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✨Boost add-on 101 (formerly AffiliatePlus)

Getting started with affiliate campaigns

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ReferralCandy Boost is a paid add-on. Visit the signup page in the web app or Shopify app to subscribe.

🤝 Get more out of your affiliate campaigns

ReferralCandy offers affiliate campaigns out of the box, complete with a customizable signup form, application approval page, and a dedicated affiliate portal.

With Boost add-on, merchants are equipped with additional tools to optimize, manage, and monitor affiliate campaigns.

🪙 Pay and reward affiliates

Reward your affiliates your way with ReferralCandy. With Boost add-on, you can pay your affiliates cash commissions from the 2nd tier reward onwards with FlexiTiers. Cash commissions drive more affiliate engagement as they are flexible and universal. Learn more about the affiliate reward types.

✏️ Edit the affiliate referral code

With the Boost add-on, Shopify and BigCommerce merchants who use a discount coupon as the friend offer can customize an affiliate's referral code. This allows you to create easy-to-remember and recognizable discount codes that affiliates can share seamlessly with their audience. Learn how to customize your affiliate's referral code.

📈 Advanced analytics and portal

Uncover insights about your affiliates' social media engagement and its impact on your referral sales. Affiliates get an upgrade too with the new affiliate portal where they can manage their rewards and see data about their referral performance. Learn about Brand Lift and affiliate portal insights.


Boost add-on FAQ

How much is the Boost add-on?

The Boost add-on (formerly AffiliatePlus) is available for an additional $29 per month on top of your ReferralCandy plan, charged on your next billing.

To subscribe to the Boost add-on, visit the signup page in the ReferralCandy web app or Shopify app.

What’s the difference between a refer-a-friend vs. affiliate campaign?

Refer-a-friend and affiliate campaigns have the same features that ReferralCandy offers. However, an affiliate campaign has additional capabilities:

  • A customizable signup page where affiliates can sign up for your program

  • Additional segments for curated, invite-only, or instant access affiliate programs

  • An affiliate management dashboard where merchants can review and approve applicants

  • An improved affiliate portal where partners can track their performance and earnings

The ReferralCandy Boost add-on provides merchants with extra tools to create and manage affiliate programs on a larger scale, such as:

  • Brand Lift, an advanced dashboard that provides insights about the affiliates' social media engagement and its impact on referral sales

  • Customizable coupon codes for affiliates

  • Ability to use cash rewards for the 2nd tier onwards, if using a multi-tiered reward structure

How do I disable or unsubscribe from the Boost add-on?

Removing the Boost add-on disables your affiliate campaigns and stops your affiliates from receiving rewards and promoting your store through their custom discount code. Deleting or unsubscribing from your ReferralCandy plan automatically unsubscribes you from the Boost add-on.

To remove the Boost add-on from your ReferralCandy subscription:

  1. Navigate to your ReferralCandy Plans page:

    • From the ReferralCandy dashboard, go to Profile > Plans & Pricing.

    • From your Shopify admin, go to Account > Plans.

  2. Find the Boost section and click Disable add-on.

  3. A warning popup appears. To proceed, click Disable add-on.

Once confirmed, all affiliate campaigns in your account are disabled immediately and can't be reactivated unless you sign up for the add-on again. Campaign emails and pages, such as the affiliate signup page, as well as your affiliate's referral codes are disabled.

How can I pay or reward affiliates? What platforms can I use?


ReferralCandy offers several ways you can reward your affiliates. You can offer cash commissions, coupon codes, store credits (Shopify-only), or even custom gifts. Choose the reward that best fits your business and your affiliate strategy.

Cash rewards are paid out exclusively via PayPal. ReferralCandy doesn't support other payment platforms to send out cash commissions. Learn more

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