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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people were dissatisfied with the website, describing it as not working and having a horrible user interface. Customers frequently encountered issues with payments, including billing discrepancies, receiving late payment notices despite automated billing, and experiencing delays or issues with commission payments. Reviewers also consistently reported negative experiences with customer service, highlighting a lack of responsiveness, difficulty in contacting anyone, and receiving unhelpful, generic, or templated replies. The response times were often very slow, taking days or even weeks to get a resolution, and some people mentioned being unable to contact the company at all.

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Website

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Payment

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Customer service

Clients share negative opinions on customer service, consistently reporting poor support and communication.... See more

Response time

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Customer communications

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Based on these reviews

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Ouch. Again, I see that if I had read the TrustPilot reviews first, I wouldn't have used you. My error. We have been trying to get hold of someone from accounts (or anyone) about being overcharged... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

We applied to Awin as a publisher and were initially approved. Based on that approval, we proceeded to integrate our first advertiser and invested real engineering time in a manua... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We joined AWIN because they have one of the biggest affiliate networks. However, the platform is difficult to use and get support for. The marketplace is full of scammy affiliates that will just try a... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Signed up for a new account and after sending 700 quality visitors from our travel websites to Awin platform, no single booking! Last year with another account it was even worse. Many thousands of cli... See more

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Company details

  1. Affiliate marketing service
  2. Marketing agency
  3. Online marketing agency

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Our global affiliate marketing platform empowers advertisers and publishers of all sizes to grow their businesses online. We connect online businesses with over 1M diverse partners including bloggers, influencers, vouchercode, cashback, technology solutions and more. Whether you're a small business ready to launch an affiliate marketing program and reach new customers or a global enterprise looking to enhance your online marketing, we have a plan to suit every need.


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Global Affiliate Marketing Platform

Empowers advertisers and publishers of all sizes to grow.

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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I deeply regret that we closed our…

I deeply regret that we closed our affiliate program at CJ UK to move it to AWIN ULK. Their service level, reaction time, motivation to start up a program is a total disaster. We hope to cancel our contract their soon, and move somewhere else.

19 August 2021
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Reply from Awin

Hi Hans,

Thank you for your review. We apologise for any frustrations you have experienced when working with Awin.

We pride ourselves in offering best-in-class service and technology, so we would not want you to experience any issues when communicating with our account consultants to resolve any issues you may be experiencing.

We’d be happy to discuss the problems you are having so we can address them appropriately. You can reach us via email at marketing@awin.com or you can take a look at our Advertiser Success Center to get instant access to helpful articles: advertiser-success.awin.com

Best wishes,
The Awin Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I'm not sure how they got my business…

I'm not sure how they got my business email, but they keep messaging me, even when I don't respond to them. I don't appreciate sales tactics like that! I saw a link to this Trustpilot account in the (very long) email signature of one of the salespeople, hence why I'm here. Maybe this'll get them to stop, but who knows.

11 August 2021
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Reply from Awin

Hi Jonathan, We're sorry to hear you're receiving emails from us when you'd prefer not to be contacted. We take user privacy and data incredibly seriously and would like to help resolve the issue. Please email us at marketing@awin.com we can help unsubscribe you from any future Awin communications.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The best affiliate platform by far

The best affiliate platform by far. I'm using it as an advertiser and a publisher.

22 July 2021
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Reply from Awin

Dear Léon,
Thank you for your positive feedback.
We are happy to hear that you enjoy working with Awin.

Best regards,
The Awin Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent platform for affiliate…

Excellent platform for affiliate marketers.

15 July 2021
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Reply from Awin

Dear Ruwani,

Thank you for your positive feedback. We are happy that you enjoy working with Awin.

Best regards,
The Awin Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very easy to navigate and gives you…

Very easy to navigate and gives you step by step instructions.

13 July 2021
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Reply from Awin

Hi Rebekah, thank you for the positive review of Awin! We're thrilled to hear you enjoy using the platform.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Takes the stress out of affiliate marketing

I've been registered with Awin for a few years but only really started using this affiliate platform with focused intent since Nov 2020.

The affiliate dashboard is very easy to use and if you get stuck, Wiki is a great resource for finding the answer.

