How It Works
Every affiliate gets a unique referral link in their portal under Sub-Affiliates. Anyone who signs up through it becomes that affiliate's sub-affiliate (their downline). From then on:
override = sub-affiliates' approved payout × override %- The override is a single tier: a recruiter earns on the affiliates they referred directly, not on their referrals' referrals.
- Only approved payout counts. Pending, rejected and reversed conversions never generate an override.
- The override is an extra cost to the network. It is never deducted from the sub-affiliate's own earnings.
A sub-affiliate is another affiliate account in your network. Sub IDs (sub_aff1–sub_aff10, source) are tracking parameters an affiliate adds to their own links to tell their placements apart — see Macros Reference.
Setting the Override Rate
The rate is resolved in this order — the first one that is set wins:
| Level | Where to set it | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Per affiliate | Affiliates → All Affiliates → Edit → Sub-Affiliate Override % | Super-affiliates, agencies and sub-networks you have negotiated a rate with. |
| Network default | Settings → Affiliate Portal → Signup & Portal → Sub-Affiliate Program → Default Override % | The standard rate every affiliate earns. |
| None | — | With neither set, the rate is 0% and no override is booked. |
Rates accept 0–100 with two decimals. Leave the per-affiliate field blank to fall back to the network default. Industry rates for two-tier programs usually sit between 2% and 10% of the sub-affiliate's payout.
How Referrals Are Linked
- The link points to your affiliate sign-up page with the recruiter's code, for example
https://yourbrand.affclix.com/affiliate-signup?ref=AB12CD34. It also works on your custom portal domain. - The code is remembered for the visit, so the sign-up is credited even if the visitor browses before registering.
- Only public self-sign-ups are linked. Affiliates you create in the dashboard or by bulk import are not attached to a recruiter.
- A referral is linked once, at sign-up. Approving or rejecting the new affiliate works exactly as for any other application.
Monthly Accrual
On the 3rd of every month the platform books last month's override for every recruiter who earned one. Each booking records the period, the sub-affiliates' approved payout, the rate used and the override amount. The recruiter sees the same rows in the Override Statement on their Sub-Affiliates page.
Accrual is idempotent: re-running a period updates the row in place, and a row already invoiced or paid is never changed.
Paying the Override
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Create an affiliate invoice for the recruiter
Go to Affiliates → Affiliate Invoices → Create Invoice, pick the affiliate and set the report period (a full calendar month matches the monthly accrual).
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Click Add Sub-Affiliate Override
A line item with the override for that period is added for you. Remove the row if you do not want to bill it on this invoice.
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Save and pay as usual
Saving marks the period's ledger rows as Invoiced, so the same override cannot be billed twice. When the invoice is marked Received — by hand, in a mass payment or by Tipalti — the rows become Paid.
Overrides are booked per calendar month. An invoice period that cuts a month in half cannot be matched to the booked row, so bill overrides on month-aligned invoices.
Ledger Statuses
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Accrued | Earned for the period and not yet billed. |
| Invoiced | Included on an affiliate invoice that has not been paid yet. |
| Paid | The invoice carrying it was paid in full. |
| Void | Will not be paid. |
Cancelling an invoice puts its override rows back to Accrued, so they can be billed on a new invoice.
FAQ
Can I see who referred an affiliate?
Yes. The recruiter sees their full downline in their portal; the relationship is stored on the sub-affiliate's account.
Does a reversal after accrual reduce the override?
Accrual reads approved payout at the time it runs. A conversion rejected later is taken back from the sub-affiliate's earnings — see Balances & Reversals.
How do I switch the program off?
Set the network default to 0 and clear any per-affiliate rates. Existing ledger rows stay so you can still pay what was earned.