ShopBase Referral Program FAQs

The ShopBase Referral Program is an affiliate program of ShopBase that is designated for dropshipping sellers, educators, influencers, review sites, and content creators to educate their audience about entrepreneurship with ShopBase and to earn commission for their referrals.
To apply for the ShopBase Referral Program, you need to meet the following requirements:

To apply for the ShopBase Referral Program, you need to meet the following requirements:

  • You own and run an active website
  • You have an established audience
  • You create original content, such as online courses, blog posts, videos, or guides
  • You have experience with commerce, entrepreneurship, ShopBase, or other ecommerce platforms
  • You have read the ShopBase Referral Program Agreements

ShopBase carefully reviews your application. If your application is approved, then you receive an email with an Referral link to promote ShopBase, and some tools to help you get started. In most cases, applications to the ShopBase Referral Program are processed in no longer than 2 business days.

ShopBase referrals are tracked using a unique reference handle that's assigned to each Referrer when they're accepted into the program. Referrals use this unique link to direct their audience to a ShopBase property so that successful referrals can be attributed to them.

ShopBase Referrers earn commission for merchants that they refer to ShopBase through a link that contains their unique referral handle. Referrals earn a 300% bounty for each successful merchant they refer to ShopBase. This means that they earn 3x the monthly plan price selected by the merchant that they referred.

Referrer receives a commission rate of up to 300% which will be paid within 3 months from the date the referred merchant registers for ShopBase’s paid plan. To receive this full 300% commission, the merchant must be active for 3 consecutive months. In case the merchant cancels the plan when it is less than 3 months, the commission rate will be paid corresponding to the time the merchant active, as follows:

The merchant is active for 1 month => Referrer receives a 100% commission
The merchant is active for 2 month => Referrer receives a 200% commission

The ShopBase Referrals Program uses PayPal for Referrer payouts. For credits accumulated from the 1st of the month up to and including the 15th of the month, the payout occurs five business days after the 15th day of the month. For credits created from the 16th of the month up to and including the last day of the month, the payout occurs five business days after the last day of the month. If the commission balance is less than $100, then the balance is held until the next payout period.

You can track the referrals you made, the total earnings in a pay period, and the total earnings to date. You can also track when a merchant has switched from a trial to a paid plan. If a merchant doesn't switch to a paid plan before the trial is over, then the merchant is marked as Frozen.