Affiliates

You can find this section in HostBill Admin → Clients → Affiliates.

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Overview


HostBill has built-in comprehensive affiliate system, which is a perfect tool to use to gain more traffic and boost sales. Below you can find quick walk-through configuration and its features.

Affiliates overview video


Affiliates

This tab lists all affiliates along with the following details:

  • Affiliate # - unique ID number

  • First Name

  • Last Name

  • Visitors - number of visitors referred by the affiliate

  • Approved Orders - number of orders referred by the affiliate

  • Pending Approval - number of orders pending approval

  • Balance 

  • Total withdrawn - amount withdrawn

  • Status

Commissions

This tab lists all commissions issued to the affiliates along with following details:

  • ID - unique ID number for each commission

  • Order - ID of the order for which the commission is issued

  • Affiliate - name of the affiliate

  • Signup date - order date

  • Client - client name

  • Sale amount - order value based on which the commission should be calculated

  • Commission - value of the commission

  • Approved (Yes or No) - states whether or not the commission is approved

  • Voucher (Yes or No) - states whether or not the voucher was used

Withdrawals

This tab lists all withdrawals made by your affiliates. The table contains:

  • Date - the date when the withdrawal was made

  • Affiliate - the name of the affiliate

  • Amount - amount withdrew

  • Method - method used to withdraw the amount

  • Notes - optional notes

Pending withdrawals

This tab lists commisions pending withdrawals. 

Statistics

The statistic page gives you insights into useful affiliate-related statistics and reports. You can view top affiliate visits, top affiliate signups within a period or 100 top affiliates. 

Affiliate Invoices

Affiliate Invoices section lists the affiliate invoices for past affiliate commissions.

To Create a new affiliate invoice click on the green button, enter: Affiliate name, Signup date from and signup date to:

 

FAQ


Question: How long after clicking the referral link the customer is assigned to affiliate?
Answer: It depends on the affiliate and can be changed, by default after clicking the referral link the client is assigned to the affiliate for 60 days.

Question: What if this customer click on 2 referral links that are from different affiliates?
Answer: The customer will be assigned only to the affiliate from the last clicked link.

Question: If a customer signs up an account through an affiliate link but didn't buy any service, whether after buying the service at a later time will the affiliate commission then be paid?
Answer: Yes, the affiliate commission will be paid if the client does not clean the browser cache.

Question: Customer signs up an account through an affiliate link but signs up a free hosting plan that is without affiliate commission and then make upgrade to service with affiliate commision. In such case will affiliate get commission?
Answer: The affiliate will not receive a commission for the upgrade

Question: Customer signs up an account through an affiliate link and buy a few products that are all with affiliate commission. For how many products, affiliate will receive a commission?
Answer: Affiliate will get a commission for all products.