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Best Shopify Affiliate Programs Apps

The 27 strongest of the 27 affiliate programs apps in our index of the Shopify App Store category chart, scored on four things we measure ourselves: how many stores use it, how well those stores rate it, whether it is gaining or losing ground, and what it costs. No editor picks the order, and nobody can pay to move up it.

Apps in category
27
Top score
84.5
With a free plan
12 of 27
Rank tracked for
9 days

The short answer

Five ways to be the right affiliate programs app. Each award is the highest scorer that fits it, and no app can win twice.

Best overall

The highest total score in the category: 3,622 reviews at 4.9, and 100 out of 100 on adoption against every other affiliate programs app.

Best free option

The strongest app here with no paid tier at all — 0 reviews, rated —, and $0 whatever your volume.

Best paid app

No free tier, so the price component holds it down the ranked list — but 1,411 merchants rate it 4.9, and it starts at $39/month.

Most established

1,235 reviews — more than anything else Shopify files under affiliate programs — and still rated 4.9.

The full ranking

Sorted by BestAppify Score. The four bars under each app are its percentile within this category on each component — a 90 on adoption means only a tenth of affiliate programs apps have more reviews.

  1. 1
    UpPromote Affiliate Marketing

    Build. Manage. Succeed with Affiliate Marketing - Referral Programs

    4.9(3,622)Free · then $29.99Category rank 1 0
    84.5
    score
    Adoption
    100
    Satisfaction
    75
    Momentum
    60
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  2. 2
    Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy

    Set up referral and affiliate marketing programs to increase sales, attract new customers, and reward advocates with easy tracking and automation

    5(1,019)Free · then $5Category rank 4 0
    76
    score
    Adoption
    89
    Satisfaction
    100
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  3. 3
    BixGrow Affiliate Marketing

    Boost referral sales with BixGrow! Run your affiliate marketing & referral programs with the best affiliate app for Shopify, using flexible tracking methods

    4.9(1,235)Free · then $14.99Category rank 3 0
    66.1
    score
    Adoption
    92
    Satisfaction
    63
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  4. 4
    Affilitrak Affiliate Marketing

    Start your affiliate marketing program in minutes with Affilitrak. It's simple to use and you can be hands off the ability to automate onboarding and payouts.

    5(223)Category rank 5 0
    63.8
    score
    Adoption
    85
    Satisfaction
    94
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    40
    View on the Shopify App Store
  5. 5
    Referral Candy & Affiliate

    Effortlessly run referral & affiliate campaigns with ReferralCandy. Automate rewards, track performance, and integrate with Klaviyo, Recharge, and more apps.

    4.9(1,411)$39/moCategory rank 2 0
    61.6
    score
    Adoption
    96
    Satisfaction
    69
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    48
    View on the Shopify App Store
  6. 6
    BL External Links Button

    Add any external link button to your products. Link to affiliate pages (Amazon, eBay) or create custom buttons. Perfect for boosting affiliate sales.

    5(18)Free · then $2.41Category rank 12 0
    61.4
    score
    Adoption
    58
    Satisfaction
    88
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  7. 7
    BLP Referral Program Affiliate

    BLOOP Referral & Affiliate Marketing empowers merchants with easy-to-use tools to reward referrals and affiliates, boosting sales and customer loyalty.

    4.9(199)Free · then $59.9Category rank 6 0
    60.2
    score
    Adoption
    81
    Satisfaction
    56
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  8. 8
    Jump: Affiliate Storefronts

    Jump is a premium affiliate and referral platform like the big brands use, with unique tools like affiliate storefronts, secure codes and dynamic flows.

    5(16)Free · then $45Category rank 13 0
    58.2
    score
    Adoption
    54
    Satisfaction
    81
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  9. 9
    AOD External Links Button

    AOD External Links Button will allow you to easily add external affiliate link buttons on product page. As you know customer always search for good...

    4.9(31)$2.99/moCategory rank 9 0
    47.5
    score
    Adoption
    69
    Satisfaction
    38
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    80
    View on the Shopify App Store
  10. 10
    Multi Vendor ‑ Puppet Vendors

    Better manage multivendor marketplaces and consignment business sales, commissions, and payouts. Convert a Shopify store into a multivendor marketplace.

    4.9(117)$49/moCategory rank 8 0
    46.5
    score
    Adoption
    73
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    39
    View on the Shopify App Store
  11. 11
    Yuko Affiliate Marketing

    Launch affiliate, referral & influencer programs on Shopify. Track sales, automate payouts, reduce ad costs. Free to install. Built for Shopify. Start today.

    4.9(25)Free · then $12Category rank 10 0
    45.9
    score
    Adoption
    62
    Satisfaction
    31
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  12. 12
    Mega External Links

    Boost revenue by linking products to external marketplaces and affiliate networks. Customize buttons for seamless cross-selling with Mega External Links.

    5(8)Free · then $5.99Category rank 14 0
    45.6
    score
    Adoption
    50
    Satisfaction
    44
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  13. 13
    Shortly — Affiliate Marketing

    Create Short Links, Influencer & Affiliate Links, Checkout Links, Track UTMs, Bio Links & Track Traffic and Sales from each short link.

    4.8(151)Free · then $9.99Category rank 7 0
    43.8
    score
    Adoption
    77
    Satisfaction
    6
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  14. 14
    LinkHaitao Affiliate Network

    LinkHaitao is the first and largest Chinese affiliate network for cross-border advertisers and publishers. It focuses on performance marketing in C...

    ()FreeCategory rank 26 0
    40
    score
    Adoption
    0
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    50
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  15. 15
    Markivo Referral & Rewards

    Markivo Referral & Rewards is an innovative referral application with the newest viral marketing mechanism. It increases your store's revenue throu...

