Impact Joins Shopify Plus as Certified App Partner For Affiliate and Influencer Marketing

Impact announced it had been selected by Shopify Plus to be a Certified App Partner for influencer and affiliate marketing. With Impact’s Partnership Cloud, an integrated end-to-end solution for managing partnerships across the entire partner life cycle to activate rapid growth, Shopify Plus merchants can easily and quickly launch and automate affiliate and influencer programs without developer involvement.

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A recent Forrester study found that businesses with mature partnership programs (e.g. affiliates, influencers, content publishers, service providers, B2B partners, etc.) grow faster than competitors.

With the affiliate marketing industry worth $12 billion and influencer marketing expected to be worth $15 billion by 2022, partnerships have become a critical tool for ecommerce companies to connect with new customers and drive sales. And with upcoming changes to individualized ad targeting along with growing dislike of display advertising, partnerships have become a more efficient, high-performing alternative for marketers scrambling to find new customer acquisition channels.

“Traditional advertising has become less effective as consumer trust has waned, which is why partnerships, relationships built on trust, are considerably more effective. It’s estimated that a staggering 75% of the world’s commerce is now driven through partnerships, according to the World Trade Organization. We’re happy to join the Shopify Plus Certified App program to offer Impact’s best-in-class technology to merchants and help drive meaningful growth.”

Michael Head, Chief Partnerships Officer at Impact

Impact and Shopify

Shopify and Shopify Plus merchants can now take advantage of Impact’s Partnership Cloud through Shopify’s App Store.

With Impact’s industry-leading influencer and affiliate program technology, merchants can discover and recruit new partners, develop contracts, settle payments in more than 70 currencies, track partners to attribute performance across devices, measure performance, and communicate the latest brand messaging and updates to partners. 

Merchants also have access to fraud protection and to optimize partnerships to maximize efficiency and growth, all within their Shopify marketplace.

“The Shopify Plus Certified App program is designed to meet the advanced requirements of the world’s fastest-growing brands. We’re happy to welcome Impact to the program, bringing their insight and experience in affiliate and influencer marketing to the Plus merchant community.”

Loren Padelford, GM Revenue at Shopify