This is a handy tool we don’t see many customers taking advantage of. There are several ways in which to use this feature. We actually use this feature as a bonus for our higher producing affiliates. Affiliates who have consistently delivered sales over a set period of time are rewarded with a higher payout level. We also create different payout levels for vendors we have partnership agreements with. Other higher<\/b> payout scenarios we’ve seen from our customers include “paid” members of their website, compensation for a top listing within a directory, google adwords marketing and creating a top level “tiered” sales force for regional managers, etc.<\/p>\n
Remember, payout levels don’t necessarily have to be higher than lower levels. Each level can be set to anything you want. So you could actually have default accounts being set to a higher rate then adjusting accounts down in payout levels if needed.<\/p>\n
To pay different affiliates different commission rates, simply create multiple payout levels in your admin center on the Commission Settings > Payout Levels<\/strong> page. As new affiliates join, they will default into payout level 1. Now you can either manually edit the account to move them to a different payout level or you can use the performance rewards feature and iDevAffiliate will auto-increment affiliate accounts UP a payout level based on the criteria you define.<\/p>\n