Generate and Monetize AppSumo Roundups

As a member of the AppSumo Affiliate Program, you can earn commissions on the purchase of software products offered through the AppSumo marketplace when you share links that result in a purchase. If you're new to AppSumo and/or it's affiliate program, here is a brief overview of their value proposition:

The Problem

AppSumo uses Impact as it's affiliate partner platform and Impact only provides the ability to link to specific brands and/or products with a lot of friction in the process, leaving you on your own to figure out how to get links in front of an audience that convert to purchases. No one wants to feel spammed when you share links and producing high value content with links embedded takes time.

The Solution

When you generate AppSumo Roundups, you share valuable insights with readers which can lead to higher clickthrough rates, purchases, and resulting in higher affiliate earnings. By helping people make informed buying decisions, people are grateful for the time you took to do the research and inform them. A Roundup can help you boost affiliate earnings but using AI to generate a Roundup can reduce your time and costs, maximizing your investment in AppSumo's affiliate program.

Whether you share a Roundup with the Roundups community or publish your Roundup to your existing blog, each product featured in your Roundup includes a clear call-to-action to purchase.

What is the AppSumo Affiliate Program?

AppSumo is a trusted marketplace for deals on software and digital products. It's core proposition is a lifetime deal for software that would otherwise cost users a monthly subscription. AppSumo's pitch to affiliates is that you can earn 100% of a sale up to $50 in commission whenever a new AppSumo customer you send makes a purchase. Returning customer commissions vary between 0-15% based on contract terms.

Becoming an AppSumo Affiliate

AppSumo’s affiliate program is free to join and only takes minutes to sign up.

If you join, or you're already approved by AppSumo, your account is managed by Impact and you'll want to login.

Connecting Your AppSumo Affiliate Account to Roundups

To get started and connect your AppSumo Affiliate account with Impact to Roundups so you can earn commissions on software Roundups, to sign in to the Impact dashboard.

Steps 1: Find AppSumo

AppSumo may already have been added to your Impact dashboard, otherwise you'll need to find and add AppSumo. To verify if AppSumo has been added, in the Impact dashboard top navigation bar, click My Brands and you would see AppSumo added.

If you don't see AppSumo, you'll need to click from the top navigation bar to Brands > Find Brands so you can find and add AppSumo.

While you can apply for several affiliate programs managed by Impact on behalf of brands, Roundups currently only supports AppSumo software products. Search for AppSumo and then apply for the affiliate offer.

Steps 2: Find Your Impact API Keys

In the Roundups dashboard, click into My Integrations annd select the AppSumo integration.

You'll see how Roundups requires an Account SID and an Auth Token

Go back to the Impact dashboard and on the bottom left click the 3 dots and click into Settings.

You'll see a list of links. Scroll down to the Technical section and click the link to API Access.

Steps 3: Copy and Paste Your Impact API credentials into Roundups

Copy your Account SID to your clipboard and go back to Roundups and input that into the Account SID field for your AppSumo integration

You can click the eye icon to reveal your Auth Token, then copy that to your clipboard and paste that into your Roundup settings for your AppSumo integration.

Click Save Settings and you're all set!

Create AppSumo Roundups

Now that you've connected your Impact account and activated the AppSumo affiliate program with Roundups, create a new Roundup and select AppSumo as your data source.

Now every time a reader clicks through to buy products featured in your AppSumo Roundup and buys through AppSumo, you'll get credit for the transaction, payable by Impact. Track your affiliate earnings directly in the Impact dashboard.