Multi-level commission
What is multi-level affiliate commission?
This structure encourages affiliates to focus on generating sales themselves and recruiting and supporting other affiliates. Affiliates can earn additional commissions from the sales generated by their referral network, creating a cascading effect where affiliates can earn passive income from the efforts of those they've recruited.
With multi-level commissions, you can configure up to 5 levels:
- Level 1: Commission from direct sub-affiliate sales
- Level 2: Commission from 2nd-tier sub-affiliate sales
- Level 3: Commission from 3rd-tier sub-affiliate sales
- Level 4: Commission from 4th-tier sub-affiliate sales
- Level 5: Commission from 5th-tier sub-affiliate sales
How does multi-level commission work?
When someone signs up for your affiliate program through an existing affiliate's referral link, the original affiliate is automatically recorded as the referring partner. No additional integration is needed.
Both the direct affiliate and the referring affiliates at each level receive their commissions separately. The multi-level commission is always added on top of the default commission, ensuring fair compensation for affiliates at all levels.
Example with multiple levels:
- Partner A refers Partner B to the program
- Partner B refers Partner C to the program
- Partner C makes a sale worth $100
Commission distribution:
- Partner C (made the sale): 20% = $20 (default commission)
- Partner B (Level 1 - referred Partner C): 10% = $10
- Partner A (Level 2 - referred Partner B): 5% = $5
Total commission paid: $35
How to set up multi-level commission
⚠️ Important: Please note that the partner portal must have your domain connected in order for this feature to be available. Here's how to do that. The program website domain and the partner portal domain have to match.
To enable multi-level commission for your program:
- Open your affiliate program and go to Settings under Program, and scroll down to Commission.
- Toggle to Enable multi-level affiliate commission:
- Click Edit next to Commission and currency to open the Advanced commission modal:
- Select the Multi-level tab:
- Choose the Commission type (Percentage or Static amount) - this applies to all levels.
- Click Add level to add commission tiers:
- Enter the commission value for each level
- Select the commission period (lifetime, times, days, months, or years)
- Add up to 5 levels as needed
- Click Save to close the modal, then Update to apply changes:
Commission period options
For each level, you can configure how long the multi-level commission applies:
- Lifetime: Commission is earned on all future sales from that sub-affiliate chain
- Times: Commission is earned for a specific number of transactions (e.g., first 3 sales)
- Days/Months/Years: Commission is earned for a specific time period after the sub-affiliate joins
Allow affiliates to see the partners they referred
You can choose to display a list of referred affiliates to the affiliate who referred them. This allows affiliates to see who they’ve brought into the program.
To enable the referred affiliates table:
- Go to Partner Portal → Settings and scroll down to the Partner permissions section.
- Toggle Show referred partners table:
- Click Update to publish changes.
Note: This setting is only available if multi-level commissions are enabled and configured. By default, the referred affiliates table is not show
View multi-level commissions in the Partner Portal
Partners can view their multi-level commission structure on the Partner Portal dashboard under the Commission Structure section (if enabled). Each configured level is displayed with its commission rate and period.
In the Referrals activity list, multi-level commissions are labeled with their level (e.g., "Multi-level commission (Level 1)") so partners can easily identify which tier the commission came from.
View the referred partners list
The list of referred partners can be accessed in the affiliate partner's profile. Click here to read more.