UpPromote Affiliate Marketing
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We were overcharged for a more expensive version than we signed up for. Update: Changing from one star to 3 because we received a full refund and great customer service after posting the original review.
We take concerns like this very seriously, so I personally reviewed your subscription history in Shopify. The records show you started a yearly Growth plan trial on March 12, and once the 14-day trial ended, the subscription was automatically charged — the standard billing behavior on Shopify for any trial-based plan. There's no record of your plan being changed or upgraded beyond what was originally selected. That said, you are eligible for a refund, and we've sent you an email about it. Please check it so we can proceed. Cheers!
Solid app for getting an affiliate program off the ground quickly. Easy setup, tracking works, and support was responsive. Two issues pushed us to build our own: (1) No cross-platform support. We run multiple Shopify stores plus a WooCommerce brand and needed one system across all of them. (2) The UpPromote Marketplace sent us nothing but spam and scammer signups. Not a single legitimate affiliate came from it. Had to clean out over a dozen fake accounts. If you're a single-store operation, UpPromote will serve you well. If you're multi-brand or need more control, you'll outgrow it.
I’ve been using this app to manage our affiliate program and appreciate the support team’s responsiveness. When we encountered refund syncing issues, the team investigated promptly, provided manual workarounds, and followed up until certain cases were fixed. However, the app’s current tracking logic has a major drawback: For refunded orders linked to multiple affiliates, the system only deducts commission from one affiliate, not all connected affiliates. This leads to inaccurate payouts and requires manual adjustments. Certain product updates (e.g., adding new options to SKUs) require a manual “re-sync” in the backend, which isn’t intuitive and can cause tracking gaps if missed. While the support team is cooperative and open to improvement, the existing logic creates extra manual work and risks for businesses with high order volumes. We hope the development team will prioritize a permanent solution for accurate, automated tracking.
We've quickly released an update to the logic and made sure all refunded referral sales are now calculated correctly, so future refund events won't run into the same issue. Thank you for your continued support. Feel free to reach us anytime via the 24/7 in-app chat if you run into anything else. Cheers!
excellent customer service, but i failed to attract any affiliate due to what i believe is a relative opacity of the program versus what i expected. In any case, a total failure for my business.
Very well-structured app. Some of the most important features are not included in the Growth plan.
Barney was very helpful! Great CS. The Youtube video tutorial links are outdated b/c they showcase the "old interface" of managing settings from the website merchaant acct, instead of managing all the settings within the shopify app. It was very confusing for me and wasted a lot of my time. please take them down, not helpful.
Hello there. This is Stark from UpPromote support. Thank you for the feedback. You must be needing some assistance from us. We would love to hear you out and have a chance working with you to resolve any issue you've been having. Please feel free to reach us at [email protected] or the in-app chat anytime. Cheers!
So far I love the app and thought this was a specific review for my recent bulk payout experience. In regard to that I kept getting an error message because it was my first time so I'd fix what needed to be fixed and it would still give the error so I had to close and exit 3 times to get it to go through with my changes. Just to add to it I submitted this review and it brought me back to the same page to submit the review. After 5 times I gave up and lo and behold my review is there. If this edit doesn't show up I'm not going to keep clicking this time. I'm tired ;)
Hi there. We're sorry to hear about the issue you experienced, and we'd love to hear more so we can make things right for you. We've sent you a message via the in-app chat — we hope you can check it out. Cheers!
It has been mostly spam and coupon sites that signed up to be affiliates, not actual influencers or referrals. There is also not a way to see who we have and havent messaged to become an affiliate through the platform, which seems like it should be an easy fix.
This is Stark from the UpPromote support team. Thank you for your feedback — it sounds like you could use a hand from us. We've just messaged you via the in-app chat, so please take a look. We'd love to work with you to resolve the issue. Cheers!
The App is awesomely easy to install. Price is not affordable if you do not know if the campaign ll have success.
I’m using this app to help me promote more sale. I can’t say it works or not because I am still setting up and was promoted to leave a review. I will update my review after a few days observation and testing.
Hello there. This is Stark from UpPromote support. Thank you for the feedback. You must be needing some assistance from us. We would love to hear you out and to have a chance working with you to resolve any issue you've been having. Please feel free to reach us at [email protected] anytime. Cheers!
I got this app in hopes that their marketplace would help attract affiliate marketers. I haven't had any hits since subscribing a little over a week ago. Hopefully the app will come through on that front. I'm only offering this review now because UpPromote asked me to do so. I'd love to offer a higher rating. I suspect this app may be better for managing affiliate relationships that you bring in yourself. Maybe something to think about before subscribing to pay the monthly fees if you don't already have affiliate marketers lined up.
