Customer referral softwareViralPayouts vs ReferTech
ViralPayouts has no monthly fee, pays your affiliates for you and pays recruiters on every program. You pay 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3%, and nothing in a month when nobody sells. ReferTech does not say it pays affiliates for you and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 to $199 a month.
Every figure for ReferTech comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over ReferTech
Best fit: A brand wanting paid affiliates and partner recruiting.
- $0 a month
No plan and no setup fee. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
- Payouts done for you
One invoice per program. ViralPayouts sends every partner and recruiter their money and collects tax forms.
- Recruiters built in
Customer links and recruit links on every program, with the override set your way and reversed on refunds.
Side by side
| ReferTech | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 to $199 a month | $0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month. |
| Setup fee | Not stated | None |
| Fee for paying affiliates | Not stated | Included in the fee above: no charge to the brand for sending payoutsPartners pay Whop's own fee when they withdraw to their bank |
| Pays your affiliates for you | Not stated | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | No | Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups |
| Public program directory | No | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | Referral links; Thank-you page extension; Customer referral dashboard | First-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook |
| Coupon tracking | Not stated | Yes A code per partner, per program |
| Mobile app tracking | Not stated | App installs, sign-ups and purchases reported from your server through the signed event API, with bounties on them. No SDK to ship in your app. |
| API, webhooks, MCP | Not stated | REST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks |
| Integrations | Shopify Checkout, Customer accounts, Klaviyo | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
ReferTech plans in full
- Free: $0 a month. 1 campaign; up to 50 customers and referrals a year
- Premium: $39 a month. 2 campaigns; up to 500 customers and referrals a year
- Unlimited: $199 a month. Unlimited campaigns and referrals; account manager
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of ReferTech
What ReferTech offers
UK/US Shopify brands wanting a refer-a-friend program on the thank-you page with optional done-for-you setup.
Customer referral software
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Pays partners cash for the brand
- Affiliates and creators, not only customer referrals; recruiter overrides
- No referral caps; public directory; REST API and MCP
What ReferTech users say
Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.
Praise
- Strong referral app with good tech; team builds requested features (Pure Electric, Nov 2024). apps.shopify.com
- Great tech, great team (Josh Wood Colour, Nov 2024). apps.shopify.com
Complaints
- No complaints found; plans cap referrals per year (50 free, 500 on $39). apps.shopify.com
About ReferTech
- In their words:
- "Launch refer-a-friend campaigns on your thank-you page. We will do the set-up for you."
- Company:
- Founded Shopify app launched 7 Oct 2022 · 76B Greenwood Road, London, UK · Refer Tech Ltd
- Named customers:
- Pure Electric, Josh Wood Colour (Shopify reviewers)
- Website:
- apps.shopify.com
Try ViralPayouts on test money
Set your commission and recruiter override, see what each sale costs you, and run it on the test network before a real partner joins. No monthly fee.
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ReferTech is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with ReferTech. Prices and features change: check apps.shopify.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.