A referral program outlines the reward system for your affiliates. It also specifies where customers should be directed when an affiliate link is clicked.
Step 1. To start, go to your admin dashboard and select Referral Programs. Then click on manage.
Step 2. Click on the +Add button.
Step 3. Complete the mandatory fields marked with an asterisk (*). Under 'How would you like to pay your users', you can select a percentage of the sale or a flat rate. If you want to pay your affiliates something other than money, you can specify the payment method in detail on the next page.
Make Available to All Users - If this is selected, all affiliates who sign up will automatically have access to this referral program.
Minutes to wait before accepting a sale from the same IP - this field is designed to prevent duplicate sales. The time you enter in this field is the number of minutes that the system will wait before it recognizes another sale from the same IP. If you do not want to use this field, you can leave it empty. The purpose of this field is to ensure that if someone refreshes the thank you page, the sale is not counted more than once. This field is only applicable if the commission type is set to Sale. If you are awarding affiliates based on clicks and/or impressions, then you can leave this field blank.
All sales from this referral program must be approved before being added - check this box to require that all sales be approved before being added to the system. Sales can be approved by clicking on the Approve link that will appear next to each sale in the Rewards section.
Do you want to set up a multi-tier commission - this enables affiliates to refer others to your affiliate program. The primary affiliate user will be able to get a commission from the sales of their referred affiliates. You can specify the amount that the primary affiliate will receive under 2nd tier.
Do you want to set up recurring commissions - this enables affiliates to receive a commission repeatedly for the referrals they send.
Accept Mailchimp Webhook Link - create a link that is able to accept Mailchimp webhooks
Step 4. Click Continue.
Step 5. Set up where users are directed when a referral link is clicked. You can either send them to a coupon hosted on our server or directly to your store.