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AppSumo vs Target

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

Evenly matched — AppSumo and Target take 1 of 2 compared terms each. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.

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AppSumo vs Target compared across 15 criteria
Criterion AppSumo Top pick Target
The money
Commission ✔ 100% 8%
Pays for — —
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 No tiers
Terms
Cookie window 7 days 7 days
Ease of starting 2.5 / 5 ✔ 3.5 / 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 (The terms default to monthly payment unless your individual insertion order specifies something else.)
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.) Target publishes no minimum balance; the threshold is whatever Impact sets on your account.
Clearing hold 60 days —
Payment methods ACH, PayPal Direct deposit, Check
Rules
Self-referral Prohibited —
Paid search Restricted Restricted
Affiliate assets Banners, Text links, Creatives, Product descriptions, Affiliate dashboard Banners, Widgets, Text links, Merchandiser product datafeed, Weekly newsletters with promos and deals

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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