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In this article, we will review how to manage your affiliate payouts. Check out our other Affiliate Manager articles for additional tips, best practices, and an overview on the feature.
Step 1: Managing Payouts
Navigate to Marketing > Affiliate Manager > Payouts
You'll see four sub-tabs that indicate the payout statuses
PENDING: all payouts across every affiliate campaign are populated into this status monthly. The Affiliate owner/admin has to come in and approve those eligible for a payout. The admin can ‘Deny Payout’ if the commission is not applicable.
APPROVED FOR PAYOUT: when a payout is approved it moves to this tab, and the Affiliate owner/admin can then upload the affiliate name/info to their payment gateway. An affiliate can be moved back to pending from this tab if needed.
PAID: Here you’ll see a list of all affiliates that have received a payout, with dated transactions. Payouts cannot be moved from here.
DENIED PAYOUTS: This is where you’ll find payouts that have been denied. The affiliate payouts can end up here from either the “Pending” or “Approved for Payout” tabs.
PRO TIPS:
Payments are completed manually. The Affiliate Manager owner/admin must complete them.
Affiliate commissions can be recurring or one-time, depending on the Stripe product being sold and how it’s set up.
Affiliate commission is tracked by sales happening in Stripe. The systeem doesn’t track refunds for subscriptions or one-time products.
Subscription cancellations should be effectively monitored - the Affiliate Manager administrator can choose to pay out affiliates 15, 30, or 60 days post-sale, allowing for commission to be denied for a canceled subscription.
Commission can be set up to be a flat rate commission
