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AppSumo vs Temu

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

Temu takes 4 of 6 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.

Term by term

AppSumo vs Temu compared across 15 criteria
Criterion AppSumo Temu Top pick
The money
Commission ✔ 100% 30%
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 Order commission Up to 30%, App download reward Up to EUR 12 per referral, Second-tier partner bonus Up to EUR 40 per invited partner
Terms
Cookie window 7 days ✔ 30 days
Ease of starting 2.5 / 5 ✔ 3.8 / 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.) ✔ On demand (There is no payout run. You request a withdrawal yourself once the balance clears, with one request in progress at a time and daily caps on how many you can make.)
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.) ✔ $23 (Temu's German-market affiliate policy sets the withdrawal floor at EUR 20, roughly $23. Thresholds are set per market, so check the payout page for the market your account is registered in.)
Clearing hold 60 days —
Payment methods ACH, PayPal PayPal, Temu store credit
Rules
Self-referral Prohibited —
Paid search Restricted —
Affiliate assets ✔ Banners, Text links, Creatives, Product descriptions, Affiliate dashboard Referral links, Referral codes, Banners and graphics from the Asset Center, Shareable product and deal content

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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