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Loyalty & Referal
Considering adding either Smile IO or GrowthHero to your ecommerce brand's Shopify tech stack? Loyalty, referral and affiliate marketing tools are critical tech stack components to grow your sales and overall customer satisfaction. Smile IO and GrowthHero offer different features, integrations and pricing models. Read our comparison below to discover which one is best for your brand.
Smile.io powers reward programs for 30,000 merchants across the globe, making it the most popular eCommerce rewards platform in the world. Create a mobile-friendly program that rewards your customers with points, VIP status, and referral bonuses.
- Create loyalty, referral, and VIP rewards programs to increase sales and repeat purchases.
- Customize the rewards launcher, panel, and emails to match your brand's look and feel.
- Encourage repeat purchases by allowing guest shoppers to earn points.
- Integrate with popular apps like Klaviyo, Google Analytics, and Okendo.
- Provide advanced reporting and analytics to measure the success of your loyalty program.
- Comprehensive affiliate management tools to recruit, onboard, and track performance of affiliate partners.
- Customizable affiliate portal and marketing resources to empower partners and drive engagement.
- Multi-tier affiliate programs with tailored commission structures and level-up rewards to incentivize top performers.
- Seamless integrations with leading ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce, as well as email, payments, and analytics tools.
- Detailed reporting and analytics to measure the impact of affiliate marketing initiatives and optimize program performance.
Smile.io offers a free plan as well as four paid pricing tiers ranging from $49 to over $1,000 per month. The paid plans, including Starter, Growth, Pro, and Enterprise, provide increasing levels of functionality and support as the monthly order volume grows, with the Growth plan being the most popular option for mid-sized businesses.
GrowthHero offers three main pricing plans - a Starter plan for $49/month, a Premium plan for $99/month, and an Enterprise plan for $199/month. The plans are structured based on the number of sales and affiliate partners the merchant needs to support, with the higher-tier plans providing additional features like unlimited sales, API access, and priority support.
Smile.io offers a wide range of integrations. Some of the most popular and relevant integrations include:
- Klaviyo
- Mailchimp
- Omnisend
- Recharge
- HubSpot
- Gorgias
- Loox
- Yotpo
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
Smile IO
 in their tech stack:
Brumate
BruMate creates insulated drinkware and coolers designed for everyday adventures. Their product offerings include insulated tumblers, cans, bottles, wine chillers, backpack coolers, and other innovative drinkware accessories, all crafted with premium materials and backed by a lifetime warranty.
Sportiqe
Sportiqe is a direct-to-consumer apparel brand that specializes in creating comfortable and minimalist clothing for men and women. Their collections feature timeless designs like classic tees, sweaters, and loungewear made from premium fabrics engineered for ultimate softness and quality.
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
GrowthHero
 in their tech stack:
Unbound Babes
Health & Wellness
Beautifully designed vibrators, lubricants, sex toys, and accessories at an affordable price. All products made with body safe material and medical grade silicone.
We Sake
Beverage
We Sake puts great quality, delicious-tasting sake in a fun can that you can take anywhere and enjoy with anyone. Made for those who don't need an excuse to drink.
superzero
Hair Care
superzero is a high performance, zero waste haircare product line. Its shampoo bars strengthen and nourish hair and are plant-based, vegan, silicone-free, sulfate-free, palm-free, and free of plastic and microplastic, and 100% soap free.
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