Affiliate data lost on uninstall or shutdown, no export
Affiliate apps wipe partner records and commission balances when removed or shut down, with no warning or export option for merchants.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 2 February 2021 · last reported 7 September 2026
What's going wrong
Across several affiliate marketing apps on Shopify, merchants report that removing the app or the vendor shutting down wipes their affiliate records and commission balances.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.