Pay affiliates with Managed Payouts
You pay one Affonso invoice. Affonso pays each affiliate in USD by PayPal or Wire Transfer. This is not a Stripe or Polar split, and it is not the manual export path.
Managed Payouts require a Growth plan or higher. Enabling it sets Payout frequency to Monthly, Payout methods to PayPal and Wire Transfer only, and turns off partner invoice rules and tax-form collection (Affonso handles those for the cycle). Wise is not a Managed rail.
Before you begin: a Growth (or higher) plan, Affiliate Program → Payment Terms, and a Payout threshold of at least 50 in program currency.
Open Payment Terms
Open Affiliate Program → Payment Terms. Scroll to the Managed Payouts section.
Turn Managed Payouts On
The label is Managed Payouts (we pay your partners). Click On.
Launch shows Growth Plan Required and Upgrade instead of a working On / Off control. Upgrade first.
Accept Managed Payouts Terms & Conditions
Read Managed Payouts Terms & Conditions. Scroll to the bottom, then confirm. The confirm control is labeled Managed Payouts once you have scrolled.
Status becomes Managed Payouts Enabled. Save Changes is not required for the toggle itself; the terms confirm writes the setting.
On Payouts → Pending the card title becomes Managed Payouts. Affonso sends the commission invoice in the first week of the month (the page copy says by the 7th). Payouts to affiliates start only after that invoice is paid.
Country and method
There is no country allowlist in Affonso for Managed PayPal or wire. Affiliates pick a country from the same country list used everywhere else. Whether PayPal or the receiving bank will actually credit that country is the provider's rule, not an Affonso block.
Managed methods (product):
| Method | Currency | What Affonso collects | Country restriction in Affonso |
|---|---|---|---|
| PayPal | USD | PayPal email | None. Country is not a PayPal field. |
| Wire Transfer | USD | Bank fields that depend on country (table below) | Country is required. No country is rejected by an allowlist. |
| Wise | — | — | Not used for Managed. Manual Export Wise only. |
Wire field rules (not coverage). CS tickets often name these countries:
| Country | Code | Wire fields Affonso requires | PayPal in Affonso |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | US | Routing number, account number, bank name, account holder | Email only |
| Poland | PL | IBAN and SWIFT/BIC (EU / SEPA), bank name, account holder | Email only |
| Brazil | BR | IBAN or account number, bank name, account holder (international) | Email only |
| India | IN | IBAN or account number, bank name, account holder (international) | Email only |
| Malaysia | MY | IBAN or account number, bank name, account holder (international) | Email only |
EU / SEPA countries (including Poland) always need IBAN + SWIFT/BIC. The United States always needs routing + account number. Every other country on the wire form is the international rule (IBAN or account number).
Fees (Managed invoice only)
These amounts are on Managed Payouts Terms & Conditions. They apply to the invoice you pay Affonso. They are not fees on manual PayPal, Wise, or bank exports.
- Flat $25 service fee per invoice
- 3.25% surcharge if you pay the invoice via Stripe
- 2.8% surcharge if you pay the invoice via Revolut
- $0.50 per affiliate payout after the first 25 in that invoice cycle
The invoice is issued in USD. If Payout currency is not USD, commissions are converted to USD on invoice day. Affiliates are paid in USD. Receiving-bank or PayPal fees on the affiliate side are the affiliate's.
After the invoice is paid
Terms: affiliate payouts are processed within a maximum of 15 business days ("net 15") after Affonso receives the invoice payment. Monthly NET 7 invoicing on Payment Terms is when the merchant invoice goes out (first week of the month), not the affiliate SLA.
Affonso acts as a payout facilitator. The invoice is a service invoice (commissions plus fees), not a pass-through of each affiliate payment.
Affiliates without payout details
Rows that show Not configured are left out of the Managed cycle until a method is on file. They stay under Open Payouts and roll to a later cycle.
On those rows, click Send Reminder Email. That is a merchant action, not an automatic send.
If details stay missing or invalid, terms allow Affonso to cancel that affiliate's payout and return the commission amount to the program owner. The $25 service fee and processing surcharges stay non-refundable.
Switch mid-cycle
Enabling Managed applies from the next monthly cycle. Payouts already generated as Pending stay on Payouts → Pending under Open Payouts. Pay them with the manual path or delete them so the commissions can enter a later Managed cycle.
Turning Off only disables Managed. It does not void in-flight Managed rows. Those rows show Processed automatically; there is no Delete or Mark as Paid on them.
Common issues
Affiliate is in Brazil, India, Poland, Malaysia, or the US — is Managed supported?
Cause: Affonso does not ship a country × method coverage matrix. Those countries are on the country list. Wire only changes which bank fields are required.
Solution: Use PayPal (email) or Wire Transfer with the fields in the table above. If PayPal or the bank later rejects the transfer, that is the provider, not an Affonso country toggle.
Invoice is in USD / $ but commissions are in EUR or INR
Cause: Payout currency is locked after program create. Managed invoices and affiliate payouts are USD. Non-USD totals are converted on invoice day.
Solution: There is no Payout currency edit after create. Expect the Affonso invoice in USD. Manual payouts (if you turn Managed off) still use the locked program currency.
Cannot enable Managed Payouts
Cause: Plan is below Growth, or Payout threshold is under 50.
Solution: Upgrade. Raise Payout threshold to at least 50 (enabling Managed clamps it up if it was lower).
Wise is missing under Managed
Cause: Enabling Managed overwrites Payout methods to PayPal and Wire Transfer.
Solution: Pay that affiliate on the manual Wise export while the row is still Pending under Open Payouts, or have them switch to PayPal or wire for Managed cycles.
Already-generated payouts did not move into Managed
Cause: Switch is next cycle. Existing Pending rows stay in Open Payouts.
Solution: Pay them manually or delete the pending payout.
