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AppSumo vs Flippa

AppSumo or Flippa? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.

Evenly matched — AppSumo and Flippa take 2 of 4 compared terms each. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.

Term by term

AppSumo vs Flippa compared across 15 criteria
Criterion AppSumo Top pick Flippa
The money
Commission ✔ 100% 20%
Pays for — 1 year
Payout type One-time One-time
Tier ladder New customer 100% of the sale, capped at $50, Returning customer 0-15%, VIP Affiliate Program 100% commission for 30 days Referral acquires a business 20% of the success fee Flippa receives, Referral lists a business 20% of the listing fee Flippa receives, Referral sells their listed business 20% of the success fee Flippa receives
Terms
Cookie window 7 days —
Ease of starting 2.5 / 5 ✔ 3.3 / 5
Approval Reviewed Reviewed
Our rating — —
Getting paid
Paid out Monthly (Commissions are calculated 60 days after the end of the purchase month, then paid via Impact on the 10th of the following month.) Monthly (Referrals are reconciled at the end of each month and rewards are typically paid on the 13th.)
Minimum payout $100 (Set in the affiliate terms as a payment threshold. Balances below it are held rather than paid, and are only released if the agreement is terminated.) ✔ $5 (Rewards below this sit on the account as pending approval until enough has built up.)
Clearing hold 60 days —
Payment methods ACH, PayPal PayPal, Stripe
Rules
Self-referral Prohibited Prohibited
Paid search Restricted Restricted
Affiliate assets ✔ Banners, Text links, Creatives, Product descriptions, Affiliate dashboard Custom referral links, Real-time tracking dashboard

A ✔ marks the better term on that row. Rows where the programs match, where the terms aren't comparable, or where a program hasn't published a figure are left unmarked — a dash means unknown, not zero.

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