Impact
A partnership management platform for affiliate, influencer, creator, and referral programs
Impact is a Shopify app developer that makes impact.com Affiliate Marketing, an affiliate programs app on the Shopify App Store. It provides a partnership management platform for affiliate, influencer, creator, and referral programs. Among the 15,356 Shopify brands over $5M that dtcmvp tracks, 808 (5.3%) run impact.com Affiliate Marketing, #4 of 127 affiliate programs apps by that count. Its share is highest among Health & Wellness (10.2%), Beauty & Personal Care (8%) and Electronics & Tech (7%) brands. It is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 202 reviews on the Shopify App Store. It carries Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. impact.com Affiliate Marketing has 3 plans on the Shopify App Store, from $30 to $2500 a month. Some plans add usage charges on top, listed with each plan. It bills some charges outside the Shopify invoice.
Overview
Impact (impact.com) is a partnership management platform that connects brands with affiliate publishers, creators and advocates. It handles partner recruitment, contracts, tracking, payouts and fraud protection in one place, so a merchant can run affiliate, creator and referral programs without managing them by hand.
For Shopify brands
- Install impact.com Affiliate Marketing from the Shopify App Store and start on a Starter plan with partner recommendations, partner matching, performance tracking and promo code creation.
- Recruit and contract affiliates, creators and advocates, then pay them in 70+ currencies from one platform.
- Track partner performance and revenue attribution, with fraud protection and cross-device tracking.
How it works
A brand signs up self-serve on the Starter plan, or requests a demo for the Essentials, Pro and Enterprise plans. The brand uses the platform to find and contract partners, set commissions and review performance, while impact.com handles tracking, attribution and payouts. The App Store listing offers a 30-day risk-free sign-up on Starter.
- Built for
- Brands on Shopify and other commerce platforms, with plans sized by yearly ecommerce revenue: Starter for brands beginning a partnerships channel, up to Enterprise for brands over $15m a year.
- Pricing
- Starter is $30/month or 2.5% of monthly revenue, whichever is greater. Essentials is $500/month, Pro is $2,500/month, and Enterprise is a custom quote. Add-ons are available on higher tiers. Prices are in USD.
Products
- impact.com Affiliate Marketing Shopify app for launching and running an affiliate program with publishers.
- Affiliate marketing Partner recruitment, tracking, payouts and fraud protection for affiliate programs.
- Influencer & creator marketing Find creators, run campaigns, and handle performance and payments.
- Referral marketing Track and reward customer, employee and fan referrals.
- Retail media View retail media partnership performance alongside affiliate and creator data.
- AI product Tools to discover, optimize and get cited in AI search.
Integrations
Buyer notes
- Starter is self-serve with chat support; Essentials adds dedicated support and Pro adds a dedicated customer success manager.
- Essentials includes up to $2,500/month in partner payouts and Pro includes up to $14,300/month.
- Starter is available only on listed platforms, including Shopify.
- The Shopify App Store listing shows a free plan and a Built for Shopify badge.
From Impact's own site and Shopify App Store listings, as of 2026-10-30.
Among Shopify brands over $5M
Share of each sector's brands running it, where that beats the overall rate.
On the Shopify App Store
impact.com Affiliate Marketing
4.4 · 202 reviewsBuilt for ShopifyFree planPaid from $30/moOn 5.3% of brands over $5MLaunched 2020Affiliate programsimpact.com makes launching and scaling an affiliate marketing program easy for Shopify merchants, enabling you to work with thousands of publishers...
Pricing
Starter$30/monthPricing is the greater of $30 or 2.5% of monthly revenue
- Sign up for 30 days risk free
- Intelligent partner recommendations
- Automated partner matching
- Performance tracking
- +2 more
30-day free trialEssentials$500/monthIncludes all features in Starter plus
- Access 300K+ partners
- Campaigns across multiple domains
- Benchmarking & custom reports
- Custom contract terms
- +2 more
Professional$2,500/monthIncludes all features in Essentials plus
- Custom partner signup flows
- Program-level billing and funding
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager
- SAML
Some charges are billed by the developer outside your Shopify invoice.
Ratings, reviews, plans, prices and descriptions as the Shopify App Store lists them. how we count.
Alternatives to Impact
The most used affiliate programs apps among Shopify brands over $5M.
| App | Brands over $5M | App Store |
|---|---|---|
| Awin · Awin Ltd | 12.7% | — |
| GOAFFPRO · GoAffPro | 7.2% | 4.6 · 952 |
| UpPromote Affiliate Marketing · UpPromote | 7% | 4.9 · 3,892 |
| AvantLink Affiliate Marketing · AvantLink | 3.1% | 4.6 · 23 |
| GRIN Influencer Marketing · Grin, Inc. | 3% | 4.1 · 31 |
| Snowball · Social Snowball | 2.6% | 4.6 · 213 |
Often used with Impact
What its brands run more often than Shopify brands over $5M do overall.
- Polar:AI Platform for commerce35% of its brands · 18x average
- Blotout EdgeTag12% of its brands · 2.9x average
- AppLovin22.9% of its brands · 2.8x average
- Fairing Post Purchase Surveys13.2% of its brands · 2.8x average
- Intelligems20.3% of its brands · 2.8x average
What Shopify apps does Impact make?
Impact has 1 app on the Shopify App Store: impact.com Affiliate Marketing.
How many Shopify brands use Impact?
Among the 15,356 Shopify brands over $5M that dtcmvp tracks, 808 (5.3%) run impact.com Affiliate Marketing, #4 of 127 affiliate programs apps by that count. Its share is highest among Health & Wellness (10.2%), Beauty & Personal Care (8%) and Electronics & Tech (7%) brands.
What are the alternatives to Impact?
The most used affiliate programs apps among Shopify brands over $5M, after Impact: Awin (12.7%), GOAFFPRO (7.2%), UpPromote Affiliate Marketing (7%), AvantLink Affiliate Marketing (3.1%), GRIN Influencer Marketing (3%) and Snowball (2.6%).
What do Impact's brands use alongside it?
Of the brands running Impact, 35% also run Polar:AI Platform for commerce, 12% also run Blotout EdgeTag, 22.9% also run AppLovin, 13.2% also run Fairing Post Purchase Surveys and 20.3% also run Intelligems. Each is at least 2.8 times as common among them as across all brands over $5M.
How is impact.com Affiliate Marketing rated?
impact.com Affiliate Marketing is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 202 reviews on the Shopify App Store.
How much does Impact cost?
impact.com Affiliate Marketing has 3 plans on the Shopify App Store, from $30 to $2500 a month. Some plans add usage charges on top, listed with each plan. It bills some charges outside the Shopify invoice. impact.com Affiliate Marketing: Starter, $30/month (Pricing is the greater of $30 or 2.5% of monthly revenue); Essentials, $500/month (Includes all features in Starter plus); Professional, $2,500/month (Includes all features in Essentials plus).