Free
For your first creators
$0 / month
No revenue share
- Up to 10 active partners
- 1 program
- One-time code per click
- Blocks coupon sites and bots
- Branded application form
- Statistics and partner portal
- PDF credit notes
- Payouts via SEPA file
Start free. Pay only for real referrals.
The monthly price covers the app. On Growth and Pro, a small share of partner revenue is added: only for orders your partners actually brought, counted after the return window. Blocked leaks, cancellations and returns cost nothing.
Growth
For programs that grow
$49 / month
+ 2% of partner revenue
Everything in Free, plus
- Unlimited partners and programs
- Origin check for fixed codes
- Blocks brand ads, search engines and AI assistants
- Payouts via PayPal, Stripe, Wise, Revolut or store credit
- Automatic tiers and bonuses
- Materials for partners
- CSV import
- Weekly report
- AI access, read-only
Pro
For teams and large creator programs
$149 / month
+ 1.5% of partner revenue
Everything in Growth, plus
- Team and multi-level commission
- Lifetime commission on repeat orders
- Gifting
- Channel ownership and fake follower check
- AI access with write permissions
- Listing in the program directory
- Priority support
Growth and Pro start with a 14-day free trial. Prices in USD, billed through your Shopify invoice. Change your plan anytime in Shopify. Coming soon to the Shopify App Store.
Is it worth it? A normal referral program vs. FairClick
In a normal referral program, every order with a partner code pays commission and discount, no matter where the customer found the code. Here is where that goes wrong, and what FairClick does instead.
| Topic | Normal referral program | FairClick |
|---|---|---|
| Discount code | One fixed code per creator. Anyone who sees it can pass it on. | Every click gets its own one-time code. A shared code has already been used. |
| Coupon, cashback and deal sites | They list the code, customers save, the creator earns commission. | Clicks from there get no code. Fixed codes redeemed via a coupon site earn no commission. |
| Browser extensions | Apply codes they found automatically or replace partner links. | One-time codes are useless to pass on. Orders are matched by code, not by cookies. |
| Ads on your brand name | Partners bid on your brand: you pay for the click and the commission. | Clicks from paid search ads get no code. |
| AI assistants and search engines | Asking for "[brand] discount code" leads straight to a partner's code. | Optional: no code for those clicks, no commission for fixed codes. |
| Bots and link previews | Inflate clicks and use up codes. | Get no code and are counted separately. |
| What you pay for | Commission on every order with a code. | Commission and revenue share only on orders that pass. Blocked leaks cost nothing. |
What the numbers say
- In Germany, 28.2% of affiliate spend goes to cashback and rewards partners (20.9%) and deal and coupon partners (7.3%).1
- In the US, it is 45%: 35% loyalty and cashback, 10% coupons. Industry experts there recommend single-use codes, because public codes get scraped.2
- Searches for "[brand] promo code" often end on coupon aggregators that get the last click before the order.3
- One brand paused its loyalty and cashback partners for seven weeks and saw no change in revenue (a single case study).4
- Since June 10, 2025, Chrome extensions may only add or replace affiliate links with clear disclosure and a direct benefit to the user.5
- Capital One settled a lawsuit by creators who said its shopping extension diverted their commissions.6
- AI assistants bring only 0.2–0.4% of online store visits today, but are growing fast: +393% year over year for US retailers in Q1 2026.7,8,9
- Malicious bots make up 37% of all internet traffic.10
Example: $20,000 a month through partner codes
Assumptions: 10% commission, 10% customer discount, plan Growth, one-time codes, and your current affiliate app costs $50 a month (FairClick replaces it). How many code orders a partner did not really bring depends on the store; no study measures it directly. That is why we show three scenarios.
| Example: $20,000 a month through partner codes | 10% of code orders not brought by the partner | 20% of code orders not brought by the partner | 30% of code orders not brought by the partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commission on orders the partner did not bring | $200 | $400 | $600 |
| Discount for customers who would have bought anyway | $200 | $400 | $600 |
| Your current affiliate app (assumed: $50 a month) | $50 | $50 | $50 |
| Cost in a normal referral program | $450 | $850 | $1,250 |
| FairClick Growth ($49 + 2% of the remaining partner revenue) | $409 | $369 | $329 |
| Difference per month | +$41 | +$481 | +$921 |
- Already at 10% of code orders not brought by partners, FairClick costs less than a normal referral program, because your current app is no longer needed. On Free (up to 10 partners) the protection costs nothing at all.
