Affiliate networkViralPayouts vs Monetrack
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. Monetrack also pays affiliates for you and offers multi-tier commissions. It costs $0 a month + 30% of payouts.
Every figure for Monetrack comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Monetrack
Best fit: A brand outside Japan wanting two-level recruiting with a much lower platform fee and a developer API.
- $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
| Monetrack | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 a month + 30% of payouts | $0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month. |
| Setup fee | 0 | None |
| Fee for paying affiliates | Affiliates pay ¥500 per Monepay withdrawal to a bank (JPY) | 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 | Yesvia Hyperwallet (PayPal subsidiary) via Monepay | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | Yes2 levelsMerchant opts in by setting a 2-tier reward | 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 | CNAME first-party tracking (recommended); ITP-compatible JS tag; Image tag; Server/socket, PHP, Ruby on Rails | 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, Welcart, futureshop, easy myshop | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Monetrack plans in full
- Merchant (pay on results): $0 a month, plus 30% of payouts. No initial or monthly fee; merchant sets affiliate commission (from 1%); system fee about 30% of affiliate commission, set after review
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Monetrack
What Monetrack offers
Merchants selling to Japanese consumers who want a pay-on-results affiliate network (ASP) with about 59,000 Japanese bloggers, SNS and X/Twitter affiliates.
Affiliate network
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Fee 10% falling to 3% of payouts vs about 30% of commissions
- Recruiter override configurable per program (share of commission, share of sale or fixed)
- Global, English-first with Stripe/Shopify integrations, REST API and MCP server
What Monetrack users say
Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.
Praise
- Self-claimed: same-day payout to affiliates when merchant pre-funds a deposit, which raises affiliate join rates. monetrack.com
Complaints
- Monetrack notice about suspension and resumption of dot money balance exchanges (Aug 2026). monetrack.com
About Monetrack
- In their words:
- "アフィリエイトASPのマネートラック" (Monetrack, the affiliate ASP) — site title
- Company:
- Singapore (60 Paya Lebar Road, Paya Lebar Square) · FUNDiT ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.
- Website:
- monetrack.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.
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ViralPayouts vs ProfitshareSources for Monetrack (9), checked 12 October 2026
- https://www.monetrack.com
- https://www.monetrack.com/merchants/
- https://www.monetrack.com/features-merchant/
- https://www.monetrack.com/payments/
- https://www.monetrack.com/about-us/
- https://www.monetrack.com/2-tier-affiliate/
- https://www.monetrack.com/features-merchant/merchants-step-up-functions/2-tier-affiliates/
- https://www.monetrack.com/dotmoney-exchange-suspension-2/
- https://www.capterra.com/p/10002023/Monetrack/
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