Changelog

New Features & Updates

September 2025

Shopping with Popup

Display a shopping with popup to customers when they visit your store using an affiliate's referral link.

You can enable this from the Look and Feel > Toolbars > Shopping with Popup section.

Look and Feel > Toolbars > Shopping with Popup

August 2025

Chat Widget Integration

Integrate a chat widget into your affiliate portal. This will allow you to chat with your affiliates.

You can integrate it by pasting the widget code (from the chat service) to the Look and Feel > Affiliate Dashboard > Custom Javascript Code section.

Look and Feel > Affiliate Dashboard > Custom JavaScript Code section

Click to Conversion Window

Set a timeframe during which a referred customer must make a purchase for the affiliate to receive credit for that sale. It can help in preventing fraud, such as cookie stuffing on the order confirmation page through browser extensions.

You can set it from the Settings > Advanced > Click to Conversion window section.

Settings > Advanced > Click to Conversion window

Here, you can set the minimum and maximum time.

Update the click to conversion window

Tracking Performance

Optimize the referral tracking performance of your affiliate program. It lets you improve your store's performance by caching script files and decreasing server load.

You can set this from the Settings > Advanced > Tracking Performance section.

Settings > Advanced > Tracking Performance

Block Google Ads Update

The Block Google Ads feature has been updated. It now lets you set sales made through Google ad clicks to a pending sale status or to ignore ad clicks.

You can set this from the Settings > Advanced > Block Google Ads section.

Settings > Advanced > Block Google Ads

July 2025

Automatic Coupons Configuration

Set up the customer eligibility and minimum cart quantity for affiliate coupons.

You can set them from the Coupons > Automatic Coupons > Click on Change > Advanced section.

Coupons > Automatic Coupons > Click on Change > Advanced section

Hyper Wallet Integration

Make payments to affiliates from within GoAffPro using Hyperwallet.

You can integrate it from the Settings > Integrations > Hyperwallet section.

Settings > Integrations > Hyperwallet section

June 2025

Bulk Tools Feature

Use bulk tools to perform bulk operations such as importing or updating sales, commissions, affiliates, coupons, and customers in your affiliate program.

You can enable the Bulk Tools option from the Settings > Extras section.

Settings > Extras > Bulk Tools

After this, go to the Bulk Tools tab in your admin panel.

Bulk Tools

Notification Language Preference

Preferred language option has been added to the affiliate's notification preferences, such that email notifications will be sent to the affiliate in this language.

You can set this from the Affiliates > All Affiliates > Click on the affiliate's name to open their profile page > Settings > Notification Preferences section.

Affiliates > All Affiliates > Click on the affiliate's name > Settings > Notification Preferences section

Declare VAT Exemption

Allow affiliates to declare VAT exemption on their commission payouts.

You can enable it from the Settings > Payments > Withholding Tax/Retention Tax/TDS/VAT section.

Settings > Payments > Withholding Tax/Retention Tax/TDS/VAT section

May 2025

SPF Record

Create an SPF record to verify the authenticity of emails from your domain. This ensures that they are not marked as spam by the recipient's email provider.

You can create it from the Settings > Notifications > From Email section.

Settings > Notifications > From Email section

Customize Affiliate Referral Link

The referral link customization window has been updated. It now allows you to disable the referral link, change the landing page, customize the referral code, and shorten the link.

You can set this from the Affiliates > All Affiliates section. After this, click on the affiliate's name to open their profile page > Referral Link option.

Affiliates > All Affiliates > Click on the affiliate's name > Referral Link option

Affiliate Gifts

Set up gifts for affiliates by creating a gift template and assigning it to them. Affiliates can redeem these gifts directly from their dashboard. You also have the option to set up gifts for group affiliates.

You can set up gifts from the Coupons > Gifts section.

Coupons > Gifts

April 2025

Affiliate Payment Settings

The affiliate payment settings section has been updated. All payment settings, such as payment method, minimum payout amount, and commission hold time, are now located in the same section.

You can go to the Affiliates > All Affiliates section. Then, click on the affiliate's name to open their profile page. Next, go to Settings > Payment Settings section > click on Edit.

Affiliates > All Affiliates > Click on the affiliate's name > Affiliate Profile > Settings > Payment Settings

Here, you can set up the payment method and details, minimum payout amount, and commission hold time for the affiliate.

Payment Settings

March 2025

Coupon Template for Group

Set up coupon templates for affiliate groups to configure different coupons for each group.

You can set it from the Groups > Edit Group > Group Configuration > Customer discount option.

Groups > Edit Group > Group Configuration > Customer discount section

Welcome Email for Group

Set up a custom welcome email for the affiliate group. When affiliates register and are added to this group, they will receive the welcome email.

You can set it from the Groups > Edit Group > Group Configuration > Other Configuration option.

Groups > Edit Group > Group Configuration > Other configuration

Here, you can select the custom email.