- Your app costs more or less than $50? Each dollar changes the difference by one dollar.
- With fixed codes (podcast, print), FairClick saves the commission, not the discount.
Sources
- BVDW: Affiliate und Partner Marketing in Deutschland 2025, S. 19
- Performance Marketing Association: Beyond the Affiliate Coupon Code, Whitepaper, January 2026
- Search Engine Journal: promo code searches and affiliate revenue, August 2026
- Haus: Affiliate on/off test of loyalty sites (case study)
- Google Chrome Web Store: policy update on affiliate links in extensions, 2025
- Claims Journal: Capital One settles creators' lawsuit over its shopping extension, September 2025
- Frankfurt School of Finance & Management: study of 973 online stores on ChatGPT in e-commerce, June 2026
- Similarweb: State of Ecommerce 2026
- TechCrunch on Adobe data: AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1 2026
- Imperva: Bad Bot Report 2025
What counts as partner revenue?
The net merchandise value of orders that came through a partner link or partner code: after discounts and refunds, without shipping and taxes. It counts once the return window has passed and the commission is due.
Counts
- Orders through partner links and partner codes
- Repeat orders with lifetime commission
- Net value after discounts and partial refunds
Never counts
- Clicks blocked as leaks: coupon sites, brand ads, bots
- Orders with declined commission, e.g. self-purchases or coupon sites
- Cancelled and fully refunded orders
- Shipping and taxes
- The rest of your store revenue
What it costs per month
Monthly price plus revenue share, by partner revenue per month. From $20,000 partner revenue a month, Pro costs less than Growth.
| Partner revenue per month | Growth | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | $89 (lower) | $179 |
| $5,000 | $149 (lower) | $224 |
| $10,000 | $249 (lower) | $299 |
| $20,000 | $449 | $449 |
| $50,000 | $1,049 | $899 (lower) |
All features compared
| All features compared | Free | Growth | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limits | |||
| Active partners | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Programs | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Leak protection | |||
| One-time code per click | Included | Included | Included |
| Blocks coupon, cashback and deal sites | Included | Included | Included |
| Blocks bots and link previews | Included | Included | Included |
| Fixed codes for podcasts, print and events | Included | Included | Included |
| Origin check for fixed codes and origin rules | Not included | Included | Included |
| Blocks brand ads, search engines and AI assistants | Not included | Included | Included |
| Commission and motivation | |||
| Percent, fixed amount, tiers, product rules | Included | Included | Included |
| Automatic tiers | Not included | Included | Included |
| Bonuses | Not included | Included | Included |
| Lifetime commission | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Team and multi-level commission | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Gifting | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Partners | |||
| Branded application form | Included | Included | Included |
| Partner portal, one login for all programs | Included | Included | Included |
| Materials for partners | Not included | Included | Included |
| CSV import | Not included | Included | Included |
| Channel ownership and fake follower check | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Listing in the program directory | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Payouts | |||
| SEPA file and PDF credit notes | Included | Included | Included |
| PayPal, Stripe, Wise, Revolut, store credit | Not included | Included | Included |
| Reports and support | |||
| Statistics | Included | Included | Included |
| AI access, read-only | Not included | Included | Included |
| Weekly report by email | Not included | Included | Included |
| AI access with write permissions | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Priority support | Not included | Not included | Included |
Questions about pricing
How is it billed?
Through Shopify, on your regular Shopify invoice, in USD. Partner revenue in other currencies is converted at the daily reference rate of the European Central Bank.
When is partner revenue counted?
When an order's return window ends and the commission becomes due. Returns within the window reduce it first.
What happens at 10 partners on Free?
Your active partners keep working. New partners can still apply, and you approve them after switching to Growth.
Can I switch plans?
Yes, anytime in Shopify. The new plan applies right away. Settings for features you no longer have stay saved and work again after an upgrade.
Custom terms for agencies or large programs?
Write to us at support@fairclick.app.