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ViralPayouts vs LinkHaitao Affiliate Network

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. LinkHaitao Affiliate Network also pays affiliates for you and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over LinkHaitao Affiliate Network

Best fit: A brand that wants to build its own partner and recruiter program, with transparent fees and payouts handled for it.

$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

	LinkHaitao Affiliate Network	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	Yesvia LinkHaitao "Unified Payment System"	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	Yes40,000+ advertisers claimed programs	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	Automatically generated affiliate links; Sub-affiliate tracking through partner networks; Shopify app	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	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	Shopify app, Partner affiliate networks (CJ, Rakuten nominations)	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

LinkHaitao Affiliate Network plans in full

Cost Per Sale (CPS): $0 a month. Free to install the Shopify app; brand pays per sale; commission/network fee not published

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of LinkHaitao Affiliate Network

What LinkHaitao Affiliate Network offers

Cross-border ecommerce brands that want sales from Chinese and global publishers (cashback, voucher, KOL, blog, tools sites) on a cost-per-sale basis, often via their existing CJ/Rakuten programs.

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Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

You run and own your own program and partner relationships
Published fee (10% falling to 3% of payouts) vs undisclosed network terms
Two-level recruiter overrides
REST API, MCP server and Stripe/Shopify/event API tracking

What LinkHaitao Affiliate Network users say

Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.

Praise

Flexible payment options in any country, banks or PayPal, with fixed monthly withdrawals (audreyrivet, publisher testimonial). linkhaitao.com
Professional customer success team (Cocoflo, publisher testimonial). linkhaitao.com

Complaints

Shopify app has no reviews and the developer "doesn't offer direct support in English". apps.shopify.com

About LinkHaitao Affiliate Network

In their words:: "Drive Incremental Sales for Brands with Quality Content"; Shopify listing: "Top Sub-Affiliate Network in China & the Global Market"
Company:: Founded 2014 · Shanghai, China (Shopify developer: 五五海淘（上海）科技股份有限公司); contact address in Mong Kok, Hong Kong; team in US, China, Philippines, Korea · 五五海淘（上海）科技股份有限公司 (55haitao, Shanghai)
Named customers:: Brooks Brothers (featured advertiser), Stuart Weitzman EU & UK (featured advertiser), Off-White (featured advertiser), CheapOair (featured advertiser), Domestika (featured advertiser)
Website:: linkhaitao.com

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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 LinkHaitao Affiliate Network (4), checked 12 October 2026

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