by AfterShipPartner
Drive new sales by turning customers into brand advocates. Leverage word-of-mouth marketing by setting up referral and affiliate campaigns.
Leverage word-of-mouth marketing to turn your customers into brand advocates. Motivate your existing customers to refer your brand to friends, family, and acquaintances to grow your business. Reward them for successful referrals and offer discounts to new referred customers on their next purchase. Invite and collaborate with influencers and pay commissions on new sales they drive to your store.
Used by 4,572 Shopify stores
Data sourced from StoreLeads
AfterShip Referral & Affiliate is listed as free on the Shopify App Store. The app offers a Forever Free plan that lets you run referral and affiliate campaigns with up to 20 referrals and 5 affiliate links per month. Paid tiers (Essentials and Pro) unlock higher volume limits — 2,400 or 12,000 referral links per year respectively — along with features like gift rewards and AfterShip branding removal. Enterprise pricing is also available for larger stores.
Setup is designed to be developer-free and fast. AfterShip states merchants can get started in as little as 30 minutes, and the app features one-click referral campaign setup with unique referral links and reward coupons. Multiple merchant reviews confirm referral programs were live in under 30 minutes with no coding required.
Yes — AfterShip Referral is confirmed to be compatible with all Shopify themes and is 100% mobile responsive to suit your store design on all devices. The widget also supports text, color, and layout customization so it can match your brand without touching code.
Yes, AfterShip Referral works seamlessly with both Shopify and Shopify Plus, including Checkout integration. Data such as customer email addresses, referral links, commissions earned, and orders placed via affiliate links are automatically synced.
The app holds a 4.9-star rating across nearly 1,000 reviews on the Shopify App Store, with 91% being 5-star ratings. Merchants frequently highlight responsive and knowledgeable customer support, a clean and user-friendly interface, and quick setup. A small number of reviews mention occasional technical issues (e.g., referral link redirects), though AfterShip's team is noted to address these.
AfterShip Referral includes built-in fraud prevention that identifies and blocks advocates from referring themselves by detecting the same or similar email addresses. This helps stop bad actors from exploiting incentives and keeps your program costs under control.
The app supports flexible reward structures: you can pay affiliates a cash commission as a percentage of sales or a flat rate per sale, offer free products as commission, or provide monetary rewards to referring customers. Coupons are automatically applied at checkout when a customer purchases through an affiliate link, and you can set custom commission rules, maturation periods, and campaign periods.