Refersion Affiliate Marketing

Shopify affiliate programs app by Refersion, Inc.·Affiliate tracking, discovery, payments, reporting and 1099 management. Purpose-built for merchants.

Snapshot

4.70(483 reviews)#7of 225 inAffiliate programs

Ongoing.AI tracks Refersion Affiliate Marketing daily — category rank, keyword positions in App Store search, install footprint, listing changes, and reviewer sentiment — back to when we first observed the listing.

CategoriesAffiliate programs

Rating

4.70

483 reviews

Pricing

From $39/mo

freemium

Built for Shopify

No

Years live

13

launched Apr 30, 2013

Last updated

Jul 1, 2026

Shopify listing

Recent activity

Review trajectory.

Daily review count and rating drift. The blue line is cumulative review count; the dashed amber overlay is the rating on the right axis. Boring is good — sudden swings stand out against an otherwise stable curve.

New reviews

7-day Δ

-1

28-day Δ

-2

Rating change

7-day Δ

+0.00

28-day Δ

+0.00

4854854844834835.003.752.501.250.00May 28Jun 4Jun 12Jun 19Jun 27Total reviewsRating (0–5)
Refersion Affiliate Marketing lost 2 reviews over the last 28 days.

Category rank over time

Where Refersion Affiliate Marketing sits day-by-day in Affiliate programs.

Position across the Affiliate programs page, snapshot daily. Lower is better — the Y axis is inverted so the strongest ranks sit at the top of the chart. Open the full Affiliate programs leaderboard →

#9#12#14#17#19May 28Jun 5Jun 14Jun 23Jul 2Refersion Affiliate Marketing · #14Yuko Affiliate Marketing · #13Toki Loyalty Program & Rewards · #15
Best position observed: #10. Refersion Affiliate Marketing slipped 4 positions over the window. Greyed lines: the apps sitting immediately around it on the latest snapshot.

Catalog position

Where Refersion Affiliate Marketing sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Affiliate programs category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Affiliate programs

#7

of 225 active apps

Review count percentile

97th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

71th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

13

since 2013

Listing change cadence

What Refersion Affiliate Marketing has changed lately.

Every pricing tweak, tagline refresh, and Shopify-side listing ping. Captured from Ongoing.AI’s per-scrape diff log — the cadence and the content of changes, in one strip.

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Shopify Lastmod · Jul 2

2026-06-30 → 2026-07-01

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2026-06-29 → 2026-06-30

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PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

4.70(483 reviews)
  • 94%positive502
  • 1%neutral5
  • 5%negative28

Top themes

    What merchants praise

    “Great app, easy to install and get started, helpful friendly team , easy testing . waiting now to see sales coming in .....”
    Yooladesign · 5★

    What merchants complain about

    “I got charged the second i installed this even though there is a 14 day trial. Never used it and uninstalled in first week but i was charged the first day. Most likely hidden language when initially setting it up to steal from customers. Avoid at all cost.”
    Kids2kingscollection · 1★

    Plans

    Refersion Affiliate Marketing pricing tiers.

    Marketplace

    Free

    • List Offer in the Refersion Marketplace
    • Publish a percent of sale offer
    • Affiliates can view and apply

    Launch

    $39/month

    • Unlimited affiliates
    • Unlimited clicks & conversions
    • First party tracking domain (no cookies)
    • One‑click payouts- includes PayPal
    • % of Sale or Subscription commissions

    Growth

    $199/month

    • Everything in Launch plus...
    • Added commission options (flat, by SKU)
    • SKU & email-level tracking
    • Multi-currency support
    • 30+ email & marketing integrations
    • Live chat support

    Capabilities

    What Refersion Affiliate Marketing can do.

    The 38 capabilities Refersion Affiliate Marketing lists across its category, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

    Commission options

    9
    • Automated rules
    • Maturation periods
    • Tracking
    • Custom commission
    • Multi-level marketing
    • Performance bonuses
    • Product commission
    • Royalties
    • Tiered benefits

    Referral management

    12
    • Achievement tracking
    • Affiliate links
    • Analytics
    • Auto-tracking
    • Bulk link generation
    • Collection links
    • Discounts
    • Email tracking
    • Multi-level tracking
    • Post-purchase pop-ups
    • Product tracking
    • Real-time tracking

    Affiliate experience

    7
    • Custom dashboards
    • Custom registration
    • Branded portal
    • Custom links and discounts
    • Custom domain
    • Custom forms
    • Custom branding

    Payments

    10
    • Tax forms
    • ACH payments
    • Bank transfers
    • Auto-payments
    • Bulk payouts
    • Card payouts
    • Gift card payouts
    • Multi-currency
    • PayPal
    • Scheduled payouts

    FAQ

    Refersion Affiliate Marketing — frequently asked questions.

    What is Refersion Affiliate Marketing on Shopify?
    Refersion Affiliate Marketing is a Shopify app in the Affiliate programs category. Refersion helps Shopify brands get their affiliate program started fast. Our team walks you through setup so you can start tracking affiliate sales, managing commissions, and automating payouts in minutes for traditional and MLM programs. Track and manage all your partners from one simple dashboard. Refersion’s onboarding and support ensure you are able to get up and running quickly, whether that means finding your first affiliates and influencers or migrating a massive existing program. It averages 4.70 out of 5 across 483 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
    How much does Refersion Affiliate Marketing cost?
    Refersion Affiliate Marketing offers a free plan and 2 paid plans starting at $39/month and going up to $199/month. The free plan includes List Offer in the Refersion Marketplace, Publish a percent of sale offer, and Affiliates can view and apply. The paid plans unlock advanced features beyond what's available on the free tier.
    Is Refersion Affiliate Marketing free?
    Yes — Refersion Affiliate Marketing offers a free plan alongside paid options. The free plan includes List Offer in the Refersion Marketplace, Publish a percent of sale offer, and Affiliates can view and apply. Paid plans start at $39/month for advanced features.
    When was Refersion Affiliate Marketing launched?
    Refersion Affiliate Marketing launched on April 30, 2013 — over 13 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 483 merchant reviews.
    Is Refersion Affiliate Marketing Built for Shopify?
    Refersion Affiliate Marketing does not currently carry Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. The badge is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value — many high-quality apps operate without it.
    What are the best Refersion Affiliate Marketing alternatives?
    Merchants commonly compare Refersion Affiliate Marketing with UpPromote Affiliate Marketing, Referral Candy & Affiliate, BixGrow Affiliate Marketing, and Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy. Each alternative covers a similar use case but differs on pricing model, integration depth, and the specific themes merchants praise in reviews — see the alternatives section above for a side-by-side.

    Alternatives

    Apps merchants pick instead.

    UpPromote

    UpPromote Affiliate Marketing

    4.90★3,468

    ReferralCandy

    Referral Candy & Affiliate

    4.90★1,449

    Known for: customer-support

    BixGrow

    BixGrow Affiliate Marketing

    4.90★1,220

    Known for: misleading-marketing

    ReferrLy

    Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy

    5.00★981

    Known for: ease-of-use

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    Methodology

    Where the numbers come from.

    Ratings, review counts, pricing tiers, “Built for Shopify”, launch date, and category memberships come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily by Ongoing.AI’s crawler. The review-count trajectory is the diff between today’s snapshot and snapshots from 7 and 28 days ago. Topic counts and sentiment come from the review corpus, topic-tagged with Claude. Install footprint is observed via Ongoing.AI’s tech-detection pass against actively-tracked Shopify storefronts. Catalog position is computed at snapshot time against every active app sharing the primary category. Snapshot generated .

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