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ShareASale SCIM guide

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How to automate ShareASale user provisioning, and what it actually costs

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Summary and recommendation

ShareASale, the legacy affiliate marketing network, offers no SCIM provisioning or SSO integration capabilities on any plan. The platform has been officially discontinued as of October 2025, with all operations migrated to the Awin platform. Even during its active years, ShareASale operated as a closed affiliate network without modern identity management features, requiring manual user account creation and management for both merchants and publishers. This creates significant operational overhead for enterprise customers managing multiple affiliate marketing relationships.

The platform's closure compounds these identity management challenges. Organizations still using ShareASale face not only the immediate problem of manual user lifecycle management, but also the urgent need to migrate their affiliate marketing operations to a supported platform like Awin. This migration requires rebuilding user access controls and permissions from scratch, creating additional security and compliance risks during the transition period.

The strategic alternative

ShareASale has no native SCIM. Automate offboarding, user access reviews, and license workflows across every app, including the ones without APIs. We maintain the integration layer underneath. You focus on judgment, not plumbing.

Quick SCIM facts

SCIM available?No
SCIM tier requiredN/A
SSO required first?No
SSO available?Yes
SSO protocolSAML 2.0
DocumentationNot available

Supported identity providers

IdPSSOSCIMNotes
OktaVia third-partyNo Okta OIN integration available.
Microsoft Entra IDVia third-partyNo Entra gallery integration.
Google WorkspaceVia third-partyNo native support
OneLoginVia third-partyNo native support

The cost of not automating

Without SCIM (or an alternative like Stitchflow), your IT team manages ShareASale accounts manually. Here's what that costs:

Source: Stitchflow research, normalized to 500 employees:
Orphaned accounts (ex-employees with access)5
Unused licenses12
IT hours spent on manual management/year85 hours
Unused license cost/year$3,500
IT labor cost/year$5,100
Cost of compliance misses/year$890
Total annual financial impact$9,490

The ShareASale pricing problem

ShareASale gates SCIM provisioning behind premium plans, forcing significant cost increases for basic user management.

Tier comparison

PlanPriceSSOSCIM
AffiliateFree
Merchant$625 setup + $35/mo + 20% tracking fee

Pricing structure (legacy)

PlanPriceSSOSCIM
AffiliateFree
Merchant$625 setup + $35/mo + 20% tracking fee

What this means in practice

Since ShareASale has migrated to Awin, organizations using ShareASale for affiliate marketing need to:

Migrate to Awin's platform with separate provisioning requirements
Rebuild user access management on the new platform
Accept that the affiliate marketing network model doesn't support traditional employee provisioning workflows

The affiliate marketing model creates fundamental challenges for IT provisioning:

Publishers (affiliates) self-register and manage their own accounts
Merchants manage their own advertiser accounts independently
No centralized user directory or enterprise user management features

Additional constraints

Platform discontinuation
ShareASale closed October 2025, forcing migration to Awin
Network model mismatch
Affiliate marketing networks aren't designed for enterprise user provisioning
No API provisioning
Manual account creation and management only
Self-service focus
Platform designed for independent affiliates and merchants, not managed enterprise users
Migration complexity
Organizations must rebuild access management on Awin platform

Summary of challenges

  • ShareASale does not provide native SCIM at any price tier
  • Organizations must rely on third-party tools or manual provisioning
  • Our research shows teams manually provisioning this app spend significant hidden costs annually

What ShareASale actually offers for identity

Platform Status: Closed to New Customers

ShareASale officially closed in October 2025 and migrated to the Awin platform. New customers should sign up directly with Awin rather than ShareASale.

Legacy Identity Features (Historical Reference)

For existing legacy accounts, ShareASale offered minimal identity management:

FeatureSupport Level
SAML SSO❌ Not available
SCIM provisioning❌ Not available
API user management❌ Limited affiliate API only
Role-based access✓ Basic merchant/affiliate roles
Multi-factor authentication❌ Not documented

Why Legacy ShareASale Falls Short

ShareASale was designed as an affiliate marketing network with separate merchant and publisher portals, not as an enterprise SaaS platform:

No enterprise identity features
Built for individual affiliate marketers, not corporate user management
Platform discontinued
All development ceased with the October 2025 closure
Migration required
Existing users must move to Awin platform
API limitations
Only basic affiliate tracking APIs, no user provisioning capabilities

Bottom line: ShareASale never offered enterprise identity management features and is no longer accepting new customers. Organizations should evaluate Awin or alternative affiliate platforms that support modern identity standards.

What IT admins are saying

ShareASale's closure and lack of modern identity features left IT teams scrambling:

  • Manual user management across merchant and affiliate accounts with no automation
  • No SSO integration available, requiring separate credentials for all users
  • Platform shutdown in October 2025 forced emergency migration to Awin
  • Legacy pricing model with high setup costs and percentage-based fees deterred modernization

ShareASale never evolved beyond basic user management. Every new merchant or affiliate user had to be set up manually, and there was no way to sync with our corporate directory.

IT Director, Digital Marketing Agency

The platform closure caught us off guard. We had to quickly migrate all our affiliate relationships to Awin and rebuild our user access controls from scratch.

Systems Administrator, E-commerce Company

For what they charged ($625 setup plus monthly fees), you'd expect modern identity features. Instead, we got a legacy system that felt stuck in 2010.

IT Manager, Performance Marketing Firm

The recurring theme

ShareASale remained a legacy platform that never adopted modern identity standards, ultimately closing down and forcing users to migrate to more capable alternatives like Awin.

The decision

Your SituationRecommendation
Small affiliate team (<10 users)Manual management acceptable - platform closing anyway
Existing ShareASale usersMigrate to Awin and implement Stitchflow there
New affiliate program setupSkip ShareASale entirely - use Awin with Stitchflow
Enterprise with compliance requirementsAvoid ShareASale - choose active platform with automation
Multi-brand affiliate managementUse established platform (Awin, CJ) with Stitchflow

The bottom line

ShareASale closed in October 2025 and migrated to Awin, making it a dead-end choice for new implementations. For organizations serious about affiliate marketing automation, skip the legacy platform and implement Stitchflow with Awin or another active affiliate network that supports your long-term growth strategy.

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Technical specifications

SCIM Version

Not specified

Supported Operations

Not specified

Supported Attributes

No native SCIM supportNo SSO integration availablePlatform closed in October 2025Migrated to Awin platformAffiliate marketing network with merchant/publisher user modelNew customers should sign up with Awin directly

Plan requirement

Not specified

Prerequisites

Not specified

Key limitations

  • No native SCIM support
  • No SSO integration available
  • Platform closed in October 2025
  • Migrated to Awin platform
  • Affiliate marketing network with merchant/publisher user model
  • New customers should sign up with Awin directly

Documentation not available.

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Last updated: 2026-01-20

* Pricing and features sourced from public documentation.

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