Changelog
What's new
The latest release was on 12 October 2026: program terms, payout calendar, shopify, postbacks and brand accounts. Every change to ViralPayouts that brands or partners would notice is listed here, newest first.
Program terms, payout calendar, Shopify, postbacks and brand accounts
- NewProgram terms: one standard agreement for every program. Brands choose the numbers within fair limits, partners accept a versioned copy, and a change that cuts what partners earn waits for a notice period. Read more
- NewEvery program has public full terms, with every earlier version readable. Read more
- NewPayout calendar: brands are invoiced twice a month, and partners are paid as soon as the brand pays, with a latest payout date each cycle. Read more
- NewBrands can pay invoices online through Whop or by bank transfer. Read more
- NewConnect a Shopify store with two order webhooks. Nothing to add to the theme. Read more
- NewDifferent commissions per product or plan, and fixed bounties for app events such as a sign-up or an install.
- NewAn MCP endpoint and API keys, so a brand can let an AI agent work with its programs. Read more
- NewMessages between a brand and its partners, one to one or to every approved partner.
- NewPartners can download all their data or delete their account from the portal. Read more
- NewPostback URLs: a partner's tracker is told when a sale is recorded, approved or reversed. Read more
- NewSub IDs 1 to 5 on every link, first-click or last-click crediting, partner coupon codes with an end time, and commissions on subscription renewals. Read more
- NewBrand accounts: sign up, confirm your email, invite your team as owner, manager or viewer, reset a password, and turn on two-step sign-in. Read more
- NewEach program has its own Stripe webhook address and signing secret. Read more
- NewA public directory of programs to join, and a public page for each partner. Read more
- NewCustom rates for large programs, with a booking page. Read more
- ImprovedThe fee now reaches its lowest rate at a much lower monthly payout volume. Sales already made keep the rate they were priced on. Read more
- ImprovedThe home page and pricing page show how one sale splits between partner, recruiter, fee and brand, with sliders. Read more
- ImprovedClicks from crawlers, link previews and prefetches are filtered out and counted separately.
- ImprovedSales are flagged when the click came from the brand's own console or the partner's own portal.
- ImprovedNew colours and the bounty coin logo.
An honest rewrite
- RemovedReplaced the first marketing site, which made claims the product could not back, with pages that describe only what the code does.
- NewPartner payouts through Whop, with simulated payouts on test networks. Read more
- NewSigned server-to-server events for sales and refunds. Read more
- NewTest networks (testnet and devnet) where no real money can move. Read more
First version
- NewThe first ViralPayouts: a brand dashboard, a partner portal, a marketplace of programs and Stripe sales tracking.