AffiliatePilot
A complete affiliate program for your online store: referral links, automatic commissions, tiers and PayPal payouts.
Let your customers sell for you
AffiliatePilot: your store's own sales team
AffiliatePilot turns your happy customers, bloggers and fans into a team that promotes your store. Each affiliate gets a personal link. When someone buys through it, the commission is calculated automatically and tracked in a dashboard.
You stay in control: approve affiliates, set the commission rates, and pay out manually or straight to PayPal. Pay once for the plugin, no monthly subscription and no cut of your sales.
What you get
- Unique referral link for every affiliate, with a product link generator
- Percentage or flat commissions, set globally or per affiliate
- Commission tiers that upgrade affiliates automatically
- Instant or manual approval of new affiliates
- Manual payouts or one-click PayPal Payouts
- Email notifications for approvals, commissions and payouts
- Reports with a 6-month trend chart and Top 10 affiliates
The real problem: you pay for every single sale
Most store owners depend on ads and social posts to get customers. The moment you stop paying, the traffic stops. Meanwhile your happy customers would gladly recommend you, but you give them no easy way to do it and no reason to.
Paying for ads upfront
Ad money is spent whether or not anyone buys. You carry all the risk, and when the budget ends, so do the visitors.
Word of mouth you can't track
Customers recommend you to friends, but you can't see who sent whom, so nobody gets rewarded and the habit fades.
Messy manual tracking
Spreadsheets, coupon codes and screenshots of orders. Mistakes creep in and affiliates argue about what they are owed.
Payouts that take forever
Working out balances and sending money one by one eats hours every month, and late payments make good affiliates leave.
Many affiliate tools have problems of their own
- Many charge a monthly or yearly subscription
- Some take a percentage of every sale you make
- Setup is complicated and hard for beginners
- Paying affiliates is still a manual job
The solution: AffiliatePilot handles the whole program
Each problem above is covered by a dedicated feature. Here is exactly what fixes what.
| Problem | How AffiliatePilot solves it |
|---|---|
| Paying for ads upfront | You pay a commission only when a referred order actually happens |
| Untracked word of mouth | Every affiliate gets a personal link and a 30-day cookie, so every referral is credited |
| Messy manual tracking | Commissions are created automatically on every referred order, with a full dashboard |
| Slow payouts | Click Create Payout, then mark it paid or send via PayPal in one click |
| No motivation for affiliates | Commission tiers raise the rate automatically as referrals grow |
| No idea who performs best | Reports show a monthly trend and your Top 10 affiliates |
Set it up once, then let it grow
An affiliate program should not become another daily chore. AffiliatePilot tracks, calculates and notifies in the background, and you only step in to pay.
Pay only for results
No sale, no commission. Your marketing cost follows your revenue.
Pay once
No monthly bill and no yearly renewal. One payment for the plugin.
Automatic commissions
Created on every referred order and approved when the order is Processing or Completed.
Motivated affiliates
Bronze, Silver and Gold style tiers give affiliates a reason to keep promoting.
Fair and safe
Self-referrals never earn commission, and refunded orders can reject the commission automatically.
Simple setup
Pages for affiliates are created on activation. Set your rate and you are ready.
Two paths. Which one will you choose?
😟 Without an affiliate program
- You pay for ads before you know if they work
- Happy customers recommend you for free and get nothing back
- Referrals are tracked in spreadsheets, with mistakes
- Payouts take hours every month
- Growth stops the day your ad budget does
😎 With AffiliatePilot
- You pay commission only when a referred sale happens
- Every affiliate has a personal link and a dashboard
- Commissions are tracked and calculated automatically
- Pay manually or send via PayPal in one click
- Tiers and reports help your best affiliates grow
What does it cost per site? See for yourself
Divide the license by the number of sites and each store costs very little.
($29 / 10 sites)
($59 / 50 sites)
($129 / 100 sites)
And it's a one-time payment. With subscription tools you pay the same amount again every year.
Who is AffiliatePilot for?
- WooCommerce store owners who want more sales without more ad spend
- Freelancers and agencies setting up stores for clients
- Brands with loyal customers, bloggers or influencers who like to recommend
- People tired of subscriptions who want a one-time solution
Still thinking? Common questions
"Will affiliates cheat the system?"
Self-referrals are detected and earn nothing. You can also approve new affiliates manually.