I have contacted Awin once for clarification about tax evidence and I received a prompt and helpful reply.

The reporting functions are great.

This is my favourite affiliate platform to use. Stress free :)

13 July 2021
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Reply from Awin

Hi Shaz,

Thank you for your positive feedback. Glad to hear you enjoy working with us.

Best,
The Awin Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Is very good

Is very good, but is site and plataform are facility and user

13 July 2021
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Reply from Awin

Hi Mauricio,

Thank you for your positive feedback, we're happy you enjoy working with us.

Best,
The Awin Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been using the services of AWIN…

I have been using the services of AWIN for several years as a affiliate and found them to be the go too service. Fantastic range of advertisers to chose from.

9 July 2021
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Reply from Awin

Hi Philip,

Thank you for your positive feedback, looking forward to working together many more years to come.

Best,
The Awin Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Honesty

I have been with AWIN for some time and had occasion to stop using it. I had some money sitting in my account and after some years, started using it again and the money from years ago was paid to me. a very honest company.

8 July 2021
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Reply from Awin

Dear Paul,
Thank you for your positive review. We are happy to hear that you enjoy working with Awin.

Best regards,
The Awin Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I highly recommend using Awin

I've been using Awin for many years and they are always consistent. They pay out when they say they will and have never missed a payment. The tools they offer to create links are easy to use to create and update content.

7 July 2021
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Reply from Awin

Hi Paula, thanks so much for the positive review of Awin and we're thrilled to hear you enjoy working with us!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Awin's Chrome extension is pretty bad! 👿👎🏽

Awin's Chrome extension for linking with your affiliate ID is pretty bad. The url shortener should have no limit. Every day I have to stop using the shortener and I am forced to publish long links that overload the HTML of my website.

I suggest this be made unlimited to work properly.

7 July 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Awin

Hello Dani,

Thank you for your feedback and we apologize for any frustrations you have experienced when working with Awin.

We will forward your comments to our product team to review the Chrome extension, and are continuously working on optimizing our tools.

On the limitation of the shortener, this is something we had to do to make sure the functionality works well. Here you can find the limits: https://success.awin.com/s/article/how-can-i-shorten-my-affiliate-link. If you are a publisher with 20 sales in the last three months you should have almost no limitation shortening your tracking links. Of course, you can also use external shorteners.

If you want us to review your case individually, please contact us here:
https://success.awin.com/s/contactsupport

Have a great day!
The Awin Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

they charge you $5 dollars after a few…

they charge you $5 dollars after a few days they going to say you are not approved not matter if you already approved with a better affiliates with not problem.l
after a few days they say im not approved and ask me if i want my money back i say hell yea
later they going to say they already send you you refound, they never refound me they make a spreadsheet on excel where they show me they send me my money wich is not true.
they do all this to scam people becareful they just want you money.
already past more than 2 months
62 days, 1 hour 5 minutes and 2 seconds
and your rude costumer service say they already send me the payment and they just show me an excel spredsheet, they say i have to talk to my bank and guess wat? my bank thinks the same as me they say there is a lot people scamed like this.

6 July 2021
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Reply from Awin

Hi Charly,

We’re sorry to hear that your experience was not up to standards.
We would like to take the opportunity to clear any doubt around the approval process and the sign-up fee refund process.

All publisher applications on the Awin network go through a manual approval process. Based on the information submitted during the application process, the Awin compliance team will either approve, reject or request to obtain further information. This process takes up to 2 business days to be completed.

The $5 sign-up fee requested upon sign up is a security step to ensure network quality and discourage fraudulent subjects looking to join our network. The payment is processed by our partner Worldpay, and through this same provider we run the fee refund if a publisher application is rejected. This process is handled by our partner and follows banking procedures/timing, so the refund may take up to 10 working days to appear in your credit card balance.

We hope this helped clear any misunderstanding on the process, but if have any additional questions, you can contact our affiliate support team here: https://success.awin.com/s/contactsupport.

Best,
The Awin team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A little over 8 years with AWIN and get…

A little over 8 years with AWIN and get payments on time every month. Never had any problem.

1 July 2021
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Reply from Awin

Dear Pawan,

thank you for your positive review - we appreciate it.
We are looking forward to working with you in the future.

Best regards,
The Awin Team

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