Affiliates
You can find this section in HostBill Admin → Clients → Affiliates.
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Table of contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Affiliates
- 2.1 Commissions
- 2.2 Withdrawals
- 2.3 Pending withdrawals
- 2.4 Statistics
- 2.5 Affiliate Invoices
- 3 FAQ
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 -Â number of visitors referred by the affiliate
Approved Orders -Â number of orders referred by the affiliate
Pending Approval - number of orders pending approval
BalanceÂ
Total withdrawn - amount withdrawn
Status
Commissions
This tab lists all commissions issued to the affiliates along with following details:
IDÂ - 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 -Â the name of the affiliate
Amount -Â amount withdrew
Method -Â method used to withdraw the amount
Notes - optional notes
Pending withdrawals
This tab lists commisions pending withdrawals.Â
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.Â
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:
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FAQ
Question: How long after clicking the referral link the customer is assigned to affiliate?
Answer:Â 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.