"I'm not technical"
Everything lives under Affiliates in your admin. The Agency plan also includes setup help.
"Do I have to use PayPal?"
No. You can pay by bank transfer, check or anything else, then click Mark Paid.
Turn your customers into your sales team
Starting at just $29. Pay once, no subscription, the full plugin in every plan.
Choose your plan → Pay commission only on sales · Manual and PayPal payouts · Full affiliate dashboardFeatures
Referral links
Personal links with ?ref=username. Affiliates can link to any product page.
Auto commissions
Created on every referred order, approved when the order is Processing or Completed.
Commission tiers
Rates rise automatically as an affiliate's referral count grows.
Affiliate dashboard
Earnings, unpaid balance, referrals, visits, recent referrals and payout history.
Cookie tracking
Credit lasts up to 30 days by default. Self-referrals never earn commission.
PayPal Payouts
Send money from the Payouts page. The record is marked Completed automatically.
Affiliate management
Approve, reject, bulk actions, or add an existing user as an affiliate.
Email alerts
Toggle messages for approved, rejected, new commission and payout processed.
Reports
Summary cards, monthly trend chart and a Top 10 leaderboard.
Shortcodes
| Shortcode | Purpose |
|---|---|
[mvas_affiliate_dashboard] | The affiliate dashboard for the logged-in affiliate |
[mvas_affiliate_registration] | Application form for guests and logged-in users |
[mvas_referral_url] | Outputs the affiliate's referral URL, optional url attribute |
How it works
Admin settings live under Affiliates → Settings. The pages for affiliates are created automatically on activation.
- Affiliate appliesGuests get a WordPress account created automatically. Logged-in users are pre-filled.
- You approveAutomatic or manual, your choice. The affiliate gets an email.
- Link is sharedA cookie remembers the visitor for 30 days.
- Customer buysThe commission starts as Pending, then becomes Approved with the order.
- You pay outClick Create Payout once the balance reaches your minimum, then pay manually or via PayPal.
Commissions & tiers
The rate used is picked in this order: tier first, then the affiliate's custom rate, then your global default.
| Example tier | Referrals needed | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 🥉 Bronze | 0–9 | 10% |
| 🥈 Silver | 10–49 | 15% |
| 🥇 Gold | 50+ | 20% |
The highest qualifying tier always wins, and upgrades apply from the very next commission. Tiers only work after you tick Enable Commission Tiers.
Payouts
| Method | What happens |
|---|---|
| Manual | You pay by bank transfer, check or similar, then click Mark Paid. The affiliate is emailed. |
| PayPal | Click Send via PayPal. Money goes to the affiliate's account email and the payout is marked Completed. |
PayPal needs a Business account with Payouts enabled. Add your Client ID and Secret in Settings → Payout Settings, and test in Sandbox mode first.
Compare plans
- License: 10 Site License
- 1-CLICK WordPress Plugin
- Newbie Friendly
- No tech skills needed
- 6 months of updates
- Standard email support
- Referral links & auto commissions
- Affiliate dashboard
- License: 50 Site License
- 1-CLICK WordPress Plugin
- Newbie Friendly
- No tech skills needed
- 1 year of updates
- Priority support
- Commission tiers with auto upgrades
- Reports & Top 10 affiliates
- License: 100 Site License
- 1-CLICK WordPress Plugin
- Newbie Friendly
- No tech skills needed
- Lifetime updates
- Priority support + setup help
- PayPal Payouts in one click
- Custom rates & email notifications
Every plan includes the full plugin. Plans differ in licenses, updates and support.
Questions
Can an affiliate earn commission on their own purchase?
No. The plugin detects self-referrals and does not create a commission.
What if the customer buys later?
As long as they buy within the cookie window (30 days by default), the affiliate is credited.
What happens when an order is refunded?
With "Reject Commission on Refund" on (the default), the commission is rejected and removed from the balance.
Can I give one affiliate a special rate?
Yes. A custom rate overrides the global default, but a qualifying tier overrides the custom rate.
Total Earnings vs Unpaid Balance?
Total Earnings is everything ever approved or paid. Unpaid Balance is only what is still waiting for payout.
Can I change the ?ref= part of the link?
Yes. Change the Referral URL Parameter in Tracking Settings, for example to "aff".