WordPress affiliate pluginViralPayouts vs Affiliates (itthinx)
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. With Affiliates (itthinx), you pay your affiliates yourself and has two-tier recruiting on some plans only. It costs $0 a month.
Every figure for Affiliates (itthinx) comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Affiliates (itthinx)
Best fit: A brand wanting hosted tracking with automated partner payouts and recruitment
- $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
| Affiliates (itthinx) | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 a month | $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 | No | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | Higher plansUnlimited levelsAffiliates Enterprise | Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups |
| Public program directory | No | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | affiliate links; coupon referrals (Pro); image/iframe pixel tracking (Enterprise) | First-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook |
| Coupon tracking | Partly | 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 | WooCommerce, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, Formidable Forms | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Affiliates (itthinx) plans in full
- Affiliates (free): $0 a month. Unlimited affiliates; totals for manual payment
- Affiliates Pro: price not published. $34.50-$114.50 per licence (1, 5 or 25 sites); duration not stated
- Affiliates Enterprise: price not published. $74.50-$199.50 per licence (1, 5 or 25 sites); multi-tier, campaigns, pixel tracking
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Affiliates (itthinx)
What Affiliates (itthinx) offers
WordPress/WooCommerce site owners wanting a self-hosted affiliate system; Enterprise for multi-tier
WordPress affiliate plugin
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Actually pays partners for the brand via Whop
- Works outside WordPress (S2S API, Stripe)
- Separate customer and recruit links built in
- Public directory and shared partner account
About Affiliates (itthinx)
- In their words:
- "Affiliates" WordPress plugin family (free, Pro, Enterprise) by itthinx
- Company:
- itthinx
- Website:
- wordpress.org
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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