All AffiliateWP Reviews
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Adrian
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
Gets the job done right :)
Get's the job done! I set it up once and then forget about it, except for paying out affiliates once a month and approving new affiliates.
PROSI use Easy Digital Downloads for my store which is made by the same team as AffiliateWP. This means that EDD and AffWP work together in harmony to ensure that my affiliates get paid out correctly. There are lots of customization options for how you pay people out, but I settled on simple 10-20% commission rates.
CONSconfiguring mass payments was difficult, the documentation at the time was a bit outdated. I figured it out eventually though! Also, the explanations around recurring payments and commissions were a bit confusing. The simplicity of the product is sometimes lost in all the customizations you can make.
Reason for choosing AffiliateWP
AffiliateWP made the most sense because it was produced by the same team as my e-commerce store, making integration seamless.
Vendor Response
We really appreciate the thoughtful review Adrian!
Replied April 2020
Willima Jay
Internet, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
Great Plugin
I was looking for an effective way to setup an affiliate system on a clients website. She does spray tanning at fitness/bodybuilding events and also sell shoes & accessories to the athletes. She was looking for a way to increase sales but also reward her sponsored athletes for their support of her business. She was looking for a way to reward the athletes but keep them spending the money on her site. The AffiliateWP plugin did exactly what we needed with the Store Credit addon. Perfect! The athletes love it and the client is thrilled. Her sales increased huge.
PROSAll the different options that were available. Using the AffilateWP plugin allowed me to get rid of several other plugins that were trying to do the same job, just not as well.
CONSI don't know if this is too much of a negative, but all the different options that were available. It really forced me to to determine what functions I need for the project and how to utilize the AffiliateWP plugin the most effective way for what I needed. I guess the simplest way to explain is that I had too many choices, that is not an entirely bad thing.
Reason for choosing AffiliateWP
The biggest difference was the different options (addons). I found that there was an addon for exactly what I was looking for. The next biggest difference was the reviews. I spent a lot of time looking at different reviews. Finally the cost. I think you really get the best bang for your buck.
Reasons for switching to AffiliateWP
Was trying to patch work different plugins to do what AffiliateWP with one plugin.
Vendor Response
This is an excellent testimonial Willima Jay! Thank you for sharing!
Replied April 2020
Colin
Internet, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
2
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
2
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed March 2020
It doesn't work
Not good at all
PROSIt's a good idea and if it worked with Tickera it would be absolutely ideal.
CONSIt doesn't work. We have had it connected to Tickera for some time now and it simply doesn't work. No support help on it either, unfortunately.
Reason for choosing AffiliateWP
It was the only one that we could use and doesn't work.
Vendor Response
Hi Colin, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We can't find any records where you've reached out to us for support. Our support is always ready and available to help. Our documentation is also thorough as well as organized. Tickera also has a fantastic AffiliateWP integration with thorough documentation. You could reach out to their support as well as ours.
Replied April 2020
Michelle
Retail, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
Best solution for us!
Looking at several different affiliate programs, one of the biggest problems was how to prevent commission from being earned on wholesale orders. One of the extensions we found for AffiliateWP allows us to assign specific customers to a specific affiliate. We made a fake account for wholesale commission to go to and just assign all wholesale customer commissions to go to that fake account.
PROSThe companies I design websites for want full control over their affiliate program. It needs to be something they can host on their own servers, something they can review to approve/reject commissions on a case by case basis, and something where they are in control of who knows about the program. AffiliateWP along with its many extensions fits almost everything they are looking for! (And for the few things it doesn't fit, there is probably an extension to make it happen.)
CONSGenerating our monthly reports could go more smoothly. … The current system isn't bad. But it is a little awkward and not very intuitive. Affiliates also find the reports on their end a bit confusing. We have to walk them through how to find / understand what they are seeing. I think most of this confusion is caused by the "forced pending" status on new transactions. We do not want to give credit for an order until the return window has passed.
Reason for choosing AffiliateWP
More control over the affiliate program. We wanted something that lives on our server.
Reasons for switching to AffiliateWP
We had to switch affiliate programs when we changed from Magento to WooCommerce.
