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Affiliate program & Referral marketing tool to drive sales via ambassadors and influencers marketing
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| Metric | Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy | BL External Links Button |
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| Rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 1.1k | 17 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | — | ★ Yes |
| Pricing tiers | ★ 4 tiers | 3 tiers |
| Listed features |
On the measured data here, Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy leads on more dimensions (4 vs 1). Pick BL External Links Button if one of the points where it leads is what you need.
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Read each app's audit: Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy audit • BL External Links Button audit
| Field | Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy | BL External Links Button |
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| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 91/100 listing audit | 93/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Platforms |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| Featured placements | 1 | — |
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| Languages | 23 supported | 9 supported |
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| Listed since | Dec 2020 | Oct 2024 |
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| Keyword | Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy | BL External Links Button |
|---|---|---|
| affiliate links | #3 | #23 |
| links | #24 | #10 |
| links and | #23 | #15 |
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Both Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy and BL External Links Button offer a free plan. Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy lists no paid plan with a published price; BL External Links Button lists no paid plan with a published price. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store; check what each tier includes in the Pricing section above.
Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy (5.0★, 1,139 reviews) and BL External Links Button (5.0★, 17 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 5.0★. Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy does carry the larger published review base (1,139 vs 17). Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (1,139 vs 17).
AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the Shopify App Store data. What it can show: Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy has 1,139 published reviews; BL External Links Button has 17 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Affiliate Marketing ReferrLy and BL External Links Button both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from BL External Links Button" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.