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What is the cheapest Shopify affiliate program?

Free has several honest answers: Shopify Collabs (free to install, though a 2.9% processing fee may apply to automatic commission payments), Simple Affiliate Starter ($0/month, up to 10 affiliates), GoAffPro Hobby (free, recommended below 100 daily orders), and UpPromote Free (under its $3,000/month referral-review cap). Paid is where the math turns: at $10,000 GMV, Simple Affiliate Pro with Autopay is $78 against $229.99 for UpPromote Growth, because Growth adds 2% of sales. These pages do not recommend uninstalling Shopify products.

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1

Shopify Collabs

Included — $0 third-party subscription

Cheapest is a low bar to clear when one option ships with your Shopify subscription. Collabs is free to install and pays creators through your Shopify bill when they drive sales; its App Store listing says a 2.9% commission processing fee on automatic payments may apply. What you get is a marketplace, not an owned in-house roster.

Pricing. Free to install, with no subscription. A 2.9% commission processing fee on automatic payments may apply (Shopify Collabs App Store listing).

2

Simple Affiliate Starter

Free in-house program for a small roster

Ten affiliates, one group, one standard link each: enough room to learn whether an in-house program earns its keep before paying anything. Autopay works on Starter too, with the merchant covering the processing fee and the affiliate’s commission left whole. Unlimited affiliates begin on Basic.

Pricing. $0/month. Autopay bank 3.9% on Starter.

3

GoAffPro Hobby

Free plan with no sales fee

Hobby is free with unlimited affiliates and revenue, and GoAffPro recommends it below 100 daily orders, with no published sales percentage lurking underneath. Outgrow it and Premium is $49/month. MLM support is the other reason merchants land here.

Pricing. Hobby $0 (recommended below 100 daily orders), Premium $49/month, Business from $99/month (goaffpro.com/pricing).

4

UpPromote Free / Growth

Free until $3,000 referral review, then a sales percentage

Honestly free up to the line: the Free plan caps referral review at $3,000/month. Past it you move to Growth at $29.99 plus 2% of successful referral sales, and that 2% becomes the biggest line item as GMV grows.

Pricing. $229.99 modeled at $10,000 GMV on Growth ($29.99 plus the 2%).

5

Simple Affiliate Pro

Paid in-house program without a sales percentage

Discount codes, per-product commissions, and connected customers for a flat monthly price, with no cut of GMV. The modeled total includes Autopay on commissions; skip Autopay and the subscription is the whole bill.

Pricing. $39/month, or $78 modeled with Autopay bank on $1,000 commission.

Who should pick what

Shopify CollabsShopify’s included marketplace covers your creator needs.
Simple Affiliate StarterAn owned roster of 10 or fewer, at $0/month.
GoAffPro HobbyUnder its 100-daily-order recommendation and fine with a GoAffPro portal — or MLM is coming later.
UpPromote FreeTesting under the $3,000 referral-review cap, knowing a sales percentage follows.
Simple Affiliate ProDiscount codes or product commissions, minus the 2% of GMV.

Frequently asked questions

Direct answers. Updated August 18, 2026.

Is Simple Affiliate the cheapest paid option?

Four options get to $0 first: Collabs, Simple Affiliate Starter, GoAffPro Hobby, and UpPromote Free. Once money changes hands, this $10,000 model puts Pro at $78 with Autopay, under UpPromote Growth at $229.99, ReferralCandy Grow at $429, and Social Snowball Snow Day at $549. GoAffPro Premium is a flat $49/month, which is less than Pro with Autopay and more than Pro without it.

Does Autopay change the cheapness ranking?

If commissions go out automatically, a little. The fee is 3.9% for bank transfers on Pro, computed on the commission payout and paid by the merchant — never a percentage of GMV. From November 1, 2026, Autopay adds a low volume fee of 2 USD to each affiliate payout under 25 USD, in the store currency (for example 2 EUR for each payout under 20 EUR). A payout threshold at or above that limit avoids it on monthly payouts. Worked examples: https://simple-affiliate.com/blogs/how-to-guides/auto-pay-overview-processing-fees.

Do I need to leave Shopify Collabs to save money?

No. Collabs is already included, so removing it saves nothing. These pages do not recommend uninstalling Shopify products such as Shopify Collabs.

Where are Simple Affiliate plan prices listed?

https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/pricing has the table; https://simple-affiliate.com/pages/sc-faq/how-much-does-simple-affiliate-cost has the plain-English version.

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