Select the custom email

Custom Email Notification

Create custom email notification templates for affiliates. These notifications can be used for automations or as custom welcome emails for groups.

You can create these custom email templates from Settings > Notifications > Affiliate's Notifications > Customize Template > New Customer Notifications.

Settings > Notifications > Affiliate's Notifications Customize Template > Custom notification

Invoices Update

The invoice feature now lets you create multiple invoice templates.

You can create it from the Settings > Extras > Invoices > New Invoice template.

Settings > Extras > Invoices > New Invoice template

February 2025

Disable Commission on Self Referral

The option "Disable Commission for Self Referral" has been renamed to "Do not record personal purchases." This allows you to prevent affiliates from earning commissions on their own purchases in the store.

You can enable this from the Settings > General > Sales section.

Settings > General > Sales section

January 2025

1099-NEC form

Generate and issue the 1099-NEC form for your affiliates for your tax filings.

You can generate them from the Settings > Extras > W9 Form section.

Settings > Extras > W9 Form

Here, you generate the 1099-NEC form for the eligible affiliates in your program.

1099 NEC Generator

Social Media Campaign Tracking

Track the performance of social media campaigns and posts made by affiliates using the social media campaign tracking option.

You can enable the Bulk Tools option from the Settings > Extras section.

After this, go to the Social Media tab in your admin panel. Here, you can set up campaign tracking for your affiliates.

Campaigns

Commission on Subscription Renewals

Give commissions to affiliates on subscription renewals of customers.

To enable this, go to the Settings > Advanced > Conversion Preference Order section.

Settings > Advanced > Conversion Preference Order

December 2024

Set up the loading of the tracking code according to the customer's cookie consent preference.

You can set this from the Settings > Advanced > Custom cookie consent section.

Settings > Advanced > Customer cookie consent

The Referral Link settings have been updated. The following options are now consolidated under a single section:

  • Default Referral Link

  • Auto ref linking

  • Multiple Referral Codes

  • Referral Link Style

  • Referral Link Identifiers

You can set them from the Settings > Advanced > Referral Link section.

Settings > Advanced > Referral Link section

November 2024

Store Credit Redemption at Checkout

Allows your affiliates to redeem their pending payment as store credits at the store checkout.

You can set this from the Settings > Payments > Supported Payment Methods section > Enable the "Show in checkout page" option.

Settings > Payments > Supported Payment Methods section

Prevent Indexing of Affiliate Portal

Prevent search engines from indexing your affiliate portal pages.

You can enable this from the Look and Feel > Store Profile > Prevent Indexing section.

Look and Feel > Store Profile > Prevent Indexing

October 2024

Coupon Templates

Create coupon templates with custom configurations and assign coupons to affiliates using that template.

You can create the coupon template from the Coupons > Automatic Coupons > Create coupon template option.

Coupons > Automatic Coupons > Create coupon template

Here, you can create the coupon template and then assign coupons to affiliates using that template.

Create coupon template

Personal Coupon Templates

Create personal coupon templates with custom configurations and assign personal coupons to affiliates using that template.

You can create the coupon template from the Coupons > Personal Coupons > Create coupon template option.

Coupons > Personal Coupons > Create coupon template

Affiliate Manager

Give a user account access to the dashboard of other affiliates.

You can set this from the Affiliates > All Affiliates section. Click on the affiliate's name to open their profile page. Next, go to Settings > Manage other affiliates section.

Affiliates > All Affiliates > Click on the affiliate's name > Affiliate Profile > Settings > Manage other affiliates

When this account user logs into their dashboard, they can select the affiliate account they wish to access. The account you provide access to will not have its own dashboard; instead, it will function as a manager for other affiliate accounts.

Affiliate account access

September 2024

Post Checkout Popup Update (Shopify)

To enable the Post Checkout Popup in Shopify stores, merchants must now integrate the post checkout popup block into the thank you page.

You can do this from the Shopify admin panel > Online Stores > Theme > Customize. Here, go to Checkout and new customer accounts page > Thank you page > Add app block > Select Post Checkout Popup block.

Shopify admin panel > Online Stores > Theme > Customize > Checkout & new customers > Thank you > Add block > Post Checkout Popup

Share A Cart

Allow customers and affiliates to create and share cart links, enabling them to share links to pre-filled carts with others.

You can set this up from Look and Feel > Toolbars > Share A Cart option. You will need to add the share a cart block to the cart page in your store theme.

Look and Feel > Toolbars > Share A Cart

Mandatory W9 form Requirement for Affiliates

Make it mandatory for affiliates to complete the W9 form, required for tax filing purposes.

You can set this from the Look and Feel > Affiliate Dashboard > Dashboard Tabs > Edit Form. Create a W9 form profile field > Set it as required > Enable the "Disable dashboard access until the profile is completed" option.

Mandatory filling out of the W9 form

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