Configuring commission rules

A commission rule defines the event you reward in your program: a sale, a lead or a click. It also sets how new conversions are validated, the delay before payment demand, the tracking duration and, if you want, recurring commissions. You can create several rules in the same program.

Where to configure your rules

1. Open Programs management.
2. Open the program you want to work on.
3. Select the Commission rules tab.
4. Click Add a rule to create one.

The rule types

When you create a rule, you first pick a Rule type:

• Sale (percentage): you reward a sale with a percentage of the order amount.
• Sale (fixed amount): you reward a sale with a fixed amount per order.
• Lead: you reward an action such as a form, a sign-up or a quote request.
• Click: you reward each qualified click sent to your site.

Create a rule (Sale or Lead)

1. Click Add a rule. The Create rule panel opens.
2. In Rule type, select Sale (percentage), Sale (fixed amount) or Lead.
3. Set the Status toggle: Public (visible to partners) or Private.
4. Enter a Rule title (required). Choose a clear name, for example “Sale 10%”.
5. If needed, fill the Conversion domain name (optional) to limit the rule to a specific domain.
6. Choose the Rule currencies (required). You can select up to the program’s active currencies (3 maximum).
7. Set the Status of new conversions: choose accepted for automatic validation, or pending for manual validation. “Pending” conversions will have to be accepted or refused manually.
8. If it applies, set the Status of new conversions not paid online for orders paid by bank transfer or cheque: accepted or pending.
9. Set the Delay before payment demand (in days). This is the period during which you can still refuse conversions. It defaults to 0 and can be left at 0.
10. Set the Tracking duration (in days). This is how long a click stays valid to attribute a conversion. It defaults to 30 and must be higher than 0.
11. Optionally turn on Enable Revenue Sharing if you want the partner to be commissioned on all sales of a customer they brought. When enabled, set the Revenue Share delay (in days).
12. Click Create rule to save, or Cancel to close without saving.

Click type rule

A Click rule is simpler. It only has three fields:

• Status: Public or Private.
• Rule title: a clear name for the rule.
• Rule currencies: the currencies the rule applies to.

There is no validation, delay or tracking field for a click rule.

Manage your rules

Your rules appear in a table in the Commission rules tab, with these columns:

• Event: the type of the rule (Sale, Lead or Click).
• Name: the rule title.
• Status: Public or Private.
• Duration: the tracking duration.
• Recurrence: whether Revenue Sharing is enabled.
• Currencies: the rule currencies.
• Actions: the actions available on each row.

On each row you can:

• Edit the rule (pencil icon).
• Duplicate the rule to reuse its settings.
• Delete this rule.