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Loyalty & Referal
Considering adding either Smile IO or Share-a-Sale to your ecommerce brand's Shopify tech stack? Loyalty, referral and affiliate marketing tools are critical tech stack components to grow your sales and overall customer satisfaction. Smile IO and Share-a-Sale offer different features, integrations and pricing models. Read our comparison below to discover which one is best for your brand.
Smile.io powers reward programs for 30,000 merchants across the globe, making it the most popular eCommerce rewards platform in the world. Create a mobile-friendly program that rewards your customers with points, VIP status, and referral bonuses.
- Create loyalty, referral, and VIP rewards programs to increase sales and repeat purchases.
- Customize the rewards launcher, panel, and emails to match your brand's look and feel.
- Encourage repeat purchases by allowing guest shoppers to earn points.
- Integrate with popular apps like Klaviyo, Google Analytics, and Okendo.
- Provide advanced reporting and analytics to measure the success of your loyalty program.
- Access to a vast network of over 1 million affiliate partners across various industries and niches to promote your products.
- Customizable commission structures and payout models to incentivize affiliates and align with your business goals.
- Real-time click and conversion tracking to monitor the performance of your affiliate campaigns and optimize accordingly.
- Comprehensive reporting and analytics dashboards to gain insights into traffic sources, sales, and return on investment.
- Dedicated support team and educational resources to help merchants set up, manage, and grow their affiliate programs.
Smile.io offers a free plan as well as four paid pricing tiers ranging from $49 to over $1,000 per month. The paid plans, including Starter, Growth, Pro, and Enterprise, provide increasing levels of functionality and support as the monthly order volume grows, with the Growth plan being the most popular option for mid-sized businesses.
ShareASale has a straightforward pricing structure for ecommerce merchants. Every new merchant must pay a one-time, non-refundable joining fee of $625, as well as a minimum deposit of $125 to pre-fund their account. In addition to these setup fees, ShareASale charges a recurring 20% tracking fee on each qualified transaction, as well as a $35 monthly platform fee for access to the network. This monthly fee begins one month after the merchant's program goes live on the ShareASale platform.
Smile.io offers a wide range of integrations. Some of the most popular and relevant integrations include:
- Klaviyo
- Mailchimp
- Omnisend
- Recharge
- HubSpot
- Gorgias
- Loox
- Yotpo
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
Smile IO
 in their tech stack:
Sportiqe
Sportiqe is a direct-to-consumer apparel brand that specializes in creating comfortable and minimalist clothing for men and women. Their collections feature timeless designs like classic tees, sweaters, and loungewear made from premium fabrics engineered for ultimate softness and quality.
Kizik
Kizik burst onto the seen just a few years ago with their world-famous, hands-free slip-on shoes. They're stylish, convenient and even fun. Since they've launched, they have expanded into a bunch of different categories within shoes: casual, stylish, everyday and athletic...all with their awesome hands-free design.
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
ShareASale
 in their tech stack:
Marchesa
Apparel
Marchesa is a high-end womenswear brand known for its evening-wear, daywear, and bridal collections. Founded in 2004 by Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, Marchesa has become a red carpet favorite, with its dresses worn by numerous celebrities. They offer a wide range of products, including ready-to-wear gowns, bridesmaid dresses, and accessories like handbags and shoes.
Levain Bakery
Food
Levain Bakery is a renowned New York City-based bakery known for its decadent, oversized cookies that have gained a cult following among locals and tourists alike. Founded in 1995 by Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald, Levain Bakery has expanded to multiple locations across the city, offering a variety of flavors including chocolate chip walnut, dark chocolate chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and more.
Create
Health & Wellness
Create Wellness launched the first-ever creatine gummy to market in 2023 and has been off to the races ever since. Create's creatine gummy is packed with 1.5mg of creatine and now comes multiple delicious flavors, including Orange, Blue Raspberry, Watermelon and Sour Green Apple.
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