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ViralPayouts vs ByDesign Technologies

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 ByDesign Technologies, paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and offers multi-tier commissions. It does not publish its prices.

Every figure for ByDesign Technologies comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over ByDesign Technologies

Best fit: A brand that wants affiliates plus one recruiter level paid on performance, without running an MLM back office.

$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.

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Side by side

	ByDesign Technologies	ViralPayouts
Price	Not published: quote on request	$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	YesUnlimited (configurable unilevel, hybrid, binary, matrix, party plans) levelsAll plans include a compensation plan	Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directory	No	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	Genealogy/sponsor tree; Replicated rep websites; Rep ecommerce orders and autoship	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	Partly	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 eCommerce, Third-party warehouse/shipping/ERP via APIs, Wayroo app	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

ByDesign Technologies plans in full

Lite: price not published. Back office, rep tools, ecommerce, Freedom Bank, basic comp plan; price on request
Standard: price not published. Adds currencies, languages, marketing site hosting
Professional: price not published. Adds sandbox, data warehouse
Enterprise: price not published. Adds dedicated infrastructure

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of ByDesign Technologies

What ByDesign Technologies offers

Direct-selling, MLM, party-plan and network-marketing companies (startup to $1B+) needing genealogy, compensation-plan commissions, rep back office, replicated sites and ecommerce.

Other · Capterra 4.8 (56 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

No monthly fee vs a quote-only enterprise contract (Capterra lists from $2,500/month)
Launch in minutes with Stripe/Shopify/event API instead of an implementation project
Public directory where partners find programs
Simple two-level affiliate + recruiter model without MLM regulatory baggage

What ByDesign Technologies users say

Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.

Praise

Proven platform with a service-based team covering every part of a direct-selling business; recommended to Florida Direct Sellers members. capterra.com
Heavy customisation (promotions etc.) possible without custom programming. capterra.com
Client Paparazzi praises staff who called at 4am about its launch. bydesign.com

Complaints

Hard to use the software's capabilities without busy, often inaccessible subject experts; standard support not enough. capterra.com
Shopping cart still lags despite improvements. capterra.com
Many options mean a learning curve. capterra.com

About ByDesign Technologies

In their words:: "We Empower the World's Leading Multi Level Marketing Companies" (homepage H1); "Software for Direct Selling, MLM, Party Plan, Affiliate, Influencer, Referral Marketing and more!"
Company:: Founded 2000 · Kansas City area (parent Retail Success is Kansas City-based) · Retail Success (owned by Scott and Shannon Maher) since 2019; sister brands National Merchant Alliance and Wayroo
Named customers:: Paparazzi Accessories, Kyani, J.Hilburn, Jordan Essentials, SendOutCards, HealthyHome
Website:: bydesign.com

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Sources for ByDesign Technologies (7), checked 12 October 2026

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