After you activate the WordPress Affiliate Platform plugin, the settings/options menu can be found on the left hand side menu similar to the following screenshot (on WordPress version 2.7 or above)
WP Affiliate Platform Admin Menu Screenshot
Short Description of Each Menu Item
In this section I have added a short description of all the menu items. I have also included some screenshots where I think it adds value (some are really obvious so didn’t bother to add a screenshot of each menu item).
1. The WP Affiliate screen shows a summary stats.
Stats Summary Page
2. The Settings menu allows you to set various general settings of this plugin.
General Settings
reCAPTCHA Settings
Index Page Customization Settings
3. The Manage Affiliates screen allows you to manage your existing affiliates.
Manage Affiliates Page
4. The Add/Edit Affiliate menu allows you to add a new affiliate account manually or edit/delete an existing one.
5. Manage Banners screen lists all the existing affiliate banners/links.
Manage Banners Page
6. The Add/Edit Banners menu allows you to add a new banner/link or update and existing one so the affiliates can use them to direct traffic.
Add/Edit Banners Page
7. The Click Throughs screen lets you see all the traffic your affiliates are sending to your site.
Clickthrough Data
8. The Sales Data screen lets you see all the completed sales that you got from the referrals of your affiliates.
Affiliate Sales Data
9. The Manage Payouts menu is used to manage affiliate payments.
Manage Affiliate Payouts Menu
10. Payouts history screen allows you to see all the payouts you made to your affiliates.
Feel free to leave a comment if you want to see more screenshots.
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Thanks for the timely reply. definitely very helpful.
Hi John, You can use a flat rate commission instead of a % based commission.
Let us know if you have anymore questions.
Cheers,
Ivy
Can your plug-in track recurring commissions off PayPal’s recurring billing?
Thanks
Dennis
Hi Dennis, This will only happen if you are using an IPN handling script to do post payment processing of subscription payments.
Cheers,
Ivy
Hi Ivy,
I could use some clarification of your answer for Dennis on recurring payment commissions?
It sounds like you said that affiliates can earn commissions on recurring payments, so if commissions were 50%, and I had a $10/mth subscription product, the affiliate would automatically be credited for $5 each month the subscription is paid for. Is that right?
If I have that right: What do I need to do to make sure that I’m using an IPN handling script for post payment processing? Does eStore automatically do that, or do I need add code, configure PayPal, or …?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Crystal
Hi Crystal, if you are using the WP eStore plugin to process the payment then it will happen automatically
(nothing needs to be done on your side)
Oh wow.
First, that was a very speedy answer. Thanks SO much…
Second, that is so exciting that there’s nothing more to do, because if I did buy it, I would definitely get the eStore too. Thanks for the special pricing on the Affiliate + eStore bundle
And thanks again!
Hi again,
I could have overlooked it on the admin screens, but I’m wondering if there’s a way to only pay affiliates for commissions earned up to a specific date?
For example, I have a 30-day return policy, and to keep my cash flow…well, flowing, I intend to have a 30-day wait on affiliate payouts, as many others do. So on June 1, affiliates will be paid for sales in April. On July 1, they get paid for May’s sales.
Is there a way to do that with this platform? Or does clicking the Mass Sales button just take all the commissions to the current date? I don’t intend to have a payment threshold.
Hi Crystal, We have added a dated Mass Payment option. This allows you to put a date range in and it will create the payment for this time period only (e.g. Jan-April). What version of the Affiliate Platform are you using?
Cheers,
Ivy
Hi Ivy,
How great that you have added that option. That is just what I’m looking for. I’m about to buy Affiliate Platform right this moment, so I’ll be working with whatever you’re selling tonight
Thanks so much for the help!
Hi Ivy,
I just installed v3.8, and I don’t see the date range option on the Manage Payouts page…maybe I’m looking in the wrong place?
I do like the option to search for an affiliate and pay them their individual (partial or full) payout. I didn’t expect that…cool feature!
Hi Crystal, Sorry for giving you wrong info on the “Dated Mass Payment option”… I was suppose to add it in but had to reschedule that work for later as something else more important came up (obviously I forgot to inform Ivy on this
. Lets put it this way.. by the time you are ready to pay out your affiliates next month I will have it ready 
Oh how clever you are!
Of course, I’m thinking of needing it now because I’m setting everything up now, but yes, as you say, I won’t need the feature until June 1.
Thanks so much
You’ve made my week!
Hello,
I need some more info about the affiliate recurring payment system.
So if I buy WP eStore and WP Affiliate Platform Plugin I can manage subscriptions from people and manage recurring payouts of my affiliates?
How is that done?
Shalom,
Jonathan
Hi Jonathan, You can set this up one of two ways.
1. The affiliate is paid a commission on each reoccurring payment.
2. The affiliate is paid a one time commission for the subscription.
Please let me know if you have anymore questions.
Cheers,
Ivy
What about websites that sell services. I would like to pay an affiliate if they refer someone and they successfully reach a specific page on my site. Is there a way to do that?
Hi Steven, I believe what you are looking for is the pay per lead model. You can find more information about this here: http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate/how-to-use-pay-per-lead-affiliate-model-114
Cheers,
Ivy
Hi all.
Thank`s for this incredible plug-in. I like it because this plug-in is sure.
Thaks for supliers
Hi,
Does this plugin work with SSL? I know some affiliates will not sign up otherwise.
Thanks.
Jason
@Jason, yep it does… I have a few clients who have set it up with SSL on their site. If you have any problem let me know and I should be able to help.
Does this have the capability to add text links and email ads for affiliates, too, or is it just banners?
Thanks!
Patty
Hi Patty, Yes it does. There is a section called creatives in this section you can create just about any media you wish for your affiliates.
For Example:
emails
articles
text links
banners
and many more.
If you do not have this option in your Affiliate Platform all you need to do is update the plugin you can request an update here:
http://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/update-request
Thanks, Ivy!
Hi,
As I am new with affiliations, 2 questions:
1. Do i create the links for affiliates manually with this plugin or is it created automatically by the system?
2. Does it pay commission if the visitor does not buy on the first visit but on a second? For example if people come to my free events’ page with an affiliate link and after attending this event they click to my other products and decide to buy.
thanks
Hi Erika, 1.) Please see ” WP Affiliate Platform Affiliate Banner/Link Creation” video on the following page:
http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate/wp-affiliate-platform-quick-setup-and-usage-video-tutorial-158
2.) The Affiliate is tracked though cookies as long as the cookie is present it will count the sale for that affiliate, even if they leave and come back a few days later. The average time for an cookie is 28-31 days. You can however specify how long you would like the cookie to be active.
Thank you so much. One final question before purchasing: I have my website and apart from that I have separate sales pages with my main products (these are not with the same domain like my site). When I create the links and configure the landing URL, it could be an external URL (my sales page) as well or are there any limitations (eg. it can only be the same domain)?
thanks,
erika
@Erika, the sales page will need to in the same domain.
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