Changelog
What's new in PartnerDock. We ship improvements to your affiliate program regularly — here's the running list.
PartnerDock is shaped by conversations with Shopify app founders. Every release below traces back to real feedback — from migration calls, support threads, and founders telling us what their affiliate program actually needs.
- July 29, 2026New
One login for both sides of a program
If you run your own program and also promote another app as an affiliate, you can now switch between your founder console and partner portal in one click.
Why we built it: a founder who also promotes another app as an affiliate found both roles sharing one view. The same login should serve both sides cleanly, with each keeping to its own.
Read more → - July 23, 2026New
Affiliates can now reach the right person
Set a program contact email so your affiliates message you directly about approvals and payouts — instead of guessing where to go.
Why we built it: an affiliate emailed us asking why their referrals weren't approved — but approvals are the founder's call, and there was no clear way for them to reach you. So we added one.
Read more → - July 21, 2026Improved
Partners keep the deal they signed up under
Commissions are now locked to the terms in place when a referral was attributed — changing your rate never rewrites a partner's past earnings.
Why we built it: a founder pointed out that editing a program's commission rate shouldn't silently change what partners already earned — the terms a partner joined under should hold.
Read more → - July 19, 2026Improved
See what affiliates tell you when they apply
The website and note someone submits when applying now show on their profile — and right where you approve them.
Why we built it: a founder asked where the website and note affiliates fill in when applying actually appear — we were capturing them, but they weren't surfaced anywhere you'd think to look.
Read more → - July 9, 2026Improved
Attribution you can trust — every referral, exactly right
Referrals are now matched by carrying the affiliate's code through the install, so the right affiliate is credited with certainty.
Why we built it: a founder noticed an install that wasn't theirs credited to an affiliate. Accurate attribution is the whole point of an affiliate program, so we rebuilt it to be exact instead of a best guess.
Read more → - July 9, 2026New
Set commissions by group, not one by one
Create commission groups and drop affiliates into them — different rates without editing each affiliate.
Why we built it: founders onboarding affiliates at different rates — agencies, creators, standout partners — asked for preset tiers instead of editing each affiliate's commission by hand.
Read more → - July 6, 2026Improved
A more reliable way for affiliates to sign in
Affiliates now sign in with a short code we email them, instead of a link that some inboxes broke.
Why we built it: an affiliate reached out unable to sign in — their email provider's security scanner was expiring one-time links before they could click.
Read more → - July 6, 2026New
Invite your team
Bring teammates into your dashboard to manage your affiliate program together.
Why we built it: founders running a program alongside a teammate asked for a way to share access to the dashboard.
Read more → - July 4, 2026New
Affiliates now earn on every type of charge
Commissions now include usage-based and pay-as-you-go revenue, not just monthly subscriptions.
Why we built it: a founder with usage-based pricing asked why pay-as-you-go revenue wasn't counted toward affiliate commissions.
Read more → - July 1, 2026New
Add affiliates and credit stores yourself
You can now add an affiliate and manually attribute a store to them, right from your dashboard.
Why we built it: founders needed to credit affiliates for referrals that came through channels automatic tracking couldn't see.
Read more → - June 27, 2026New
See what your trials are worth
Referred stores on a trial now show their projected value before the first charge.
Why we built it: founders wanted to see the value in their pipeline from referred stores still inside a trial.
Read more → - June 24, 2026Improved
Reinstalls get credited correctly
When a merchant reinstalls your app through an affiliate link, the right partner now gets the credit.
Why we built it: founders migrating existing programs saw returning merchants who reinstalled, and their affiliates weren't being credited.
Read more → - June 21, 2026Improved
Less manual approving, no partner left unpaid
Clear-cut referrals approve automatically, and anything pending settles after a fair review window.
Why we built it: founders told us manual approvals were a chore, and worried a forgotten one could leave an affiliate unpaid.
Read more → - June 18, 2026Improved
Know when a referred store leaves
Referred stores that uninstall are now marked, so your active numbers stay accurate.
Why we built it: founders wanted their active-store and recurring-revenue numbers to reflect reality, not stores that had already churned.
Read more → - June 15, 2026New
Your direct App Store links now track
Affiliate links that point straight to the App Store are now fully tracked.
Why we built it: founders migrating from other platforms had affiliates using direct App Store links, and needed those to keep tracking without reshares.
Read more → - June 12, 2026New
Message your affiliates in one place
Email your affiliates directly from the dashboard, with ready-to-use templates.
Why we built it: founders were exporting affiliate lists into other tools just to send a simple update.
Read more → - June 9, 2026New
One payout per partner, with receipts
Pay each partner once across all your apps, and get a numbered receipt for your books.
Why we built it: founders with several apps found paying the same partner separately for each one tedious.
Read more → - June 6, 2026Improved
Clearer, more accurate revenue numbers
Analytics now show clean, reliable revenue and recurring-revenue figures at a glance.
Why we built it: a founder spotted a revenue figure that didn't look right, and we traced and fixed how the numbers were worked out.
Read more → - June 3, 2026Improved
A clearer setup guide for tracking
Step-by-step guidance to get accurate, real-time attribution live.
Why we built it: founders on migration calls told us getting tracking set up felt too technical.
Read more →