Drawbacks to signing up using a partner's affiliate link?

Hey all,

So I have a Shopify link that lets me sign up to Shopify for a free month, but I’m not sure if using it will lead to any problems on my end.

For example, does a portion of what I earn go to the person who referred me?

Does it affect how I can use the Shopify platform?

Does it affect traffic to my site works?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thank you,

Mohamad

@PaulNewton @Kevin_Hartman @ChasingRainbow

No to all, and affiliates payout is from shopifys side of things not the merchants there are no price increases.

https://help.shopify.com/en/partners/how-to-earn#affiliate-referrals

For ALL new stores traffic is only affected in the sense that the storefront locked with a password regardless if it was created through an affiliate link.

This is also completely different from development stores which are created by partners and setup on a merchants behalf, which do have very specific limitations.

https://help.shopify.com/en/partners/dashboard/managing-stores/development-stores

To clarify by payout I mean commission percentage from shopify to the affiliate, it’s not a merchant to affiliate thing affecting things a stores plan price.