Affiliate software for e-commerce

ViralPayouts vs Saleshare Affiliatizer

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. Saleshare Affiliatizer also pays affiliates for you and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 a month + 0.1% to 0.1% of affiliate revenue.

Every figure for Saleshare Affiliatizer comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Saleshare Affiliatizer

Best fit: Brands wanting recruiter overrides and non-Shopify tracking (Stripe, server-to-server).

  • $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.

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Side by side

Saleshare AffiliatizerViralPayouts
Price$0 a month + 0.1% to 0.1% of affiliate revenue$0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
Setup feeNot statedNone
Fee for paying affiliatesNot statedIncluded 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 youYesvia Saleshare collects rewards from merchant and passes them to affiliates after 30 daysYes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruitingNot statedYes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directoryYesYes Partners browse and join with one account
Trackingaffiliate link + unique coupon (both required)First-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook
Coupon trackingYesYes A code per partner, per program
Mobile app trackingNot statedApp 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, MCPNot statedREST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks
IntegrationsShopifyStripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API
Saleshare Affiliatizer plans in full
  • Free to install: $0 a month, plus 0.1% of affiliate revenue. Merchant pays the affiliate payout % they set on each Saleshare checkout subtotal, plus 0.1% network fee
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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Saleshare Affiliatizer

What Saleshare Affiliatizer offers

Shopify merchants wanting to be listed on a small influencer network with link-plus-coupon fraud protection.

Affiliate software for e-commerce

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

  • Two-tier built in on every program: recruiter override plus separate customer and recruit links
  • Works beyond Shopify: Stripe Checkout webhook and signed server-to-server event API, plus REST API and MCP server
  • Actively maintained product; Affiliatizer's Shopify listing says details may be incomplete

About Saleshare Affiliatizer

In their words:
"Trusted partnerships that earn and grow" (affiliatizer.com)
Company:
Founded Shopify app launched August 2, 2022; site copyright 2020-2026 · Heddington, UK · Floating Point Multimedia Ltd

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.

Sources for Saleshare Affiliatizer (3), checked 12 October 2026

Saleshare Affiliatizer is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Saleshare Affiliatizer. Prices and features change: check affiliatizer.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.