Configuring commission rules

What is a commission rule?

In a single sentence, a commission rule defines “what you want to pay for.”

More specifically, a commission rule is an event you wish to track within your program. There are three main types of commission rules:

• Clicks
• Sales
• Leads

How to configure a commission rule?

Go to the left-hand menu and navigate to Program Management > Configuration > Commission Rules. Then, click on Add a Rule.

1. Rule type: Click

Fill in the following fields if you choose to remunerate your affiliates per click:

• Rule Status: Public or Private. If set to private, the rule will not be visible on your program’s public profile.
• Rule Title: Choose a name for your rule.
• Currency: The available currencies are those previously defined in your program’s General Settings.

2. Rule type: Sale (Percentage or Fixed Amount) or Lead

For these types of rules, fill in the following fields:

• Status: Public or Private.
• Rule title: Refers to what you are commissioning (e.g., “All Sales”, “New Customer Sales”, etc.).
• Conversion domain (optional): If conversions occur on a different domain than the one used for tracking clicks, enter it here.
• Currency: Based on your program settings.
• Status of new conversions:
  • Accepted: Conversions are automatically validated.
  • Pending: Conversions must be manually accepted or refused.
• Status of new online unpaid conversions: Same as above, but applies to conversions paid via bank transfer or check.
• Grace period (Délai de carence): The window during which you can still refuse a conversion. It can be set to 0, though the default is 30 days. This period starts as soon as a conversion is accepted or refused (manually or automatically). Once the grace period expires, the conversion is locked, making it eligible for payment and impossible to modify.

💡 Pro tip: If you validate conversions manually, we recommend setting the grace period to 0 days. Example: If you validate sales from Month 1 (M-1) at the start of Month 2 (M), a 30-day grace period means the conversion only locks in Month 3 (M+1). Following a standard 30-day payment term, the publisher would be paid in Month 4 (M+2)—a total lead time of 3 months.

• Tracking duration: The “cookie” duration during which a sale can be attributed. It must be greater than 0; the recommended average is 30 days.
• Recurring commissions (optional): Enable this if the partner should be paid for all future sales from a customer they initially referred.
• Recurring mode duration: The number of days during which recurring commissions remain active.

The next step will be the creation of a publisher group.