Commission & Payouts
Setting up commission structures, rewards, and payout methods for your affiliate program
Commission
What are Groups?
Organize affiliates into logical collections for easier management and tailored commission structures
What are Incentives and Rewards?
Create reusable reward templates to motivate affiliates with flexible commission structures and alternative rewards
Set Custom Rewards for Specific Products and Plans
Set up targeted incentives for specific products to optimize commission rates based on margins and strategic priorities
What are Credit-Based Commissions?
Reward affiliates with product credits instead of cash payouts, perfect for SaaS platforms and loyal customers
Double-Sided Incentives with Coupon Codes
Boost affiliate performance and customer conversion with discount codes that automatically apply to referred customers — using program-wide or unique affiliate coupons
How to Reject Referrals and Commissions
Manage fraudulent activity, duplicate accounts, and invalid referrals by rejecting referrals and declining commissions in your affiliate program
Multi-Level Commissions
Reward affiliates for recruiting other affiliates with up to 3 levels of sub-affiliate commissions
How to Exclude Products or Plans from Commissions
Use a $0 fixed-amount incentive to exclude specific products, monthly plans, yearly plans, or one-time purchases from affiliate commissions
Cap Commission Per Referred Customer
Set a hard ceiling on how much commission a single referred customer can ever generate, no matter how many payments they make
Pay Per Trial — Reward affiliates when a referral starts a trial
Pay your affiliates a fixed amount the moment a referred user starts a trial, regardless of whether the trial converts to a paid subscription.
Payouts
How & When Affiliate Payouts Are Generated
Understanding when and how Affonso automatically creates payouts based on thresholds, hold periods, and payout frequency settings
Manually Generate Payouts
Pay your affiliates exactly when you need to, not when the system decides
How to Pay Affiliate Commissions
This article explains how to process affiliate payouts in Affonso — from exporting commissions to marking them as paid
Automating Affiliate Payouts with Affonso
Eliminate manual payout work with Affonso's automated system that handles invoicing, payments, and tax compliance for affiliate commissions
PayPal Mass Payouts
Learn how to export affiliate payouts from Affonso and process bulk payments through PayPal Mass Payments
Wise Bulk Payouts
Learn how to export affiliate payouts from Affonso and process batch payments through Wise Business
Wire Transfer Bulk Payouts
Learn how to export affiliate payout data from Affonso for processing bank wire transfers