{"id":202,"date":"2015-03-09T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.idevaffiliate.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2017-05-09T11:44:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T18:44:32","slug":"affiliate-tiers-vs-sub-affiliates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idevaffiliate.com\/help\/affiliate-tiers-vs-sub-affiliates\/","title":{"rendered":"Affiliate Tiers vs. Sub-Affiliates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alert alert-info\">Table of Contents<\/div>\n<p><strong>Section 1:<\/strong> Affiliate Tiers<br \/>\n<strong>Section 2:<\/strong> Sub\u2010Affiliate Tracking<br \/>\n<strong>Section 3:<\/strong> Pros and Cons<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-danger\">Section 1: Affiliate Tiers<\/div>\n<p>When using the tier system you\u2019re giving your affiliates the opportunity to not only promote your website(s) and products but also your affiliate program as well. Your affiliates can recruit other affiliates in to your affiliate program and as those new affiliates join they will go into the referring affiliates \u201ctier\u201d. As they generate commissions the original affiliate gets a commission as well. This is his bonus for referring this affiliate into your system.<\/p>\n<p>For the following example we\u2019ll assume a sale amount of $100.00 with a payout of 20% and a tier payout of 10%. We\u2019ll also assume <font color=\"blue\">Affiliate A<\/font> is the original affiliate and <font color=\"red\">Affiliate B<\/font> is an affiliate that <font color=\"blue\">Affiliate A<\/font> recruited in to your system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Standard Payout Example<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2010 <font color=\"blue\">Affiliate A<\/font> generates a commission. <font color=\"blue\">Affiliate A<\/font> is paid $20.00 commission. That\u2019s 20% of $100.00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tier Payout Example<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2010 <font color=\"red\">Affiliate B<\/font> generates a commission. <font color=\"red\">Affiliate B<\/font> is paid a $20.00 commission. That\u2019s 20% of $100.00.<br \/>\n\u2010 <font color=\"blue\">Affiliate A<\/font> is paid a $2.00 commission. That\u2019s 10% of $20.00 \u2013 The commission amount <font color=\"red\">Affiliate B<\/font> was given.<\/p>\n<p>So when <font color=\"blue\">Affiliate A<\/font> generates a commission <font color=\"blue\">Affiliate A<\/font> is given the normal 20% and when any of <font color=\"blue\">Affiliate A<\/font>\u2019s tier affiliates generate commissions, <font color=\"blue\">Affiliate A<\/font> is also given a <strong>tier<\/strong> commission.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/help.idevaffiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tiers.png\" alt=\"tiers-vs-sub-affiliates\" width=\"558\" height=\"396\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-209\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-danger\">Section 2: Sub\u2010Affiliate Tracking<\/div>\n<p>Let\u2019s say you have an affiliate that has 100 people in his own network he wants to utilize for his marketing efforts in your affiliate program. Rather than asking all 100 people to join your affiliate program through his link and having them put into his tier (explained above), you can enable to him the ability to hand out his own affiliate link to these 100 people with his own defined sub\u2010affiliate tracking number. So in this case you\u2019ll have 1 affiliate in your affiliate program but with him using the sub\u2010affiliate tracking links you\u2019re taking advantage of his entire marketing network. This is sometimes easier for the affiliate to just hand out affiliate links rather than ask (and hope) they will join your affiliate program.<\/p>\n<p>Using this setup you\u2019ll only be paying your one affiliate in your affiliate program and iDevAffiliate will report to this affiliate which of his sub\u2010affiliate tracking links generated the commission. The affiliate can then in turn pay his sub\u2010affiliate a commission using the reports provided by iDevAffiliate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/help.idevaffiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/subaffs.png\" alt=\"tiers-vs-sub-affiliates-subs\" width=\"636\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-211\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-danger\">Section 3: Pros and Cons<\/div>\n<p>When using the tier system iDevAffiliate is generating the commissions for everyone. You have full control over how much everyone is paid and you can contact affiliates directly. These are essentially <em>your<\/em> affiliates.<\/p>\n<p>When using the sub\u2010affiliate system your affiliates are responsible for paying their own affiliates within their own network of marketers. You\u2019re only responsible for paying affiliates in your system which will reduce the amount of accounting involved in paying your affiliates each month. There are no accounts for the sub\u2010affiliates to create in your system which means the sub\u2010affiliates can start marketing immediately with the marketing links provided to them by your affiliate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Section 1: Affiliate Tiers Section 2: Sub\u2010Affiliate Tracking Section 3: Pros and Cons Section 1: Affiliate Tiers When using the tier system you\u2019re giving your affiliates the opportunity to not only promote your website(s) and products but also your affiliate program as well. 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