Thank you so much for your honest words. Because every business is different and unique, it's usually best for merchants to recruit their own affiliates rather than having affiliates simply handed to them. As a tool for managing affiliates and tracking referral orders, we still offer features that can help you reach more affiliates than usual, and we'd recommend using other channels (social media, email, etc.) to promote your affiliate program for the best results. We'll also try to promote your program through emails sent to affiliates on our Marketplace, which we hope helps you gain some affiliates soon. Please feel free to reach us again at [email protected] if you need assistance. Cheers!
This is the first time i've felt compelled to review. Firstly, I must say the set up is very easy. No complaints there. However, once it was installed and set up I started inviting affiliates. The take up was pretty quick (4 in 10 minutes/ 12 in a few hours) Thats where the issue is. The affiliates couldn't quite figure out what to do then. and the info was lacking. I created an account and quickly found the dashboard isn't mobile friendly and because the overflow is hidden there is no way to see the full page by scrolling horizontally. 88% of people that use my website are mobile users. Furthermore, after spending hours adding images with desciptions, titles, and links for my affiliates to share it turns out that the app simply shares the image-link and the image. I can't give this app 1 star because quite simply it does work ( to a certain extent) as long as your affiliates use a desktop. Which, unfortunately, these days they don't. The feedback I received was, they simply wanted to log in and share posts/product to their social media accounts from their mobile, to try and earn some extra money. Such a simple feature is missing. After that I contacted support. When they finally replied, they was very polite but I had to remove the left over code myself after uninstalling the app.
We really appreciate your feedback. First, we're glad you find the app easy to use! Regarding the mobile responsiveness issue, our team completely understands your concern — we're aware of it and are working hard to improve the mobile experience. As for the marketing tools for affiliates, the sharing feature is just one option; affiliates can also download or grab the embedded code for the media and use it on their own channels. If you have any suggestions to make this more convenient, please reach us at [email protected] — we're always listening.
Downloaded this app to try the free version, only to find out the method to pay my affiliates "Store credit" is only avail on the paid versions. this seems like a feat you would allow for the free version (as everyother payment options is avail)... app looked promising, but now i can't try it out and eventually upgrade my package...
This is Stark from the UpPromote support team. Thank you for your feedback. Just to clarify: even on the Free plan, you can send commission to affiliates using any method outside the app and simply mark the payment as paid within the app — this is the approach most merchants use. Please feel free to reach us at [email protected]; we're happy to provide any help you need. Cheers!
This app is decent but has alot of typos and some small bugs. You can get around them all to make things work, but things could be streamlined to make it easier for the affiliate manager. Update: It takes about 2 minutes to add each affiliate due to alot of repetitive tasks that can be easily coded away. I don't like spending 1 hour to onboard 30 new affiliates. 1) You cannot set a default payment method. I need to login as each affiliate and change that option every time. 2) When adding a redirect URL, it always asks "Did you create URL redirect for this custom link?" every single time. There should be a check option to "never show this again" 3) Making custom discount codes is tedious because you need to manually go to each one again after adding the affiliate add each one and then re-type (or paste) a description of each coupon code, even though each affiliate basically gets the same type of coupon. There has to be a way to streamline this. Why isn't on the same page as their profile info?
We appreciate your feedback, and we're sorry that the language barrier affected your experience with the app. We've brought in a native speaker to review the entire app so that language issues no longer get in the way of your experience. If you ever need support, feel free to contact us at [email protected].
This app gets the job done but is annoying to navigate as you need to click in multiple different places to get all the info for an individual influencer. It's as if zero thought went into the UX and instead they just duck taped elements together. I wouldn't recommend it.
Thank you for your feedback! We're actually building this feature and will release it soon — we'll let you know once it's ready. :) UPDATE: Automatic payout via PayPal has now launched. You can connect your PayPal account with the app to pay your affiliates in just a few clicks. To set it up, go to Settings → Integration → PayPal setup. Here's the guide: https://docs.uppromote.com/set-up/paypal-integration. If you need any help with this feature, just send us a support request at [email protected].
This app is strategically getting more expensive and offering less. They make it clear that you will be severely affected for anything less than their $50/month plan. We have VERY basic needs for our program and there is incredibly complexity to this app. I don't want to switch, but I feel like we're slowly being forced to leave due to unnecessary complexity.
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Thanks for your review, we appreciate it and will definitely work harder to improve the app better and better. If you need any support, just drop us your request to email [email protected].
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