Vendor Response
Hi Michelle, thanks for writing a review. Your use case was really helpful for understanding what you need from AffiliateWP. Thank you for your feedback!
Replied April 2020
OMOLEHIN
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed November 2020
THE BEST AFFILIATE MACHINE
I call this plugin a money-making machine because it makes some unimaginable sale for me with automation and less work. could be used with ease on WordPress.and of course the price is so affordable and it works straight to the point I need it always...
PROSTHE fact that this sofware can make our company website provide the affiliate link to visitors with no stress or daily distribution of affiliate products to subscribers is amazing with it auto-piloted referral property .also the sweet and easy compatibility with WordPress makes it easy to use and set up.
CONSthe plugin limits some marketing integrations. basically on the referral marketing where the site doing the referral's leads don't show on the main site with affiliate wp. i think there should a form implemented for less work.
Vendor Response
Hi Omolehin, thanks for writing a review. We appreciate your feedback! -Tyler
Replied December 2020
Adam
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2019
The best self-hosted affiliate software for WordPress
I've tried a number of 3rd party affiliate programs, other php based self-hosted scripts and AffiliateWP is the hands down easiest to use and has the best tracking.
PROSWorks great, not many bugs and receives frequent updates. Users can set and track their own custom discount codes. Easy to pay Affiliates using Stripe and Paypal. Compatible with many popular contact form plugins.
CONSWish they had integrations for other affiliate programs like CJ, Shareasale, JVZoo and Clickbank.
Vendor Response
Hey Adam, thanks for writing us a review. We appreciate the feedback!
Replied April 2020
Anonymous
1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2020
Best Affiliate Software For The Money
I tried about a dozen different software’s for an affiliate program and this is the best software that I’ve ever used, all the other programs were missing key features or needed you to pay a lot more to access them. Affiliate WP is the only fair deal around, and I will recommend it to anybody.
PROSIt has all the features that I was looking for, and it’s easy to use and configure.
CONSThere was nothing I could find that I didn’t like about the software.
Vendor Response
Thanks for the review! Let us know if you ever need any help!
Replied April 2020
Jorge Edel
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2020
Best but not the most beautiful WP affiliate system
One of the most stable affiliate system I have used. It gets the job done and users who know it trust it.
CONSEven do it's powerful. The interface is just too ugly. Needs huge UI fix and some template options
Vendor Response
Hi Jorge, thanks for writing a review. We appreciate the feedback and the truth is affiliate systems are ugly across the board. We're continually trying to make it less ugly it's also important for function well. Hopefully, we'll get prettier as we age!
Replied April 2020
Peter
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2020
Best Wordpress Affiliate Plugin
Support is always great, answering any questions pretty quickly, and AffiliateWP does more than any other Wordpress affiliate plugin that I've found so far (and is reliable - we tried another plugin that we kept having issues with over and over again).
PROSI really like that you can allow affiliates to create custom and simple affiliate urls, and I like that you can create affiliate landing pages that give credit to those affiliates without the need for even using their affiliate url.
CONSThe affiliate dashboard comes plain out of the box, with almost no styling. It would be nice if it included some beautiful styling out of the box.
Reason for choosing AffiliateWP
AffiliateWP had more options than Affiliate for Woocommerce and had a lifetime license option.
Reasons for switching to AffiliateWP
Ultimate Affiliate Pro had so many bugs and quirks, we felt like we were constantly wrestling with and trying to fix the system. It was just too much of a hassle.
Vendor Response
Hi Peter, thanks for the review and we appreciate all of your feedback. We're happy to hear that we can be a solid solution for you!
Replied April 2020
Dave
Verified reviewer
Computer Software, 1 employee
Used monthly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
Simple, powerful affiliate software you can host yourself
AffiliateWP is super-easy to set up. You can add affiliates manually if they aren't already registered with your WordPress site. Or you can easily connect existing users and convert them into affiliates. I also love how you can set defaults for how much to award affiliates, but still customize this on an affiliate-by-affiliate basis. Reward the people who are working the hardest to promote your product/service. There are several dashboard widgets which make previewing referrals a breeze. You get email notifications for new referrals. There's a free add-on that lets you promote your product on a separate site from the one you sell it on, but still pass on the affiliate cookie to your ecommerce site (where the transaction happens). This is awesome for me because I have a separate blog where I write a ton of free content, much of which promotes my secondary site which sells my product.
