Awin Pricing Overview

I’ve been using Awin for a while now, and it’s still one of the platforms I check most often. There are plenty of well-known brands, and finding new programs to join is usually straightforward. The interface is easy to navigate, and I like having reporting and performance data all in one place.

From what I’ve seen, tracking links and commission reports have been reliable, which makes it simpler to keep on top of results. Over time, strong performance can also lead to more opportunities with brands, and I appreciate that added value beyond just the commissions. From a return perspective, it’s been worthwhile.

Getting started was simple, and I haven’t run into any major issues. That said, I think more personalized recommendations based on my niche and past performance would make the experience even better. Overall, it’s been positive though maybe that’s just me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Overall, my experience has been positive. That said, the dashboard navigation is the one area that I think could be improved, especially when I’m trying to search through programs. Right now it doesn’t feel very intuitive, which makes it harder to use than it needs to be. This is the main thing I’d like to see addressed, and it seems like even a small change to the navigation or search flow could make a noticeable difference. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can get your website onto cashback websites, and it integrates easily with Shopify, our e-commerce platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is overly complicated. The platform user interface is terribly confusing. The new interface is simple but lacks the ability to do much.

We used to be able to offer assisted commission, but now it's been removed from our package, yet affiliates are still receiving assisted commission.

Whenever I contact support, I get no response. None - at all. Nothing.

There are far too many voucher/discount code affiliates who will breach your terms and steal last-click commission from others; it's an unfair platform for influencers and content providers as a result of this. The worst ones are those with browser extensions that automatically fill in a discount code on our checkout. It makes my blood boil. Others just make up discount codes.

Sub-network affiliates are dishonest - they are supposed to be split into different types of affiliates (usually a separate account for discount code affiliates). But the affiliates of the sub-network lie about what they do, in order to get higher commission.

We changed our brand logo a couple of years ago, and had to manually contact every affiliate to get them to change it. Which was an exhausting process. And several discount code sites just ignored us and wouldn't change our own trademarked brand logo - so I ended the partnership.

The ROI is terrible. It's completely inflated by dishonest discount code websites, which do nothing and steal commission from others. AWIN offers few or no tools to spread commission on a first and last click basis, to stop these sites from stealing the commission of others on a last click basis.

Products feed through on our Shopify integration, but we cannot see the products on the AWIN platform, so we have no idea if it's working. Rendering this a pointless exercise too.

The AI help is about as helpful as my 98-year-old granny. And there's no point in contacting support, given that there is none.

The worst part of everything is the excessive number of discount code sites, that sometimes masquerade as something else in order to get higher commission, who take your brand logo, use AI to scrape the internet for any discount codes, rather than just those you advertise on AWIN, tarnish your brand by advertising other brands on your brand profile, or by advertising fake discount codes or fake reviews, and steal the commission of others by auto-filling the coupon code box on your checkout. Do not accept them as affiliates; they will ruin your business.

Overall, performance has got worse and worse over the last few years, with too many dishonest discount code sites and few tools to combat them. We're not far from giving up and leaving. I'll give it one more month and then I'm gone. Infact, now I've written this review, I've finally realised that AWIN is pointless for our business. It's too complicated, wasting our margin and harming our brand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.