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The UpPromote Insider’s Guide

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ToolGPAOctober 2026

UpPromote

The Insider’s Guide

Affiliate, influencer and referral programs for Shopify stores

UpPromote, as pictured on uppromote.com

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among affiliate and referral tools, read from UpPromote’s own pages.

Made by UpPromote · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com

2.6GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  3. 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  4. 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  5. 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  6. 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  7. 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from UpPromote’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on UpPromote’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

2.6

GPA, above 11 of the 14 other affiliate and referral tools we grade

UpPromote is a Shopify app for online stores that run affiliate, influencer and customer referral programs, tracking sales by affiliate link or coupon and paying commissions as store credit, by PayPal or through Wise. It adds anti-leak discount codes, multi-level commissions, gifts and bonuses, and an optional add-on for finding creators on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. A free plan covers the basics, and paid plans add a percentage of referral sales to the monthly fee.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about UpPromote, taken from its own pages and our grades.

It installs on Shopify and the free plan gets you going, but there are programs, commission rules and payouts to set up.
From our grade for ease of use
  1. 1

    Best for Shopify affiliate programs that start free

    It's built for Shopify, so pages elsewhere need extra tracking.

  2. 2

    Paid plans start at $24.99 a month

    As its pricing page puts it: $24.99 per month, billed annually ($29.99 billed monthly).

  3. 3

    There is a free plan

    One affiliate program with link and coupon tracking, analytics, fraud detection and manual payouts, reviewing up to $3,000 of referral sales a month. No performance fee.

  4. 4

    It runs on Web

    Web.

  5. 5

    Link and coupon tracking

    Credit affiliates by link or coupon, with auto-generated coupons, custom affiliate links and anti-leak discount links on higher plans, and third-party tracking for pages not on Shopify.

  6. 6

    Commission rules

    Rates by order value, product or collection, lifetime and subscription commissions, new-customer rates, automatic tiers between programs and multi-level marketing.

  7. 7

    Customer referrals and recruiting

    Turn customers into ambassadors, list your offer in the UpPromote marketplace, and find creators with the Creator Discovery add-on from $39 a month.

  8. 8

    A 2.6 GPA, above 11 of 14

    That is against the other affiliate and referral tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  9. 9

    Keep it

    To replace UpPromote you would be making payouts to partners in many countries, with their tax forms. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.

UpPromote at a glance

Pricing
Free plan, from $24.99 per month, billed annually ($29.99 billed monthly)
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
14-day free trial on Growth, Professional and Enterprise
Runs on
Web
Made by
UpPromote, since 2019
Category
Affiliate & Referral Software
Our grade
2.6 GPA, good

The report card

Best for Shopify affiliate programs that start free

UpPromote is a Shopify app for affiliate, influencer and referral programs, and its free plan is a real one: link and coupon tracking, fraud detection and no fee on sales, up to $3,000 of referral sales a month. Past that, paid plans take a cut of 2% down to 1%. It's built for Shopify, so pages elsewhere need extra tracking.

ToolGPA report cardUpPromoteGraded Oct 18, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyCFree stops at $3,000 of referral sales a month, so a store at $5,000 needs Growth: $24.99 a month on yearly billing plus 2% of sales ($100), $124.99 a month in all. That's on the dear side of this category, where several tools take no cut at all.
Free plan and trialBA free plan with link and coupon tracking, analytics, fraud detection and manual payouts, and no fee on sales, up to $3,000 of referral sales a month. A new store could live on it a good while; one at $5,000 a month is past it.
FeaturesBLink and coupon tracking, commissions by product, collection or order value, lifetime and multi-level rates, customer referrals, a marketplace, payouts in store credit, PayPal or Wise, and 1099 forms. Anti-leak codes come on Professional. The whole job.
Ease of useCNo rating on record. It installs on Shopify and the free plan gets you going, but there are programs, commission rules and payouts to set up.
Platforms and integrationsBWeb, built for Shopify, with PayPal, Wise, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Omnisend, Recharge and Appstle. The API and MCP start on Professional. No desktop or phone app, so B is the ceiling.
Grade point averageGood, out of 4.02.6

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who UpPromote is for

  • Great if you run a Shopify store and want to start an affiliate program for free
  • Handy when you'd rather pay affiliates in store credit than cash
  • Good for stores whose influencer codes keep leaking, from Professional up

Who it is not for

  • Pricey if referral sales grow, as paid plans take 2% to 1% of them
  • Skip it if your store isn't on Shopify, as other pages need extra tracking
  • Tight if you're on Growth and busy, as it reviews 300 referral orders a month

Good to know

Good for

  • Shopify stores starting an affiliate or ambassador program for free
  • Brands paying affiliates in store credit instead of cash
  • Stores fighting coupon-code leaks from influencer codes

Worth knowing

  • Paid plans add a fee of 2%, 1.5% or 1% of successful referral sales to the monthly price, charged monthly.
  • It is built for Shopify; pages off Shopify need the third-party tracking integration.
  • PayPal auto-payouts, anti-leak discounts, 1099 forms and the API start on Professional; unlimited staff accounts need Enterprise.
  • Creator Discovery is a separate add-on starting at $39 a month on any plan.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$24.99

A month to start. There is a free plan too

UpPromote has a free plan. Paid plans start at $24.99 per month, billed annually ($29.99 billed monthly).

That's on the dear side of this category, where several tools take no cut at all.
From our grade for value for money

  • Free

    $0

    One program, one coupon per affiliate, up to $3,000 of referral sales reviewed a month, manual payouts and 24/7 live chat support.

