Customer referral software

ViralPayouts vs Nector

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 Nector, you pay your affiliates yourself and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 to $349 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Nector

Best fit: A brand that wants outside affiliates paid in cash with recruiter overrides and payouts handled.

$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

	Nector	ViralPayouts
Price	$0 to $349 a monthTerm: Billed monthly in USD	$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	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	No	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	Unique referral link and code per customer; Real-time referral tracking	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	API, webhooks	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, WooCommerce, Magento, Klaviyo, Shopify POS	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Nector plans in full

Free: $0 a month. Up to 300 orders/month, unlimited members, referral program; dashboard locks at quota, no overage
Starter: $49 a month. Up to 1,000 orders/month; extra orders $15 per 100; reviews, events and webhooks, dedicated referral page, 1 integration
Growth: $179 a month. Up to 4,000 orders/month; extra orders $10 per 100; remove branding, 3 integrations
Premium: $349 a month. Up to 12,000 orders/month; extra orders $5 per 100; VIP tiers, API access, unlimited integrations
Custom: price not published. Quote; retail POS, multi-location, memberships

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Nector

What Nector offers

D2C ecommerce and physical retail brands (largely India, also US/UK) on Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, custom sites or Indian POS systems that want loyalty points, customer referrals and reviews in one dashboard.

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Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Cash commissions paid to partners via Whop; Nector only rewards customers with coupons/points
Two-level partner + recruiter overrides
Public program directory for partners
Signed server-to-server event API and Stripe Checkout webhook for software/digital brands

What Nector users say

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

Praise

None found.

Complaints

Only low Shopify review (Better Herbs India, Dec 2025): poor customer support and no visible benefit, 'money totally wasted'. apps.shopify.com

About Nector

In their words:: Nector | Loyalty, Referrals, Reviews & Memberships for Shopify & Retail
Company:: Founded 2022 · Mumbai, India (offices also in Bengaluru and New York) · Seven Billion Technologies Private Limited; co-founders Ayush Shukla and Omar Qureshi
Named customers:: Plum, The Face Shop, Tata Nutrikorner, XYXX (74.4% monthly referral completion rate, self-reported), Amrutam (77.7% referral completion rate, self-reported), Two Brothers USA
Website:: nector.io

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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Sources for Nector (6), checked 12 October 2026

Nector is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Nector. Prices and features change: check nector.io before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.