ViralPayouts vs Adverships Affiliate Network
ViralPayouts has no monthly fee, pays your affiliates for you and pays recruiters on every program. You pay 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3%, and nothing in a month when nobody sells. With Adverships Affiliate Network, paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $4 to $10 a month.
Every figure for Adverships Affiliate Network comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Adverships Affiliate Network
Best fit: Brands wanting two-tier recruiting and payouts handled with an auditable ledger.
- $0 a month
No plan and no setup fee. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
- Payouts done for you
One invoice per program. ViralPayouts sends every partner and recruiter their money and collects tax forms.
- Recruiters built in
Customer links and recruit links on every program, with the override set your way and reversed on refunds.
Side by side
| Adverships Affiliate Network | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4 to $10 a month | $0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month. |
| Setup fee | Not stated | None |
| Fee for paying affiliates | Not stated | Included in the fee above: no charge to the brand for sending payoutsPartners pay Whop's own fee when they withdraw to their bank |
| Pays your affiliates for you | Optional | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | Not stated | Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups |
| Public program directory | Yes | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | pixel; click tracking; CPC caps | First-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook |
| Coupon tracking | Not stated | Yes A code per partner, per program |
| Mobile app tracking | Not stated | App installs, sign-ups and purchases reported from your server through the signed event API, with bounties on them. No SDK to ship in your app. |
| API, webhooks, MCP | Not stated | REST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks |
| Integrations | Shopify, WooCommerce plugin | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Adverships Affiliate Network plans in full
- Basic: $4 a month. Invite your own creators, unlimited partners/campaigns
- Network: $10 a month. Browse full creator directory, send requests, network campaigns
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Adverships Affiliate Network
What Adverships Affiliate Network offers
Shopify/WooCommerce merchants recruiting bloggers and creators on commission, per-click or hybrid terms.
Affiliate network
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Two-tier recruiter override built into every program with a separate recruit link
- REST API + MCP; Stripe and event API
- Clear payouts handled with ledger
About Adverships Affiliate Network
- In their words:
- "A simpler, sleeker affiliate network." (adverships.com)
- Company:
- Founded App launched June 9, 2026 · Mesa, AZ, US · Adverships
- Website:
- adverships.com
Try ViralPayouts on test money
Set your commission and recruiter override, see what each sale costs you, and run it on the test network before a real partner joins. No monthly fee.
Sources for Adverships Affiliate Network (3), checked 12 October 2026
Adverships Affiliate Network is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Adverships Affiliate Network. Prices and features change: check adverships.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.