Unapproved affiliates earn commissions or issue live codes
Affiliate and collaborator accounts earn commissions or create live discount codes before the merchant approves them, across several Shopify affiliate apps.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
17 public reports · first reported 30 December 2023 · last reported 29 June 2026
What's going wrong
Merchants using several Shopify affiliate and creator apps report that partners they never approved can already act on their store. Some unapproved accounts create and share discount codes that customers can use, and some earn commissions on existing codes or new offers. Others find collaborators they never invited with scheduled payouts on real orders, noticed only by chance when they check the payout list. Reporters are small and mid-size brands running influencer programs, and the pattern recurs across different apps. Because access comes before approval, the gap is in enforcement rather than in any single feature. The opportunity is a gate that holds codes and payouts until explicit approval and alerts the merchant to any new payee.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports.
Products affected
Shopify Collabs, GOAFFPRO ‑ Affiliate Marketing, Snowball: Affiliate Marketing.
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Who has this problem
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