What’s new in Partnero

General

Block referrals from paid ads

You now have more control over your program quality. A new setting lets you automatically reject referrals originating from paid advertisements, helping you ensure organic and fair program participation. Available for both Affiliate and Refer-a-Friend programs. Read more.

Weekly program performance emails

Stay informed without logging in. Get a weekly snapshot of your program’s performance—including affiliate and referral stats—delivered straight to your inbox. It’s the easiest way to stay on top of growth trends and partner activity. Read more.

API updates

You can now archive and restore partners and customers via API. Plus, you can sync birthday dates through API or integrations like Zapier—perfect for triggering anniversary and birthday rewards automatically.

Affiliate

Auto-generated invoices for partner payouts

Make payouts easier and more compliant. When affiliates request a payout, invoices can now be auto-generated—making things smoother for both you and your accountant. It’s a win-win for you and your partner. Learn more.

Reward distribution stats

Using advanced commission? From now on, you can view all rewards, whether active or inactive, that have been distributed to your partner. Program-level statistics are available in the Analytics tab, while partner-specific data is accessible in each partner’s profile.

New webhooks for partner events

We have introduced new webhooks for better integration with your system. Now you can receive webhooks for partner approve, reject, and archive events. Read more about webhooks here.

New time-based conditions for Advanced commissions

We have added a condition value period setting to dynamic commissions. This allows you to offer dynamic rewards based on your partner’s performance in the specified time period. For example, increase the commission if the partner has generated a set amount of revenue last month. Read more.

Refer-a-Friend

Display Refer-a-friend data within your Shopify store

Now you can display each customer's Refer-a-Friend program data directly in their store account profile. When customers log in, they can view their referral progress — including rewards earned, friends referred, and remaining steps — all within their personal dashboard.

This makes your referral program more transparent, engaging, and integrated into the shopping experience. Learn how.

Newsletter Referral

New Zapier Actions for Newsletter Referral Programs

We’ve added new Zapier Actions to make it easier to connect your email service provider (ESP) with Partnero for newsletter referral programs. If your ESP isn’t directly integrated with us, you can now automate subscriber syncing and run your referral program seamlessly. Read more.

General

Partnero Marketplace: PartneroList + Partnero Network

Partnero Marketplace is designed to help businesses establish valuable partnerships that drive growth. It brings together vetted affiliate programs and connects businesses with talented creators—all in one place.

PartneroList: A curated list of affiliate programs that partners can join. Additionally, businesses can submit their own programs to increase visibility and attract more partners.

PartneroNetwork: A collaborative hub where publishers and creators offer their platforms to help businesses reach wider audiences.

Read more.

Affiliate

Leads Submission Page

Accept leads and convert them into customers seamlessly. The leads submission feature allows you to enable an additional form in the partner portal, allowing anyone to submit a lead. Once submitted, you can contact the lead and convert them into a customer. The submitter automatically becomes your partner and gains access to the partner portal to track progress.

The leads submission page offers full control over commission structures. Follow your program’s default settings or assign individual commission rates to partners submitting leads through this page. Find out more.

Partner Sign-Up Popup

Add a dynamic sign-up popup to your website, giving you full control over its timing, placement, and design. Allow future partners to sign up without leaving your site by displaying the popup at the right moment. Here's how.

Partner Sign-Up Embeddable Form

With the partner sign-up embeddable form, you can create a sign-up form and embed it directly into any page on your website. The form can be customized to match your site’s style and activated or deactivated at any time. Read more.

Updated Appearance Settings

The partner portal appearance settings have been upgraded for a better user experience. It’s now easier to customize the look and feel of the partner portal, including public pages such as the program description and lead submission pages. Explore now.

Refer-a-Friend

Predefined Reward Options for Refer-a-Friend Programs

When creating a Refer-a-Friend program, you can now access predefined reward options based on popular choices. This update simplifies the process, saving time and making program creation more efficient. Read more.

Customer Fields as Reward Triggers

The Refer-a-Friend program is now more powerful, allowing you to reward customers automatically on key occasions:

• Joining date anniversaries: Celebrate customer loyalty by rewarding them on the anniversary of their sign-up.
• Birthdays: Make their special day even brighter with a personalized birthday reward.

This enhancement helps strengthen customer relationships and boost engagement. Find out how.

Fraud Prevention Settings for Referral Program

New fraud prevention settings have been introduced for the Refer-a-Friend program. These settings help prevent fraudulent activities, ensuring only legitimate participants receive rewards. Save time and protect your program from misuse. Here's how.

General

Sorting for Main Data Tables

Now it’s easier to view and organize data entries in tables like Partner or Customer lists. In addition to advanced filtering, you can now sort data more quickly, making it simpler to find the information you need.

Rewards Origins

Once rewards are issued, you can easily see which commission rule was applied by hovering over the reward amount. This provides more transparency and quick insights into reward calculations.

API updates

New features to our API:
• Transactions: You can now archive transactions through the API for easier management.
• Referral links: Get referral links for affiliates or create, update, and delete referral links directly via the API.

Integration Logs

If your integration isn’t working as expected, you can now check for errors or notifications. Simply go to Integration → Logs to see all related details. This makes troubleshooting faster and more straightforward.

Affiliate

Partner Portal Settings

Partner Portal settings have been revamped. All key settings are now centralized, making it easier and more efficient to edit and manage your portal. Explore now.

Passwordless Login Option for Partner Portal

Enable a passwordless login option for your Partner Portal. With this feature, partners can log in using a one-time password code sent to their email address, offering a smoother login experience. Here's how.

