Shopify Collabs

Shopify has an outstanding and extensive API, yet they have no such API access for Collabs. It's the main drawback. I hope in their summer of code this year they decide to focus on this.

So far I am really enjoying the ease of use of this app. It makes it very easy for Content creators to partner with me and earn a commission.

I would give this app five stars but I have two requests. I would like to be able to edit the gifts being provided to the collaborators to accommodate for discontinued products and/or new products.

Also recently, whenever possible, I have been sending the invitation through collabs as well as through their email address whenever it is provided. I have had more of a success rate with people replying or accepting my offer to the emails I send rather than to the collab invite. One collaborator told me that she did not receive a notification of my collab invite but she did receive my email that I sent directly to her. So I'm not sure if there is a delivery issue there?

Otherwise, I really love this app!

suggestion:
improve more detail setup like:
1. Tier system - over certain amount, unlock higher comm tier
2. Exception setting for particular item : fix commission regardless tier
3. Make the comm rule clearer: how system execulete between: Any product / Selected collection / select product
4. Add "exclude product" from selected collection

thanks !

It would be nice if when you're going to invite users, that it would return to the page that you were on vs. forcing you to re-enter your search criteria and scroll back to the page you were on,

The creator engagement is low. I would also like better filters to sort my lists. When I collect creators, there is no easy way to sort the invited and not-yet-invited accounts within that list. This means that I need to go through manually for every step. It would also benefit brands to see if creators have even seen our invitations.

Could you add a translation option? This is a key feature for multilingual stores. Thank you.

The app is ok for managing your own collabs.

But collabs that you get from Shopify, i.e. collab applications are mostly SEO parasites. All they did about a year ago - get your coupon, add it to a coupon website and make money of your on your brand.
Shopify tried to deal with this.

What they do now is create a website that has some info from your website and add their collab link there. Some people click on their page found in Google and that's it - they make money of you. The more traffic your attract - the more well known your brand is, the more they will make money of your. BUT THEY WON'T BRING YOU TRAFFIC or any extra money. They will simply reduce your margins.

So app itself if ok, but most collabs applying via Shopify are scammers.

Also, if you have a subscription model, app does not correctly attribute sales.

What's great about this app is that it's free and built into Shopify. That simplicity can't be overstated. For 90% of people out there, including myself, it's plenty. But it's also very barebones. For example, the "recruiting" section features many influencers who are not registered with Collabs, so like why are they there? Also, tons of spammers sign up. I think I've had one legit person sign up in two years. Mostly it's me inviting people.

Love it, super straight forward, lots of creator opportunities, recruiting tab is good for finding your niche. Wish there were a few things like being able to directly see the content your affiliate made, wish there was a more streamlined way to add creators and view their content without having to hit the back button 4 times. Lots more information provided than other affiliate programs.

The general sign up link doesn't work for small creators but small creators are also valuable for bottom funnel. Would be great to adjust it to streamline onboarding