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Loyalty & Referal
Considering adding either Smile IO or SARAL 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 SARAL 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.
SARAL is a simple influencer marketing platform for DTC brands. You can find untapped influencers, automate reach outs, ship free products, generate tracking links/codes, and do everything else from tracking performance to payments. Their mission is to be the world’s first “InfluencerOS” i.e. the one-stop-shop for all kinds of influencer campaigns. As of today, brands are running campaigns ranging from seeding, gifting, UGC, traditional paid deals, and ambassador programs.
- 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.
- Comprehensive influencer discovery capabilities that allow merchants to search for and identify high-quality creators across platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube based on detailed metrics like follower count, engagement rate, and authenticity.
- Streamlined outreach and relationship management tools, including email templates, automated follow-ups, and a built-in CRM, to help merchants efficiently connect with and nurture their influencer partnerships.
- Seamless product seeding and affiliate tracking functionalities that enable merchants to ship free products, generate custom affiliate links, and monitor the performance of their influencer campaigns in real-time.
- Comprehensive reporting and analytics dashboards that provide merchants with detailed insights into the return on investment (ROAS) of their influencer marketing efforts, allowing them to make data-driven decisions.
- Flexible, all-in-one pricing structure with no long-term contracts or hidden fees, making SARAL an accessible and scalable solution for ecommerce merchants of all sizes.
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.
SARAL offers a single pricing plan starting at $399 per month, billed quarterly at $1,197. This plan provides access to SARAL's full suite of influencer marketing features, including influencer discovery, outreach automation, product seeding, affiliate tracking, and performance analytics, with no limits on the number of influencers managed.
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:
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.
Monos
Monos is a Canadian luggage brand that offers high-quality, durable, and stylish luggage at an affordable price point. The brand is focused on mindful travel and sustainability, using the same materials as luxury luggage brands but selling directly to consumers to reduce costs. Monos luggage features aerospace-grade polycarbonate shells, waterproof interiors, and compression packing cubes.
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
SARAL
 in their tech stack:
Gooseberry
Apparel
Inspired by the beauty and spirit of Bali, Gooseberry Intimates makes bathing suits, intimates, and loungewear with daring details & the right amount of sass.
Eons
Health & Wellness
Eons is a biotech wellness brand that uses functional mushrooms to make a happier, healthier you.
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