CatalogIQ Affiliate Program Terms

Last updated: June 2026

These CatalogIQ Affiliate Program Terms apply to approved partners who promote the CatalogIQ Shopify app through Commerce Dash. The program is invite-first. Applying does not guarantee approval, and only approved affiliates may use CatalogIQ affiliate links or claim participation in the program.

Program Summary

  • Commission: 30% recurring commission on eligible referred subscription revenue.
  • Commission term: The first 12 months of each eligible referred merchant subscription.
  • Cookie window: 60 days from the most recent valid affiliate click.
  • Attribution model: Last valid affiliate click wins, unless Commerce Dash determines the referral is ineligible, fraudulent, self-referred, or otherwise invalid.
  • Payout threshold: $50 in approved unpaid commissions.
  • Review hold: 30 days after each subscription payment before commissions become payout-eligible.
  • Payout cadence: Monthly, by the 15th of the month for approved balances that have cleared the review hold and meet the payout threshold.

Eligibility and Approval

Affiliates must apply and be approved before promoting CatalogIQ as part of the program. Commerce Dash may approve, reject, pause, or remove affiliates at its discretion. Ideal partners include Shopify educators, agencies, consultants, freelancers, ecommerce newsletter owners, bloggers, and SaaS reviewers with a relevant merchant audience.

Affiliates are responsible for keeping contact, payout, tax, and promotional information accurate. Commerce Dash may withhold payouts until required payment, tax, or compliance details are complete.

Commissions

Approved affiliates earn 30% of eligible referred subscription revenue from a referred merchant's first 12 months with CatalogIQ. Eligible revenue means subscription payments that Commerce Dash receives and verifies, excluding refunds, chargebacks, taxes, discounts, credits, app-store adjustments, fraud, ineligible referrals, and any amounts not actually collected.

Commissions are calculated from the merchant plan and subscription revenue recorded by CatalogIQ and Shopify billing records. If plan pricing, discounts, credits, or subscription status changes, commission calculations may be adjusted to match eligible collected revenue.

Annual Plans

Annual plan commissions are handled as monthly-equivalent installments across the first 12 months of the referred merchant relationship. For example, if an annual subscription is eligible, Commerce Dash may calculate the annual amount as 12 monthly-equivalent periods and approve each commission installment after the applicable review window.

If an annual subscription is refunded, cancelled, charged back, or adjusted, unpaid commission installments may be voided and paid commissions may be offset against future payouts.

Tracking and Attribution

Affiliates receive a unique FirstPromoter referral link. Referral attribution uses a 60-day cookie window and last-valid-click attribution. A merchant must click the affiliate's link and complete a qualified CatalogIQ signup or subscription within the attribution window for the referral to be eligible.

One affiliate may be credited per merchant account. Commerce Dash may reject or void referrals that involve cookie stuffing, forced redirects, hidden iframes, unauthorized browser extensions, misleading links, false incentives, self-referrals, duplicate accounts, or other manipulation.

Payouts

Approved commissions are paid monthly by the 15th for balances that meet all of the following conditions: the commission has cleared the 30-day review hold, the affiliate has at least $50 in approved unpaid commissions, and Commerce Dash has the information needed to process payment.

Approved balances below $50 roll forward until the threshold is met. Payouts are generally made in USD through PayPal or another Commerce Dash-approved payout method. Affiliates are responsible for any payment processor fees, currency conversion fees, and taxes that apply to their payouts.

Refunds, Cancellations, and Chargebacks

Commissions are not payable on refunded, charged back, fraudulent, cancelled, or otherwise ineligible revenue. If a commission has already been paid and the related merchant payment is later refunded, charged back, or determined ineligible, Commerce Dash may deduct or offset that amount from future payouts.

Self-Referral Policy

Affiliates may not earn commissions on their own store, their employer's store, stores they own or control, test stores, duplicate accounts, or subscriptions created primarily to generate commission. Agencies may refer clients only when the client is a real merchant account and the relationship is disclosed honestly.

Promotional Rules

Affiliates may promote CatalogIQ through honest, relevant channels such as educational videos, newsletters, blog posts, comparison content, client audits, agency resources, and direct client recommendations.

Affiliates may not:

  • Make false, misleading, unsupported, or exaggerated claims about CatalogIQ, Commerce Dash, Shopify, earnings, merchant results, accessibility compliance, SEO outcomes, or app performance.
  • Represent themselves as Commerce Dash, CatalogIQ, Shopify, or an employee or agent of any of those companies.
  • Use spam, unsolicited bulk messaging, scraped contact lists, deceptive popups, malware, browser extensions, forced clicks, cookie stuffing, or hidden redirects.
  • Promote CatalogIQ on coupon, rebate, deal, or incentive sites without written approval.
  • Offer cash rebates, discounts, bonuses, or purchase incentives tied to CatalogIQ signups without written approval.
  • Use customer data, screenshots, store names, or client information without permission.

Paid Search and Brand Bidding

Affiliates may not bid on Commerce Dash or CatalogIQ branded terms, misspellings, domain names, app names, or confusingly similar phrases in paid search, paid social, app-store ads, display ads, or retargeting campaigns without written approval.

Prohibited terms include, but are not limited to, "CatalogIQ", "Catalog IQ", "Commerce Dash", "CommerceDash", "commercedash.io", "catalogiq.commercedash.io", and close misspellings or variations. Affiliates also may not run ads that direct-link to CatalogIQ using an affiliate URL, impersonate official CatalogIQ ads, or imply an official discount or coupon unless Commerce Dash provides one in writing.

Disclosure Requirements

Affiliates must clearly disclose their material connection to CatalogIQ whenever they promote CatalogIQ or use an affiliate link. Disclosures must be clear, hard to miss, and close to the recommendation or link. A disclosure only in a profile, footer, terms page, or hidden behind a "more" click is not enough.

Approved disclosure examples include:

  • "I may earn a commission if you sign up for CatalogIQ through my link."
  • "Affiliate disclosure: I may receive a commission from CatalogIQ if you use this link."
  • "This video includes my CatalogIQ affiliate link, which may earn me a commission."

For videos, disclose the affiliate relationship in the video itself and in the description. For live streams, repeat the disclosure periodically. For social posts, place the disclosure in the post text where people will see it, not buried in a hashtag block. Short tags such as #ad may help, but they should not replace a clear disclosure when space allows.

Affiliates should review the FTC's Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers and the FTC Endorsement Guides for current disclosure guidance.

Brand Assets and Content

Commerce Dash may provide approved screenshots, copy points, email templates, social posts, and product positioning notes. Affiliates may use approved materials to promote CatalogIQ, but may not alter logos, imply unsupported claims, or publish outdated pricing, feature, commission, or promotional details.

Program Changes and Termination

Commerce Dash may update these terms, change commission rules for future referrals, pause the program, or terminate an affiliate's participation. Material changes will not reduce already-approved unpaid commissions unless the commissions are later found to be fraudulent, refunded, charged back, ineligible, or created in violation of these terms.

Questions

For affiliate program questions, contact Commerce Dash through the affiliate application form or email support@catalogiq.app.