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Loyalty & Referal
Considering adding either Smile IO or Refersion 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 Refersion 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 easily onboard, track performance, and pay commissions to an unlimited number of affiliates.
- Seamless integrations with leading ecommerce platforms like Shopify, BigCommerce, and WooCommerce, as well as popular marketing apps.
- Advanced attribution and privacy features that leverage first-party data to ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR and CCPA.
- Affiliate discovery capabilities through the Refersion Marketplace, allowing merchants to connect with relevant influencers and brand ambassadors.
- Customizable commission structures, payment options, and reporting to build trust and maximize the ROI of affiliate marketing programs.
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.
Refersion offers three main pricing plans for ecommerce merchants - Professional ($99/month if paid annually, $119/month if paid monthly), Business ($249/month if paid annually, $299/month if paid monthly), and Enterprise (custom pricing). The plans are structured based on the merchant's projected monthly order volume, with the Professional plan covering up to 50 monthly orders and the Business plan covering up to 200 monthly orders.
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:
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.
Kizik
Kizik burst onto the seen just a few years ago with their world-famous, hands-free slip-on shoes. They're stylish, convenient and even fun. Since they've launched, they have expanded into a bunch of different categories within shoes: casual, stylish, everyday and athletic...all with their awesome hands-free design.
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
Refersion
 in their tech stack:
She's Birdie
Lifestyle
She's Birdie sells personal safety alarms designed for women's safety and self-defense. The main product is called "Birdie", which is a small device that emits an extremely loud siren and flashing strobe light when activated to deter potential attackers and draw attention.
Tusol
Health & Wellness
Tusol Wellness offers a range of high-quality, plant-based wellness products designed to support overall health and well-being. Their product line includes supplements, tinctures, and topicals formulated with carefully sourced, natural ingredients like CBD, adaptogens, and botanical extracts.
Pepper
Apparel
Pepper is here to celebrate small-chested bodies because they deserve love too. Pepper bras fit exceptionally well and are designed specifically for AA, A nad B cups.
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