Jools
Awful Customer Service, Pay for pro and QR codes not there
First and foremost the customer service is shocking. It's obviously been outsourced to Asia and there's a disconnect to the main Dev teams. The guy who answers is nice enough but it's typical Asian 'sorry you feel that way' etc. They need to turn into a customer focussed company. Other plugins bend over backwards to make a good product, this company not so much. Next I paid for a pro upgrade and the main reason for this was so my affiliates could generate QR codes in the software. Guess what, this doesn't work in the Pro version now. Second guess what: customer service said, yep you guessed it they fobbed me off with platitudes "sorry this doesn't work but...." . Not even a discount or partial refund. The software seems to work. But I get the feeling that the devs spend all their time on ways to make you upgrade as that's continually rammed down your throat. Whereas if they spent that time on product development then people would be beating down their door to upgrade. Even when I cancelled I had to go through 4-5 screens of them offering me 60% off to stay. This is the level of desperation the company has and it's just awful. Oh I forgot too on install they opt you in a whole raft of crap plugins you don't want. Real sneaky *swear word of choice inserted here*. I had to identify which ones they were and manually delete them. As I'm just a small shop owner this gave me anxiety as I didn't know what they had installed and what these crappy plugins did or if they would affect my site in other ways. Way to screw with peoples livelihoods! So I'd steer clear, or test out the individual version for a while first, that's what I'm going back too. Then I'm looking at other options. I may reluctantly stay with them due to inertia. But I'll not be recommending them to any people I know. I just checked and they are still advertising QR codes in the affiliate portal. The portal is a PRO option only so this is a lie. Having told them about this about a month ago you'd think they would have removed it straight away. This is indicative of the company they are.
Response from AffiliateWPMar 25, 2025
Hi Jools, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. I'm really sorry for the confusion and frustration this caused. To clarify, QR codes are available in the Affiliate Portal (as shown in our screenshots), but they require the free QR Codes addon to be installed: QR Codes Addon Setup. Unfortunately, that step wasn’t communicated clearly during your support interaction, and our responses didn’t reflect the correct setup. That’s our mistake. We're updating our documentation and internal guidance so this doesn’t happen again. I know this doesn't undo your experience, but I want to acknowledge the issue and thank you for bringing it to our attention. If you decide to revisit AffiliateWP, we’d be happy to help get everything set up properly. - Andrew Munro




