No upfront cost
32 platforms with no setup fee
Three families, three uses: success-based marketplaces give you access to affiliates already hunting for products; major networks open up premium publishers; free-tier software leaves you full control over rates and payout schedule.
✔ Les trois se cumulent
Ce ne sont pas des alternatives mais des couches. Un logiciel de catégorie C comme colonne vertébrale, plusieurs marketplaces A en parallèle, et un ou deux réseaux B pour atteindre les gros éditeurs. Aucune exclusivité n'est requise : le même produit peut vivre simultanément sur plusieurs plateformes.
⚠ « Sans frais de setup » ne veut pas dire « sans coût »
Vérifiez systématiquement : qui encaisse le client, qui possède la donnée client, le pourcentage réellement prélevé, la politique de remboursement imposée, le seuil minimum de paiement et les rails de paiement disponibles. C'est là que se joue votre marge, pas dans les frais d'entrée.
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| Name | Category | Setup · payout | Markets | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1TPE | A · Marketplace | Setup 0 € · Fast (short cycles) | 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇨🇭 🇨🇦 | The historical French-speaking leader. 100% free vendor registration, you freely set your commission rate and affiliates choose from the catalog. The densest French-speaking pool for a budget-free start. |
| ClickBank | A · Marketplace | Setup Modest product activation fee · Weekly or bi-weekly | 🌍 Monde 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 | The global behemoth: hundreds of thousands of aggressive affiliates actively looking for high EPC offers. They pay affiliates on your behalf, which eliminates all administrative burden. |
| WarriorPlus | A · Marketplace | Setup 0 $ · Instant possible (direct PayPal) or deferred | 🇺🇸 🌍 Monde | Zero setup fees for the advertiser. Rare feature: you can settle the affiliate's payment INSTANTLY via their PayPal loop — a massive argument to attract media buyers with cash flow issues. |
| JVZoo | A · Marketplace | Setup 0 $ · Instant or deferred depending on vendor settings | 🇺🇸 🌍 Monde | Free to list your products. "Launch" culture: JV partners are recruited around a date, with a public ranking that pushes affiliates to fight for the top spot. |
| Digistore24 | A · Marketplace | Setup 0 € · Weekly / bi-weekly | 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | The major European alternative to ClickBank. They act as an official reseller: VAT collected and remitted, affiliates paid on your behalf. Free registration, very powerful in DE, FR and US. |
| PayPro Global | A · Marketplace | Setup 0 $ · Monthly / bi-weekly | 🌍 Monde 🇪🇺 UE 🇺🇸 | Merchant of Record with native affiliate network, no hidden setup fees. Relevant if you sell software internationally and want to delegate all tax management. |
| Lemon Squeezy | A · Marketplace | Setup 0 $ · Automated | 🌍 Monde 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 UE | Has become essential for SaaS creators. Native affiliation activatable with a checkbox, EU VAT managed, zero fixed entry fees. |
| Gumroad | A · Marketplace | Setup 0 $ · Weekly | 🌍 Monde 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 UE | Zero fixed fees: they are remunerated solely on sales. The affiliate program can be set up in two minutes — ideal for validating an offer before investing. |
| Payhip | A · Marketplace | Setup 0 € · Immediate (direct payment to the seller) | 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | Integrated affiliate and referral system, free for sellers. Manages EU VAT automatically. |
| Kooneo | A · Marketplace | Setup 0 € · Short cycles | 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇨🇭 | French alternative to 1TPE. Doubling presence 1TPE + Kooneo mechanically expands the French-speaking pool. |
| Systeme.io — Marketplace | A · Marketplace | Setup 0 € · Configurable by the seller | 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | Truly usable free plan: funnels + affiliate management + public marketplace where French-speaking affiliates look for offers. |
| Awin (formule Access) | B · Major network | Setup Symbolic entry fee on Awin Access · Monthly | 🌍 Monde 🇪🇺 UE 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 | The European giant. The self-service Access formula removes the heavy minimums of the classic plan and opens access to hundreds of thousands of publishers. The best visibility/cash flow advance ratio on the market. |
| ShareASale (groupe Awin) | B · Major network | Setup Simplified merchant access · Monthly | 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🌍 Monde | Gateway to the American market. Historical base of small and medium niche publishers — perfect for recruiting in volume rather than prestige. |
