Facts reuse the Simple Affiliate vs pages. Review counts are not invented for Simple Affiliate. Confirm current rates on App Store listings and vendor pricing pages.
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Simple Affiliate
In-house program, flat monthly, Autopay + 1099s
Simple Affiliate runs the affiliate program on your store. Affiliates use Shopify customer accounts. There is no percentage of referred sales. Autopay pays commissions via Stripe; eligible U.S. affiliates can get 1099-K / 1099-NEC when IRS thresholds apply.
Pricing. Starter $0, Basic $19, Pro $39, Premium $69, Enterprise $189. Modeled at $10,000 GMV with 10% commission and Pro Autopay bank: $78 vs UpPromote Growth $229.99.
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GoAffPro
Free Hobby plan or MLM
GoAffPro is the stronger fit if you want a $0 Hobby plan at modest order volume, or you need MLM. Simple Affiliate is the stronger fit if you want the program on your store, Autopay with 1099s, and a flat monthly bill without multi-level marketing.
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 Enterprise $189. A store at $10,000/month GMV often still qualifies for GoAffPro Hobby if daily orders stay under 100.
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ReferralCandy
Automated refer-a-friend, not an affiliate roster
ReferralCandy is the stronger fit if the job is an automated refer-a-friend loop on net-new customers. Simple Affiliate is the stronger fit if you want an in-house affiliate program with partners, links, discount codes, Autopay, and 1099s.
Pricing. referralcandy.com/pricing lists Basic $39 plus 10.5% success fee on net-new customers (first three orders); Grow $79 plus 3.5%; Scale $249 plus 1.5%; Enterprise $799 plus 0.25%. The percentage applies to net-new referred customers, not every affiliate-attributed order. Simple Affiliate has no success fee on sales.
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Social Snowball
High-volume DTC customer-to-affiliate conversion
Social Snowball is the stronger fit if you are a high-volume DTC brand that wants a post-purchase customer-to-affiliate machine and will pay $249 plus a revenue share. Simple Affiliate is the stronger fit if you want an in-house program at a flat monthly price, Autopay, and 1099s.
Pricing. socialsnowball.io/pricing lists Snow Day from $249/month plus 3% of affiliate revenue, and Blizzard as custom pricing with no percentage. Simple Affiliate does not bill a percentage of affiliate revenue.
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Stay on UpPromote
Marketplace recruitment and a sales-percentage plan you already accepted
Keep UpPromote when the job is finding publishers you do not already know, or you want its combined affiliate and refer-a-friend product. The Growth percentage of successful referral sales is the tradeoff versus a flat monthly in-house app.
Pricing. uppromote.com/pricing lists Free at $0 with a $3,000/month referral-review cap; Growth at $29.99/month plus 2% of successful referral sales; Professional at $89.99 plus 1.5%; Enterprise at $199.99 plus 1%. Simple Affiliate is Starter $0, Basic $19, Pro $39, Premium $69, Enterprise $189, with Autopay fees on commission payouts rather than on GMV.
