Affiliate network

ViralPayouts vs Profitshare

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. Profitshare also pays affiliates for you and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs 30% of payouts.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Profitshare

Best fit: A brand selling internationally that wants a much lower fee on payouts and partners who recruit partners.

$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

	Profitshare	ViralPayouts
Price	30% of payouts	$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	Yesvia Profitshare (brand is invoiced for commissions + network fee)	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	No	Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directory	Yes58 programs shown on homepage counter; list by category programs	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	Tracking and conversion-confirmation scripts (Shopify app installs them); Cookies; Product feed and product directory for affiliate tools; Profitshare widget	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	API	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 app (Romania and Bulgaria), Platform plugins (support center), Profitshare API	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Profitshare plans in full

Advertiser: price not published, plus 30% of payouts. "Comisionul de reţea Profitshare este de 30% din valoarea comisioanelor pe care le plăteşti afiliaţilor" (network fee 30% of commissions paid to affiliates). Example: 1,000 lei commissions + 300 lei fee = 1,300 lei invoice. Prices in RON.

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Profitshare

What Profitshare offers

Online shops selling in Romania and Bulgaria that want to join an affiliate network with 150,000+ registered affiliates and pay commissions only on sales.

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Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Fee 10% falling to 3% of partner payouts vs Profitshare's 30% network fee
Two-level partner + recruiter overrides
Works globally, not just Romania and Bulgaria
REST API, MCP server and signed S2S events

About Profitshare

In their words:: "Platforma de marketing afiliat cu cele mai mari vânzări din România" (the affiliate marketing platform with the highest sales in Romania)
Company:: Founded March 2009 (launched as eMAG.ro's affiliate program); taken over by Conversion agency March 2013; multi-advertiser network from June 2013 · Voluntari (Bucharest area), Romania · Conversion Marketing SRL
Named customers:: eMAG.ro (original program), Claims 4.02 billion lei of sales generated since 2009, 150,000+ registered affiliates
Website:: profitshare.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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Sources for Profitshare (5), checked 12 October 2026

Profitshare is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Profitshare. Prices and features change: check profitshare.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.