(PRO) Payouts – How to Pay Affiliates

To pay your affiliates you firstly need to enable and configure your preferred payout methods in the “payouts” section of the plugin settings.

After these are setup, your affiliates can choose between these payment methods in their affiliate dashboard settings tab, and enter their payment details (or connect the payment account).

When they request a payout for their commission, you will be notified via email, and can manage the payouts in one-click via the admin dashboard.

The available payout options are:

– 2 x custom “manual” payout methods

– Manual Bank Transfers

– Semi-Automatic Bank Transfers with Wise

– One-Click Stripe Payouts

– One-Click PayPal Payouts

– Store Credit Payouts

If needed, there is an option to set the “default payout method” that is selected for all affiliates automatically.

Payment Methods section

Each payout method under “Payout Payment Methods” in the “Payouts” settings tab is shown as its own collapsible section. They are closed by default, with only the enable toggle, the method name and a “Show Settings” button visible, so you aren’t scrolling through the settings of every method to reach the one you want.

Enabling a method opens its settings automatically. You can then open and close any enabled method yourself using the “Show Settings” / “Hide Settings” button.

Methods that are switched off are greyed out and cannot be opened. Switch the method on first if you need to configure it.

Processing Commission

“Processing Commission” allows affiliates to track commission from orders that are not yet completed, but are still displayed on the dashboard (for example, orders that are still “processing” or “on-hold”).

This is useful for showing withheld commission. Once the order is completed, it is converted into “unpaid commission”, which the affiliate can then request a payout for.

To enable this, go to the “Payouts” tab in the plugin settings, scroll down to the “Processing Commission” section, and toggle on “Enable Processing Commission tracking”.

When enabled, the processing commission is displayed in the “Payouts” tab of the affiliate dashboard as a small notice just above the “Unpaid Commission” amount, so affiliates can see commission that is on its way but not yet available to request as a payout. Hovering the info icon explains that the amount may change, and that it will become unpaid commission once the order status is updated to completed.

Processing commission is only tracked for order statuses that are set to show on the affiliate dashboard but have not yet reached the status that grants unpaid commission (“Completed” by default). See Select which order statuses to show on the affiliate dashboard.

Bulk Payouts

From the Payouts admin page, open Bulk Pay to review all pending payout requests and pay them in one click across every payout method. Progress is shown as each payout is processed, along with any failures.

Export Payouts

The Export Payouts option lets you filter payouts by status, payment method, and date range. You can optionally include payment details, and export as a CSV file or a landscape PDF.