Refersion
Affiliate marketing without the compromise: first-party tracking, flexible commissions and one-click payouts for ecommerce brands.
By Refersion, Inc. · 4.5/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- DTC ecommerce brands running affiliate, ambassador and influencer programs on Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce or Magento.
- Teams that want cookie-free first-party affiliate tracking instead of redirect-based attribution.
- Merchants at any stage: a free marketplace listing for new programs, paid plans as affiliate revenue grows.
- Brands that want recruitment, commission management and payouts consolidated in one affiliate platform.
Ideal size: 2-20 marketing staff people · Ecommerce brand with an existing or planned affiliate/ambassador program
Not for
- B2B SaaS or services firms with no consumer order data to attribute to partners.
- Enterprises that need on-premise hosting, deep ERP integration or heavy custom procurement.
- Merchants with no marketing owner to recruit affiliates and run an ongoing program.
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
1-2 weeks
~7 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$1,908/yr
Starts at $348 · Subscription plus a percentage of affiliate-driven sales: Launch $29/mo + 3%, Growth $159/mo + 2% billed yearly (20% saving); flat-rate Scale tier for high-volume brands.
Implementation Friction
1/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
No per-seat pricing; unlimited affiliates, clicks and conversions on paid plans. Cost scales with affiliate-driven sales, not seats.
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind Refersion, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Headquarters
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How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailPlan not stated
- Live chatPlan not stated
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsPlan not stated
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Pricing page lists email support, chat support (Growth plan) and a Support Center Guide; Scale adds premium support, white-glove onboarding and a Slack channel. No support hours or SLA are stated.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Refersion sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
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Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Refersion
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- PrestaShop
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Refersion ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Refersion is a first-party affiliate marketing platform for ecommerce brands. It tracks referrals without cookies or redirects, manages flexible commissions for affiliates, ambassadors and influencers, and pays partners with one-click payouts. Plans range from a free marketplace listing to Launch ($29/mo + 3% of affiliate-driven sales) and Growth ($159/mo + 2%), with a flat-rate Scale tier for high-volume brands. Setup is dev-free on Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Magento and Stripe, and Refersion reports over 60,000 registered merchants.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Refersion cost?
Pricing is based on affiliate-driven sales rather than total store revenue. The free Marketplace Listing is $0. Launch is $29/month billed yearly plus 3% of affiliate-driven sales; Growth is $159/month billed yearly plus 2%. Scale, for brands above roughly $1M GMV, is a flat monthly subscription with premium support. Annual billing saves 20% versus monthly.
How fast can we launch a program?
Refersion advertises dev-free setup in minutes with Shopify, WooCommerce, Stripe and other connectors, and merchants report it was easy to set up and immediately start tracking affiliates. For a typical brand, expect first production value in about one to two weeks including registration page setup, commission configuration and testing.
Does Refersion rely on cookies or redirect links?
No. Refersion markets first-party tracking that works without cookies or jarring on-page redirects, with a first-party tracking domain on paid plans plus tracking by unique links, coupon codes, product SKU and customer email, and a configurable attribution window. This is positioned as more durable under browser privacy changes than cookie-based tools.
Which platforms and tools does Refersion integrate with?
Native app integrations cover Shopify (including Shopify Plus and the Shopify Marketing API), BigCommerce, WooCommerce and Magento, with payments via PayPal, Trolley and unified payouts, plus Stripe and ChargeBee through code widgets. Growth and above include API access, webhooks and 30+ marketing integrations such as Klaviyo, Mailchimp and Zapier.
What support and onboarding is included?
Plans include help and virtual training plus a Support Center Guide and email support; chat support is listed on the Growth plan. The Scale tier adds premium support, white-glove onboarding, a Slack channel and early feature access. No public response-time SLA or 24/7 support commitment is stated, so enterprise buyers should confirm terms during contracting.
Is Refersion a fit for non-ecommerce or B2B companies?
Generally no. Refersion is designed around ecommerce order data, product and SKU-level commissions, and payouts to consumer-facing partners such as influencers, bloggers, ambassadors and customers. Businesses without a consumer storefront or order-level data have little to attribute, and enterprise needs like on-premise hosting or deep ERP integration are not covered.