Refer-a-Friend

New Reward Option for Shopify Stores

Using Partnero’s Refer-a-Friend programs, you can now issue store rewards to customers, providing a seamless way to drive customer engagement and loyalty. Read more.

General

Insert Links in the Rich-Text Editor

Enhance your content by inserting links directly into the rich-text editor when editing text or descriptions in your Partner or Referral Portal. This feature helps you provide more informative and engaging content for your partners and customers.

Shopify Plugin Update

Now, you can connect multiple programs to your Shopify store. For instance, you can simultaneously run both affiliate and referral programs, making your store more versatile and efficient.

Affiliate

Intermediary Payouts

Simplify payout management with Partnero. With intermediary payouts, Partnero handles partner payments directly, consolidating your invoicing into a single charge for your company. Learn more.

In-Site Widget for Partner Portal

Seamlessly integrate your partner portal into your website using the new in-site widget. This increases portal visibility to website visitors, making it easier to convert them into affiliates. Here's how.

Google Social Login for Affiliate Portal

Partners can now sign up and log in to your affiliate portal using their Google account, providing a faster and more convenient login experience. Here's how.

Add UTM Tags to Links via Partnero

Track your partner links more effectively by adding UTM tags. These tags provide enhanced tracking data for visits to your website from referral links, enabling deeper insights within your analytics tools.

Refer-a-friend

WooCommerce Plugin Update
Sync existing customers from your WooCommerce store to your Partnero account effortlessly. This automated syncing eliminates the need for manual imports and keeps your data up to date.

Stripe Integration Update
When connecting your Stripe account, you can now sync your Stripe customers with Partnero. This ensures smoother integration and eliminates the hassle of manual data imports.

WooCommerce Coupons as Rewards
Offer unique WooCommerce coupons as rewards to customers participating in your Refer-a-Friend program, creating a seamless and engaging reward experience.

General

Two-factor authentication for User Accounts

Two-factor authentication (2FA) has been introduced for Partnero user accounts to enhance login security.

Integration Security section moved to a separate tab

To have a better user experience, the security section has been moved to a separate tab.

Affiliate

Direct links for partners

Direct links let you create clean, easily shareable URLs tailored to each partner! These links are ideal for branded campaigns where a dedicated landing page is created for the partner. Perfect for branded partnerships. Learn more.

Option for partners to create customers via Partner portal

A new feature allows partners to manually create customers (referrals) brought via the Partner portal. Here's how.

Option to reject specific transactions in payout requests 

Allow your partners to manually create customers (referrals) via the Partner Portal. Here's how.

PartneroList submission via Program Settings

Affiliate programs can now be listed on PartneroList directly from the Program Settings with just a few clicks. Read more.

Typeform integration guide

A detailed guide is now available for integrating Partnero tracking with Typeform under Integration → Guides.

WordPress integration guide

A detailed guide is now available for integrating Partnero tracking with WordPress websites under Integration → Guides.

Bulk delete for Coupons

Coupons can be deleted in bulk, making managing your coupons easier.

Refer-a-Friend

Customizable subject line for friend invitations

The subject line of the friend invitation emails sent through the Referral Portal can now be customized under Referral → Emails.

Option to apply Stripe coupons to existing customers

A new option has been added to reward existing customers with Stripe coupons in Refer-a-Friend programs, enabling instant coupon application for current Stripe customers. Learn more.

Newsletter Referral

Stripe coupons as rewards

The Newsletter Referral Program now supports the integration of Stripe coupons, providing the option to create unique coupons on Stripe and offer them as rewards to subscribers. Here's how.

Affiliate

View referred partners

If you're using multi-tier commissions, the list of referred partners is now available on the partner's profile.

Custom tracking IDs for advanced links

Partners can now create unique custom tracking IDs with domains added through Advanced links. Previously, new IDs could only be set up on the main program URL.

Disable the option to create or edit affiliate links

You can now disable the option for your partners to create new or edit existing affiliate links.

External download links for assets

You can now upload assets from an external URL. No hint of Partnero's name in the download link.

Webhooks & API

Incoming webhooks

You can now trigger actions on Partnero directly from your application with incoming webhooks. Read more.

New Subscribers API endpoints

You can now add subscribers to your newsletter referral program through an API.

Webhooks for Rewards

Get a webhook when someone is rewarded via your refer-a-friend program.

Affiliate

Integration guides

Guides for integrating with Calendly and Oncehub are now available under Integration Guides.

Period-based commissions

Dynamic commission can now be further customized by setting period-based commission conditions.

Enhancements

Improved partner export

All partner data, including approval status and additional signup data fields, is now included in exported CSV files. This information is also accessible via API.

Create transactions with product_id and product_type

You can now manually create transactions and include product_id and product_type values.

New customer.rewarded webhook

Stay informed when a customer is rewarded, particularly for refer-a-friend programs.

Updated subscriber synchronization

More options are available when any setting of the newsletter referral program is changed.

Fixes

Sender name visibility issue

The provided sender's name is now visible when program emails are sent via SMTP.

Referral portal updates

Our referral portal’s Unlocked Rewards and Reward History were updated to display more accurate information.

API updates

Create a transaction enhancement

Customers can now be created while creating a transaction via the API.

Create a partner enhancement

Referring partners can now be assigned while creating partners via the API.

Create a customer enhancement

Pass referral_url when creating a customer who signed up using an extra link. This will give you more accurate measurements.