CONSI don't think I've used it enough yet to have found the things I don't like about it. I've heard (anecdotally) that payouts could be a little easier, but I know the makers of AffiliateWP recently launched a new Payouts Service which is supposed to help with this.
Vendor Response
Hey Dave, thanks for the review! Very kind of you to provide examples of how AffiliateWP helped out. Your site seems to be a perfect use case for both EDD and AffiliateWP! When you have some time take a look into our Payout Service. Our support team is always here to answer questions!
Replied April 2020
Alex
E-Learning, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2020
Growing the business
Wanna grow your business through resellers? This is IMO the best solution for WordPress on the market. A quite complex setup is comparingly very easy to implement, follow-up and sell to resellers. If something does not work, their support is off the chart. This is the best support I have EVER expereinced (having worked 12 years in the IT Service and Support area). This software comes with my recommendation.
CONSThe functionality is a bit limited and I am not sure that they actually have users on board meetings. There are some easy quick wins to improve the user experience. The hooks are sadly not documented.
Vendor Response
Excellent feedback Alex, thank you very much!
Replied April 2020
Al
Retail, 1 employee
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
2
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed April 2020
Not an intuitive experience
Overall I feel frustration. The interface is not intuitive to me as an admin. I am not new to the web or software. So I think y'all really need to take look at this. But since I have signed up for auto-payouts that should simplify things. Then I won't have to interact with the non-intuitive payout system as much.
PROSIt works. It tracks affiliate sales and calculates payouts. The link generator works well. And now they have auto payouts, which is very helpful.
CONSI just don't find it intuitive. I don't use it often because I don't have a lot of affiliates and they don't generate that much in sales. So each time I use it I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to use it.
Reason for choosing AffiliateWP
I liked the link generating feature. And because I have a low flow of affilates, I didn't want to spend an arm and a leg to get it. I hope this helps.
Vendor Response
Hi Al, thanks for the review and feedback. Your words are absolutely true. The reporting can be a bit cumbersome and it might be a little tricky to navigate. Our payout services should take care of your issues but we are working on making improvements!
Replied April 2020
Joe
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
AffiliateWP is an excellent plugin for DIY web store owners
Excellent all around. This is a quality plugin produced a development team who cares and who listen.
PROSAffiliateWP is an excellent choice for any WooCommerce web store owner who is comfortable managing and promoting their own affiliate program. There is some learning curve for implementation but this is not really a problem due to AffiliateWP's excellent support.
CONSThis is not a missing feature but rather a limitation of business model. AffiliateWP is a no fluff plugin that does not offer any marketplace (where your affiliate products might be discovered) or marketing to help you find affiliates. This is not promised either but one should know going in that for the program to be successful store owners will have to promote the affiliate program themselves.
Vendor Response
Hi Joe, thanks for the review. We appreciate the feedback!
Replied April 2020
Amanda
Political Organization, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2020
Great for affiliate programs!
I recommend this plugin and service to anyone building an affiliate program. It is easy to learn, navigate and implement.
PROSEasy to use for users and easy to navigate. We use for our affiliate program and it works great.
CONSMy least favorite part is there is currently not a month to month setting for clicks. Our affiliate program is broken down by months but the software doesn’t currently offer that feature so it’s a little bit of a hassle.
Vendor Response
Hi Amanda, thanks for the review. We appreciate your feedback!
Replied April 2020
Thomas
Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
Great product - simple to use
REally good - I wouldnt hesitate in using again.
PROSWe had looked at various alternative ways of providing an affiliates system on client websites. Affiliate WP really stood out for a number of reasons. The cost / value ratio was just too good . A huge number of features, simple to apply - and easy to understand.
CONSThere was really no problems with this software - we had wanted to make some small customisations, and while this was timeconsuming, we got there in the end with support!
Vendor Response
Outstanding! Happy to hear you've had such a good experience Thomas!
