Added: 08/26/2010 | Updated: 7 Years Ago

Commission Tracking Tool Overview

The commission tracking tool allows members to get paid for referring people to your system. When an member refers someone to the system the person they refer goes into their downline. They are able to see a genealogy tree of everyone they have referred, then members referred by their referrals, etc. all the way down their tree (no limits on downline view).

Types of Tracking
Commission Tiers
Payment Type
Questions and Answers

Types Of Tracking

The tracking type decides who earns commission when a new member is referred. There are 2 types of tracking methods to choose from:

Regular Tracking

This is the typical tracking used by member programs. When a person signs up they go into the downline of the person that referred them. Credit for the signup always goes to the person that referred them.

Passup Tracking

We offer several (7+) passup tracking plans (1UP, 2UP, etc). With a passup tracking plan you have "qualifiers" that you "passup" to your parent. For example with a 1UP the first person you refer is passed up to your parent. Then the first person that member refers is also passed to your parent forming a pay leg.
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Commission Tiers

Tiers control how many many people get paid when someone signs up. For example, with a 2 tier both the sponsor and the sponsor's sponsor is paid for every person they refer. You can setup an unlimited amount of tiers with "One Payment to Admin" payment type and 2 tiers with "Multiple Direct Payments".

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Payment Type

One Payment to Admin

When a person signs up one payment is made to the admin for the entire amount. The amount that is paid is represented by a percentage and whatever memberships you create will share the same percentage (exa: You have the percentage as 20% and membership A is $20 and B is $50, A will payout $4 and B will payout $10). In the members area there is a report showing how much each member should be credited for the sale, their current balance, etc. It is the admin's responsibility to setup a payout policy (exa: every account with a balance over $20 is paid once a month) and to make payouts to each member. This is less work for the person signing up (they only make one payment), but creates additional work for the admin. This is typically best for systems with lower payment amounts because transaction fees are more significant ($0.33 of $1 is much worst than $0.33 of $100), signups for small amounts don't want to pay multiple times, no need to worry about someone only making one of the payments then stopping, and members need to make multiple sales before you take the time to send their payment.

Multiple Direct Payments to Members

Also referrered to as direct payment. When a person signs up they make separate payments to each member that receives payment from the signup. For example, if it is 50% commission for 1 tier then if I refer someone who buys a $100 membership then they make 2 payments. 1 payment of $50 to the admin and 1 payment of $50 to me directly to my own PayPal account.
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Direct Payment vs One Payment to Admin