Affiliates Enterprise

The store owner who wants to pay commissions without spreadsheets (and who it is not for)

Setting up an affiliate program usually starts with a link with parameters and a sales spreadsheet, and ends at month's end arguing over who brought which customer. Affiliates Enterprise suits anyone who already sells (especially with WooCommerce) and wants that split recorded automatically, with a dashboard affiliates can use without asking you for help.

It is not for you if you expect a system that pays on its own: the plugin calculates commissions and generates mass payment files (including formats for PayPal and other processors), but you carry out the payment with that file. You also don't need it if you just want a couple of referral links without variable commissions.

Commissions that fit your real margin

A single percentage for everything forces you to give away margin on cheap products or to be stingy on the ones that matter most. Affiliates Enterprise lets you fine-tune:

• A general rate for everyone.
• Rates per affiliate, per affiliate and product, or per affiliate and product category.
• Rates for Groups members.
• Fixed amounts, percentages or formula-based rates.

You can combine them, so your star affiliate earns differently from a newcomer without touching code.

An affiliate dashboard that comes ready-made

Each affiliate logs in to a front-end dashboard with registration and login, an overview of clicks, referrals and earnings by period, details on the traffic of their links, a link-building tool and a banners section where they get the code and change the target URL. The sections are available as blocks, shortcodes and API functions, and are customized with templates. This saves the typical "how much have I earned?" email.

Affiliates can sign up on their own or be added by you manually, with or without a user account. There is no limit on the number of affiliates.

Campaigns, coupons and pixels: what sets this edition apart

• Campaigns: each affiliate can create their own and compare, for example, how Facebook performs against Twitter, or test variants of the same link.
• Coupons: you assign a coupon to an affiliate and orders that use it are credited to them without the customer clicking any link. Useful for influencers who mention a code in a video or a podcast.
• Tracking pixels: they let you credit sales without a click on an affiliate link.
• Multiple tiers: tiered commissions, with no limit on the number of tiers. Think it through before enabling it: a multi-level scheme needs clear rules and a check of the regulations that apply in your country.

Integrations and traffic control

It includes integrations with WooCommerce, AddToAny, AddThis, Contact Form 7, Events Manager, Formidable Forms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms and PayPal, plus a tool for pay-per-click programs. That covers stores, forms and lead generation. If your platform isn't on the list, check first whether it fits, because the plugin offers a base for developers but not a ready-made integration for every system.

Statistics are recorded as transactions are processed, and the traffic report supports filters and helps detect robots and exclude invalid requests. You can also export affiliate and referral data, and set up registration and referral notifications so your partners know how they are doing.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need WooCommerce?

Not necessarily, but it is the main integration. With forms or events, use the matching integrations from the list.

Can affiliates get paid without me doing anything?

No. The plugin accumulates totals and generates mass payment files, but you make the payment.

Can I sell without links?

Yes: with coupons assigned to the affiliate or with pixel tracking.

Can I change how the dashboard looks?

Yes, through templates, and you can use its sections separately as blocks or shortcodes.