    ()Free · then $9.99Category rank 23 0
    40
    score
    Adoption
    0
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    50
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  16. 16
    Snap: External Links Button

    Add customizable external link buttons to your Shopify store for affiliate sales, product links, and more. Boost conversions with easy button integration.

    ()$5.99/moCategory rank 20 0
    36.4
    score
    Adoption
    0
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    50
    Price
    76
    View on the Shopify App Store
  17. 17
    BeUniq ‑ External Links

    Add external link buttons to products, blogs, and pages. Link to Amazon, eBay, WhatsApp, affiliate products, and any external website.

    5(2)$2.99/moCategory rank 15 0
    35.7
    score
    Adoption
    46
    Satisfaction
    25
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    80
    View on the Shopify App Store
  18. 18
    Outlinkers External Button

    Add customizable external link buttons to product pages. Link to brand websites, affiliate content, product resources, or custom URLs.

    ()$25/moCategory rank 19 0
    35
    score
    Adoption
    0
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    50
    Price
    67
    View on the Shopify App Store
  19. 19
    Beans: Loyalty & Rewards

    Get your customers to repeat purchases with Beans — Incentivize shoppers to make a 2nd, 4th, and 12th purchase with an effective loyalty program — ...

    ()$29/moCategory rank 21 0
    33.6
    score
    Adoption
    0
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    50
    Price
    58
    View on the Shopify App Store
  20. 20
    Afiro AI

    A Afiro conecta sua gestão de creators às IAs mais avançadas do mercado. Menos trabalho manual, mais velocidade para recrutar, engajar e vender com creators.

    ()$29/moCategory rank 27 0
    33.6
    score
    Adoption
    0
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    50
    Price
    58
    View on the Shopify App Store
  21. 21
    CollabPay: Multi Vendor Payout

    Automatically calculate, split & pay profits to creators, vendors, influencers, and reps. Flexible revenue-sharing options with payouts via Stripe or PayPal.

    3.5(25)$19/moCategory rank 11 0
    32.2
    score
    Adoption
    62
    Satisfaction
    0
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    71
    View on the Shopify App Store
  22. 22
    Refero

    Manage your affiliate and referral programs in your Shopify admin with no revenue share. Automated tracking, commissions, payouts, and referral rewards.

    5(1)Free · then $49Category rank 17 0
    32.2
    score
    Adoption
    39
    Satisfaction
    13
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    100
    View on the Shopify App Store
  23. 23
    360º Referral Program Suite

    Genius Referrals is a referral and affiliate platform built for Shopify brands. Create customer, affiliate, and influencer programs in minutes usin...

    ()$39/moCategory rank 24 0
    32.2
    score
    Adoption
    0
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    50
    Price
    48
    View on the Shopify App Store
  24. 24
    Drop A hint

    `Drop a hint` app provides the ability to refer the product to friends or anyone you want. One can refer a product to another user and get an attra...

    ()Category rank 22 0
    31
    score
    Adoption
    0
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    50
    Price
    40
    View on the Shopify App Store
  25. 25
    Brand Ambassador App

    A seamless and fully branded solution to harness the potency of ambassador marketing. Create, manage, and scale your own Ambassador Team. Brand A...

    ()$49.95/moCategory rank 18 0
    30.2
    score
    Adoption
    0
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    50
    Price
    35
    View on the Shopify App Store
  26. 26
    Revenuu: Influencer Tracking

    See which influencers actually drive your sales. Revenuu gives each one a unique discount code and tracks every order in real time. Refund-aware.

    ()$79/moCategory rank 25 0
    29.5
    score
    Adoption
    0
    Satisfaction
    50
    Momentum
    50
    Price
    30
    View on the Shopify App Store
  27. 27
    ReferralYard: Referral Program

    ReferralYard is a highly customizable Referral platform designed to help stores grow their sales through Referral Marketing, through multiple chann...

    5(1)$49/moCategory rank 16 0
    23.1
    score
    Adoption
    39
    Satisfaction
    13
    Momentum
    0
    Price
    39
    View on the Shopify App Store

How the score is calculated

The BestAppify Score is four measurements, each turned into a percentile against the other affiliate programs apps and then weighted. It is computed from our own crawl of the App Store — no human ranks these, and no app can pay to move.

Adoption35%
Review count on a log scale. It is the only public proxy for how many stores actually run the app, and the log stops a single 43,000-review incumbent from flattening everything beneath it.
Satisfaction30%
The star rating, shrunk toward the category average in proportion to how few reviews back it. Half of all rated Shopify apps show exactly 5.0 off a median of four reviews, so the raw number separates almost nothing.
Momentum20%
Reviews gained and category-rank movement over the last 52 days, from our own daily snapshots of the App Store charts. An app losing ground scores badly here even if its lifetime totals look strong.
Price15%
A plan a live store can stay on for $0 takes the top of this component; paid apps are ranked cheapest-first across a narrower band, so price nudges the order without overruling thousands of merchants.

What it cannot see: whether the app is any good at the job. Nothing here reads the feature list or installs the app, so treat the score as a shortlist, not a verdict — it tells you which three or four of these 27 are worth an hour of your evening, and no more than that. Apps whose pricing the crawler could not read score below the paid range on price rather than in the middle of it, deliberately: a price you cannot check before installing is a cost too. Momentum is measured over the last 9 days — the run of days on which our coverage of this category has been complete enough for one day's rank to mean the same thing as another's. It is deliberately shorter for categories we finished crawling recently: a rank of 4th out of the 28 apps we had in July is not comparable to 6th out of 436 today, and treating it as though it were would have scored every established app in some categories as falling.

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