Replied April 2020
Nikolay
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2020
It is a good plugin but needs improvements for sure!
Easy to understand and flexible to adapt which is a great advantage.
CONSWe have had many issues. Even though the support tried to help us these issues continue.
Vendor Response
Sorry to hear that you've continued to have issues Nikolay. I hope you'll continue trying to work with our support team to resolve them. We're committed to helping you succeed!
Replied April 2020
Chance
Education Management, 1 employee
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
No issues for 5 years and counting!
I've used Affiliate WP for more than 5 years and it's never caused a problem on my website. The plugin and its extensions work every time. Our customer's love the extra income and our team loves how easy it is to compensate our fans.
CONSThis software does what it is intended to do without much fluff. It would be great to see more customizations available for the affiliate dashboard.
Vendor Response
Thanks so much for the review Chance, and for being a loyal customer for so long! That's awesome!
Replied April 2020
Loretta
Alternative Medicine, 1 employee
Used less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2020
Great Way to Compensate Team Members for Their Effort
I used this to help compensate presenters of an event I run. That is, the more that presenters contribute by helping their clients/students and associates know about this event, the more we ALL benefit. I want to help the teachers out a little, so I am happy to give them monetary compensation for their efforts - which often go unnoticed by many other event hosts.
PROSIntegration with Wordpress was crucial. Easy enough to understand and customize.
CONSNeeds to be easier to create coupon codes that people can GIVE in-person, attached to their affiliate account. Better integration - like with WooCommerce - make it more seamless and easy.
Reason for choosing AffiliateWP
n/a. - Advised of this product by my web developer.
Vendor Response
Hi Loretta, thank you for the review. We appreciate all of your feedback. We love how you explained your use case!
Replied April 2020
David
Verified reviewer
Media Production, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2020
Solid choice
Smooth and simple, gets the job done as expexcted.
PROSI found setup simple and got rolling in a matter of hours. We aren't looking for a tonne of features, but it delivers most of what we want with no hassles at all. Key was integration with Restrict Content Pro.
CONSI imagine it has everything we need but we feel more comfortable using Mailchimp to communicate with our members - a nice integration with Mailchimp would be a bonus - I tag all our affiliates in Mailchimp manually now.
Reason for choosing AffiliateWP
Integration with Restrict Content Pro sold us right away.
Vendor Response
Hey David, thanks for writing us a review. We appreciate your feedback!
Replied April 2020
James
Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2019
A super affordable and easy to use affiliate programme
- Ridiculously affordable compared to working with networks - Easy to use - Quick to set up - Professional features such as tracking and attributing based on domain referral
CONSI've never had an issue—I couldn't fault features or price.
Vendor Response
Hi James, thanks for the review!
Replied April 2020
Brad
Verified reviewer
Design, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
The Perfect Affilliate Software For WordPress!
Overall, I love AffilliateWP! It does exactly what we need it to do.
PROSThe software is super easy to install and build out on your site.
CONSThere are a lot of settings you have to fill in.
Vendor Response
Thanks for the kind review Brad!
Replied April 2020
Francesca
Apparel & Fashion, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
Excellent Product
Very easy to use and easy to navigate, doesn't make you follow useless steps
CONSI haven't experience any issues with this
Vendor Response
We appreciate the review Francesca!
Replied April 2020
mortaza
Medical Devices, 2-10 employees
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2023
The best affiliate marketing plugin for WordPress
The great affiliate tracking easy way to get influences to join my website to help promote my products
CONSNot having a lifetime plan and the very high price of the Plugin
Richard Duah
Verified reviewer
Construction, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2023
Best plugin so far
AffiliateWP is the best in easily incorporating an affiliate program to your business wp website.
CONSIts all about the price which seems quite high for startups
Hemal
Publishing, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2020
Thoroughly researched options, this was the one
- Easy to use - Easy to customize - I needed to make sure this scaled for many affiliates, so far it's working great - Easy to push affiliate payments for successful transactions
CONSAll softwares have flaws, but so far I am happy with all areas of this software
Vendor Response
Hi Hemal, thanks for taking the time to write us a review. Let us know if you ever need any help!
Replied April 2020