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# Customise Commission

## What is a Commission?

A commission is a payment made to affiliates or influencers as a percentage of the sales or actions they generate for a business. 

This financial incentive motivates affiliates to promote products or services, driving traffic and sales to the business.

## **Types of Commission for Affiliate Programs**

<figure><img src="/files/Vd5KoX8BR4sb77dMYOo4" alt=""><figcaption><p>Types of Commission Type</p></figcaption></figure>

## PAID AS COMMISSION

* Percentage Commission on Each Affiliate Sale\
  (Example: 10% of the Affiliate Sale)
* Fixed Commission for Each Sale\
  (Example: $5 for Each affiliate Sale)

## PAID AS COUPON

* Percentage Discount (ex: 10% discount code for each affiliate sale)
* Fixed Discount (ex: $10 discount code for each affiliate sale)
* Free Shipping
* Free Product

### Commission Value

Set the value of the Commission based on the type you choose.

## What are the Conditions?

Conditions are specific requirements or criteria that must be met for a particular action or agreement to be valid. In the context of an affiliate program.

Set up additional conditions for a person to claim this reward. Useful when you would like to offer different rewards to affiliates based on certain criteria.\
\
**Example: 1.** John gets a 10% commission on the sale, while Smith gets 20% on the sale.

**Example: 2.** Affiliates get 5% commission on sales if their total number of referrals is less than 20 and 10% of their total referrals are greater than 20

## **Types of** Conditions **for Affiliate Programs**

<figure><img src="/files/5vAMuJcLL2DRRZeCwLGI" alt=""><figcaption><p>Types of Affiliate Parameters and Conditions</p></figcaption></figure>

### BASED ON AFFILIATE PARAMETERS

* Number of Referrals
* Referral Sales by the Affiliate
* On Every X Sales
* On Every X sale Revenue
* Usage Limit for An Affiliate

<figure><img src="/files/ncrYcnx4ZtZ2S89Z1Ac5" alt=""><figcaption><p>Types of Referred person Parameters</p></figcaption></figure>

### BASED ON AFFILIATE PARAMETERS

* Each referral order value should be&#x20;
* Customer total spent in the store should be&#x20;
* Each referral order should have selected products&#x20;
* Each referral order should have selected variants&#x20;
* Email domain (ex. abc.com) of the referred person

### Include / Exclude members

Limit this commission tier to selected members or exclude certain members from this tier.

<figure><img src="/files/ys6E2Vw2xUV9G9wSW904" alt=""><figcaption><p>Include / Exclude Members</p></figcaption></figure>

### Reward validity period (optional)

This is optional. You can set when this reward goes live and ends.

<figure><img src="/files/GPD1joSefiBdKv8MnpA2" alt=""><figcaption><p>Reward Validity Period</p></figcaption></figure>