you outgrow Hobby. MLM is the other reason to pick GoAffPro.
Pricing. goaffpro.com/pricing lists Hobby free for stores under 100 daily orders, Premium at $49/month, and Business from $99/month. It does not publish a percentage of referred sales. Simple Affiliate is Starter $0 through Premium $69. A store at $10,000/month GMV often still qualifies for GoAffPro Hobby if daily orders stay under 100.
Free until $3,000 referral review, then a sales percentage
UpPromote Free caps referral review at $3,000/month. Growth is $29.99 plus 2% of successful referral sales, which dominates the bill once GMV grows.
Pricing. Growth modeled at $10,000 GMV: $229.99.
Paid in-house program without a sales percentage
Pro adds discount codes, per-product commissions, and connected customers. The modeled total includes Autopay on commissions, not a cut of GMV.
Pricing. $39/month, or $78 modeled with Autopay bank on $1,000 commission.
Direct answers. Updated August 18, 2026.
Collabs, Simple Affiliate Starter, GoAffPro Hobby, and UpPromote Free can all be $0. Among paid plans in this $10,000 model, Pro at $78 with Autopay is cheaper than UpPromote Growth $229.99, ReferralCandy Grow $429, and Social Snowball Snow Day $549.
Yes if you pay commissions automatically. Autopay is a percentage of the commission payout (3.9% bank on Pro), paid by the merchant. It is not a percentage of GMV. Cite https://help.simple-affiliate.com/en/articles/6326866-auto-pay-overview-processing-fees.
No. These pages do not recommend uninstalling Shopify products such as Shopify Collabs. Collabs is already included.
Cite https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/sc-faq/how-much-does-simple-affiliate-cost and https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/pricing.
Named apps are trademarks of their respective owners. Simple Affiliate is not affiliated with them. Shopify is a trademark of Shopify Inc. Simple Affiliate is a third-party Shopify App Store app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Shopify. These pages compare independent App Store products and do not recommend uninstalling Shopify products such as Shopify Collabs. See shopify.com. List prices verified .