  • Growth

    $24.99

    per month, billed annually ($29.99 billed monthly)

    Plus 2% of successful referral sales. Unlimited programs, 300 referral orders reviewed a month, customer referrals, marketplace listing and store credit.

  • Professional

    $74.99

    per month, billed annually ($89.99 billed monthly)

    Plus 1.5% of referral sales. 600 referrals a month, anti-leak discounts, PayPal auto-payouts, multi-level commissions, 1099 forms, API and MCP.

  • Enterprise

    $166.66

    per month, billed annually ($199.99 billed monthly)

    Plus 1% of referral sales. Unlimited referral reviews and staff accounts, multi-store sync and coupon code commissions. Shopify Plus pricing is custom.

The free plan

One affiliate program with link and coupon tracking, analytics, fraud detection and manual payouts, reviewing up to $3,000 of referral sales a month. No performance fee.

Trying it first

14-day free trial on Growth, Professional and Enterprise

Read from uppromote.com on Oct 18, 2026.

Ways to pay less

  • Annual discount

    Save 17% with yearly billing

    Yearly billing saves 17%: Growth is $299.90 a year, Professional $899.90 and Enterprise $1,999.90, against $29.99, $89.99 and $199.99 a month.

    Stated on uppromote.com

Part 03 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

1

Place it runs: Web

Affiliate, influencer and referral programs for Shopify stores. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, affiliate tracking, partner payouts.

Web, built for Shopify, with PayPal, Wise, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Omnisend, Recharge and Appstle.
From our grade for platforms and integrations
Link and coupon tracking
Credit affiliates by link or coupon, with auto-generated coupons, custom affiliate links and anti-leak discount links on higher plans, and third-party tracking for pages not on Shopify.
Commission rules
Rates by order value, product or collection, lifetime and subscription commissions, new-customer rates, automatic tiers between programs and multi-level marketing.
Customer referrals and recruiting
Turn customers into ambassadors, list your offer in the UpPromote marketplace, and find creators with the Creator Discovery add-on from $39 a month.
Payouts and tax forms
Pay as store credit, through PayPal or with Wise bank transfers, schedule automatic payouts, export invoices and generate 1099-NEC forms.
Affiliate engagement
A customizable affiliate account in 8 languages, in-app chat, bulk emails, a media gallery for brand assets, and gifts or bonuses.

Where it runs

  • Web

What it works with

  • Shopify
  • PayPal
  • Wise
  • Klaviyo
  • Mailchimp
  • Omnisend
  • Recharge
  • Appstle

UpPromote is made by UpPromote, and has been around since 2019.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

11/14

Other affiliate and referral tools it is graded above

UpPromote's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 11 of the 14 other affiliate and referral tools we grade, and level with 2.

It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 13 of 14) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).

Its paid plans start at $24.99 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 1 of the 11 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 15 affiliate and referral tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. UpPromote’s own letter is outlined.

  • CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 14
  • BFree plan and trialAbove 13 of 14
  • BFeaturesAbove 1 of 14
  • CEase of useAbove 0 of 14
  • BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 14

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 12 affiliate and referral tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. UpPromote is the marked dot.

C2.0B3.0A4.0$5$10$20$50$100$200$500$1k$2kMore for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessUpPromoteSuperfiliateReferralCandyGoAffProFirstPromoter

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Keep it

To replace UpPromote you would be making payouts to partners in many countries, with their tax forms. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.

It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 11 of the 14 other affiliate and referral tools we grade. It costs $299.88 a year.

What you could not

  • Payouts to partners in many countries, with their tax forms.
  • Every click and sale traced back to the right partner.
  • It plugs into other products, Shopify, PayPal and Wise among them, and has an API.
  • The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

What this rests on. UpPromote’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 05 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

GoAffPro, Refersion, Social Snowball, ReferralCandy and Superfiliate

The 5 tools UpPromote is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

15

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is UpPromote free?

UpPromote has a free plan. One affiliate program with link and coupon tracking, analytics, fraud detection and manual payouts, reviewing up to $3,000 of referral sales a month.

How much does UpPromote cost?

UpPromote lists 4 plans. Free: $0.

What platforms does UpPromote work on?

UpPromote is available on Web.

Does UpPromote offer any discounts?

UpPromote publicly lists the following: Save 17% with yearly billing.

Does UpPromote have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. UpPromote is listed for Web.

Does UpPromote have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. UpPromote is listed for Web.

Is UpPromote open source?

UpPromote is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.

Does UpPromote have an API?

Yes. UpPromote offers a public API, according to its own site.

What does UpPromote integrate with?

UpPromote's listing names Shopify, PayPal, Wise, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Omnisend, Recharge and Appstle.

Does UpPromote have a free trial?

Yes. 14-day free trial on Growth, Professional and Enterprise.

Who makes UpPromote?

UpPromote is made by UpPromote. It dates from 2019.

What are the alternatives to UpPromote?

The closest alternatives to UpPromote in our directory are GoAffPro, Refersion, Social Snowball, ReferralCandy and Superfiliate.

How does UpPromote compare with other affiliate and referral tools?

UpPromote's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 11 of the 14 other affiliate and referral tools we grade, and level with 2.

Is UpPromote good value for money?

ToolGPA grades UpPromote C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $24.99 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 1 of the 11 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of UpPromote?

To replace UpPromote you would be making payouts to partners in many countries, with their tax forms.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from UpPromote’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from UpPromote's own pages and its Shopify App Store listing on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by UpPromote. Prices change, so check uppromote.com before you buy.

Part 07 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

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