AliExpress affiliate plugin

Contribute Feature

AI-generated summary

Overgrow proposes developing a new Discourse plugin to integrate AliExpress affiliate tracking, aiming to help forum admins monetize their communities. The proposal notes that this functionality requires utilizing the AliExpress API to generate referral links, rather than simple string replacement. Overgrow suggests a cost-sharing model where interested admins contribute to the development, estimating a viable price point of $100-$200 per installation. jrgong raises a concern regarding the technical complexity, noting that the required API calls create significant technological overhead for existing solutions. Despite these challenges, Viddekla expresses strong interest in the project and confirms a willingness to pay for such a feature, indicating potential market demand among the community.

1

Hey everyone,

I wanted to explore whether there’s interest in an AliExpress affiliate plugin for Discourse. The concept is pretty straightforward: it would help forum admins seamlessly integrate their AliExpress affiliate tracking into their existing links, potentially monetizing their communities more effectively.

From my assessment, this is not a simple string replacement method but would require using the AliExpress API to obtain affiliate referral links.

If this is a plugin the community would find valuable, it could be more realistic to greenlight the project if more admins help share the cost or commit to purchasing it once it’s built. An affordable price point, somewhere around $100-$200 per Discourse installation, would make it a viable investment for me personally (assuming the plugin is well-built and regularly maintained to stay compatible with Discourse updates).

Does this sound like something you’d be interested in? If so, drop a comment below! I’d love to gauge the community’s interest and see if we can make this happen together.

Looking forward to your thoughts!

1 Like
2

Has as anyone been able to add AliExpress to the Discourse Affiliate plugin? Since it requires API calls to generate the links, it creates quite some technological overhead… :frowning:

3

Any news? I would also pay some money for that.