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ShareASale shut down in October 2025. With AFFY, your affiliates belong to you — not a network. No transaction fees, no shared affiliate pool, no platform dependency risk. Flat €29/mo.
ShareASale's network model came with real costs — financial and structural. Here's what merchants ran into.
ShareASale shut down on October 6, 2025. All accounts were forcibly migrated to Awin. That migration disrupted affiliate programs, changed interfaces, and left merchants with no control over the switch. AFFY is an independent, stable platform where your program lives on your terms.
ShareASale charged a $625 non-refundable setup fee just to list your program, then took 20% of every commission you paid out. On a $5,000 commission month, that's $1,000 going to ShareASale. AFFY is €29/mo flat — no transaction fees, ever.
In ShareASale's network model, affiliates join the network — not your program specifically. The relationship belongs to the network. They can promote your competitors from the same platform. AFFY gives you a private program where every affiliate belongs exclusively to you.
ShareASale used tracking pixels and redirects — built for e-commerce, not SaaS. AFFY integrates directly with Stripe, Paddle, and Chargebee via native webhooks, so commissions fire from real payment events including subscription renewals and refund clawbacks.
EU affiliates have the right to data export and erasure. ShareASale didn't offer affiliate-facing GDPR tooling per program. AFFY ships data export, two-step erasure with email confirmation, and an audit log — all accessible by affiliates from their own portal.
ShareASale had no Telegram bot, no Slack integration, and no mobile approval workflow. AFFY notifies your team in Slack on every new lead or conversion, and lets you approve or reject affiliates via a Telegram bot without opening a browser.
Private owned program vs public affiliate marketplace.
ShareASale data based on their public pricing and feature pages prior to closure. Last checked May 2026.
Beyond the pricing difference, AFFY ships capabilities that were absent in the ShareASale model entirely.
Get a notification the moment an affiliate applies. Tap Approve or Reject from Telegram — no dashboard needed. No competitor has this. ShareASale had no mobile approval workflow at all.
New lead or conversion fires in Slack instantly. Your team stays informed without polling a dashboard. ShareASale sent email digests — AFFY puts real-time data where your team already works.
AFFY generates a PDF invoice and emails it to both you and the affiliate at every payout. No manual invoicing, no chasing paperwork. ShareASale handled payments inside the network — you never got affiliate-level invoices for your own program.
Affy collects W-9s from US affiliates and W-8BENs from international affiliates before payouts are released. 1099-NEC forms generated annually on Premium. ShareASale managed affiliate payouts internally; you had no direct tax compliance tooling for your affiliates.
Affiliates can request a full data export or submit a two-step erasure request directly from their portal. AFFY enforces data subject rights at the application layer, not just in policy documents. ShareASale's US-network model left this gap entirely.
Full refund → commission marked REFUNDED. Partial refund → commission reduced proportionally. This happens automatically via Stripe/Paddle/Chargebee webhooks. ShareASale required manual commission voiding by the merchant within a review window.
No transaction fees. No shared network. No platform risk. From €29/mo — 2 months PRO free, no card required.
