Take UpPromote Affiliate Applications on WhatsApp
Yes. AeroChat works directly with UpPromote. When a customer or creator asks to join your affiliate program, AeroChat explains the commission, collects their details and creates them in UpPromote as a pending affiliate for your team to approve.
This recipe turns “do you have an affiliate program?” into an application in UpPromote, in the chat where it was asked. Part of connecting UpPromote to WhatsApp and AI chat.
What happens today
Creators find your brand on Instagram or TikTok and send a DM asking how to work with you. Your team replies with a link to the signup page, the creator has to fill in a form on another site, and many never do. The interest was real, but the step between the DM and the form lost it.
The flow that works
- Someone asks about your affiliate or ambassador program.
- AeroChat reads your program in UpPromote and explains the commission in one line.
- If they want to join, it asks for their name, email and main social profile.
- It checks UpPromote for an existing affiliate with that email.
- It creates the affiliate as pending, with a note that they applied in chat, and tells them what happens next.
What it looks like on WhatsApp
Customer: Love your candles! I do home decor content, can I become an ambassador? (example)
AeroChat: Thank you! Our affiliates earn 12% (example) on every sale from their link. I can sign you up right here. What’s your full name, your email and your main social profile?
Customer: Jade Morris, jade@example.com, instagram.com/jadeathome
AeroChat: Thanks, Jade. Your application is in. Our team reviews new affiliates within 2 working days and you’ll get an email when you’re approved.
In UpPromote: a new affiliate, Jade Morris, appears with status pending, her email, Instagram profile and the note “Applied via chat”.
The recipe
Copy this into AeroChat
When someone asks about our affiliate, ambassador or referral program, follow these steps.
- Read our active program in UpPromote and explain the commission in one line.
- If they want to join, ask for their first name, last name, email and main social profile.
- Find affiliates in UpPromote with that email. If one exists, tell them their current status instead of creating a new one.
- Create the affiliate in our main program with status pending, their social profile in the matching field, and the note “Applied via chat”.
- Tell them our team reviews applications within 2 working days (example) and they will get an email when approved.
Never promise approval or a custom commission. Reply in the customer’s language.
Change the review time, the program and the details you ask for to match your program before you paste it.
What to connect
- Your Shopify store. Built in. Install AeroChat from the Shopify App Store and connect your store in the dashboard.
- UpPromote. In the UpPromote app, go to Settings, then Integrations, scroll to API Key, click Get API Key and copy it. Paste it in when AeroChat asks. UpPromote says the API key is available from the Professional plan (as of November 2026).
- Your knowledge base. Add your program rules, such as who qualifies and how payouts work, so AeroChat can answer follow-up questions.
After you paste the recipe, AeroChat builds the workflow as a draft and shows a checklist: connect UpPromote, add your knowledge base if the recipe uses one, then switch it on. If it built the connection from UpPromote’s public documentation, the checklist asks you to check it once against the current docs.
Using a different system? If it has a public API, it connects to AeroChat the same way: describe what you want, paste in its key, and it runs.
Can’t find your tool? Message us in the chat on this page and we’ll tell you how it connects.
What you still decide
- Who you approve. Applications wait in UpPromote as pending.
- Which program new affiliates join, and what details AeroChat collects.
- Whether UpPromote sends its own welcome email when an affiliate is created.
The result to expect
Creators who ask in a DM can apply in the same conversation, without a form on another site. Your team reviews complete applications in UpPromote instead of chasing details in the inbox.
Measure it with your own numbers: affiliate applications that came from chat, and how many were approved, for a month before and after.
Next: see every UpPromote workflow, including checking an application.
Works on every chat channel
This workflow runs the same way on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, the chat on your store and email, with the same UpPromote connection behind it. See what each channel does on the UpPromote integration page.
Take your first affiliate application in chat
Install AeroChat, paste the recipe, add your UpPromote API key, and ask your own chat how to join your program.
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