| Rakuten Advertising | B · Major network | Setup Negotiable if estimated volume is high · Monthly | 🌍 Monde 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🌏 APAC | Reserved for solid structures, but initial fixed fees are negotiable when conversion projection is strong. To aim for in phase 2, not at startup. |
| FlexOffers | B · Major network | Setup Low financial barriers · Monthly | 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🌍 Monde | Giant network that readily absorbs agile programs. Strong sub-affiliation activity: control the quality of incoming traffic. |
| Admitad (Mitgo) | B · Major network | Setup Options without fixed subscription · Bi-monthly / monthly | 🌍 Monde 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 UE 🌏 APAC 🌎 LATAM | Very powerful in Eastern Europe and internationally. Integration options without fixed subscription for e-commerce advertisers. |
| TradeTracker | B · Major network | Setup Open to discussion without setup · Monthly | 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 UE 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 | European network 100% performance-oriented, open to high-commission programs. A single contract for about twenty countries. |
| Affilae | B · Major network | Setup No setup fees · You decide (direct affiliate payment) | 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | French platform without heavy commitment. You pay a fixed fee and keep 100% of the relationship and margin — the opposite of the industry dinosaurs' model. |
| Kwanko — offre self-service | B · Major network | Setup Self-service division for VSEs/startups · Monthly | 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇧🇷 | The self-service branch is designed for small structures that want to launch an affiliate network without structural costs. French-speaking contacts. |
| Effinity | B · Major network | Setup Success-based integrations according to typology · Monthly | 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 UE | Historical French player, open to 100% success-based arrangements according to your sites' profile. |
| CPAlead | B · Major network | Setup 0 $ · Daily / weekly for affiliates | 🌍 Monde 🇺🇸 | Free to submit your offers to their reseller base. Very fast payments for affiliates, which attracts traffic buyers. Counterpart: closely monitor lead quality. |
| MyLead | B · Major network | Setup 0 € · Fast (often within 48 hours for affiliates) | 🇵🇱 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | Free international network for integration, very effective on international traffic and Central Europe. Their payment speed is an affiliate magnet. |
| lemonads | B · Major network | Setup 0 € · Weekly possible | 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | CPA network of French origin: you submit the offer, they distribute it to their base. No upfront fixed costs. |
| Trackdesk | C · Software | Setup 0 € · You decide (total control) | 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | The free plan is genuinely usable in production. The best starting point for managing your resellers directly without committing a single euro. |
| GoAffPro | C · Software | Setup 0 € · You decide | 🌍 Monde 🇮🇳 | Probably the most complete free offer on the Shopify market: affiliate portal, links, coupons, tiers. |
| Tapfiliate | C · Software | Setup 0 € · You decide | 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | Connect your sites in a few clicks, multi-currency, automatic commission tiers. |
| FirstPromoter | C · Software | Setup 0 € · You decide (Stripe/PayPal in bulk) | 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | The best choice if your sites sell subscriptions: native lifetime recurring management via Stripe, Paddle or Chargebee. |
| PartnerStack | C · Software | Setup Performance-oriented model · Automated monthly | 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🌍 Monde | Formidable for finding qualified B2B resellers: their marketplace exposes your program to partners actively looking for products to resell. |
| Rewardful | C · Software | Setup 0 € · You decide | 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🌍 Monde | Near-instant setup if you collect payments via Stripe. One hour of configuration is enough. |
| Post Affiliate Pro | C · Software | Setup 0 € · You decide | 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | Reference software that integrates everywhere. Manages multi-tier (the affiliate who recruits an affiliate receives a share) — a viral lever too little used. |
| Partnero | C · Software | Setup 0 € · You decide | 🇪🇺 UE 🌍 Monde | Also manages customer referral programs — practical for applying Secret n°4 (turning your customers into affiliates) on the same tool. |
| UpPromote | C · Software | Setup 0 € · You decide | 🌍 Monde 🌏 APAC | Integrated recruitment marketplace: your program becomes visible to Shopify affiliates without prospecting. |