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How to customize a publisher’s remuneration ?

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Custom remuneration lets you apply a commission rate that is specific to one publisher, different from the default rate of their group. It is the ideal tool to reward a strong partner without changing the rules of a whole group.

Prerequisite: you must be an advertiser, have an active program and an accepted partnership with the publisher. Default rates come from the affiliate group the publisher belongs to.

Open the publisher’s record

The path runs through your program management, then your affiliates list.

MANAGE MY PROGRAMS

My Store

My affiliates

Clicks

Conversions

Payments

Reporting

Medias

Configuration

After opening your program from “Manage programs”, its menu gives access to “My affiliates”.

In the left menu, open Manage programs, then select your program.
In the program sub-menu, open My affiliates.
Find the publisher you want to customise in the list.
In the Actions column, click the Edit icon (the pencil).

NAME GROUP COMMISSION RATES ACTIONS

Smart Travel Blog Standard publishers 8%

The “My affiliates” list: the pencil icon in the Actions column opens the publisher’s record.

Personalize commission schemes

The Modify a partnership page opens. It gathers three panels: Global settings, Personalize commission schemes and Personalize affiliate tracking URLs.

Expand the Personalize commission schemes panel.
Turn on the Custom commission rates switch.
The group’s commission rules appear. Enable the ones you want to customise and enter the rate specific to this publisher.
Click Submit to save. Rules you leave untouched keep the group’s default rate.

Personalize commission schemes

Custom commission rates

Sale

From (amount)

Commission rate

12%

The “Custom commission rates” switch turned on, with a 12% rate applied to this publisher only.

Tip: to quickly find your partners on a specific rate, use the Custom rates? filter and its Custom rates option in the “My affiliates” list.

Why customise a publisher’s remuneration

Reward performance: give a higher rate to a partner who drives a lot of sales.
Negotiate case by case: apply the deal agreed with one publisher, without touching the others.
Keep it simple: the rest of the group keeps its default rate, no rules to recreate.
Stay in control: adjust or remove the rate at any time from the publisher’s record.

Best practices

Use affiliate groups for shared rules first, then customisation for the exceptions.
Record the reason for a specific rate (signed deal, trial period) for your internal tracking.
Check the group’s default rate before customising: you enter a full rate, not a difference.
After saving, check the value shown in the Commission rates column of “My affiliates”.

Use cases

High-performing newsletter publisher: their group is at 8%, you grant them 12% to build loyalty, without changing the others.
Instagram creator on trial: you apply a higher rate during a test period, then return to the group rate.
Strategic partner: a commercial deal sets a dedicated rate, you enter it on their record only.

Frequently asked
questions

The message « You are about to delete your defined customs rules by changing the affiliate group. Do you want to continue? » means that changing the Affiliate group erases the custom rates in place. Click Continue only if you accept losing them.

Check that the Custom commission rates switch is on and that you clicked Submit.

The group’s default rate applies automatically to any rule you have not customised.