You have agreed a different deal with one partner and need Yaplet to pay it. Every partner carries their own commission rate and you can change it whenever you like — useful for a VIP partner, a performance bonus or an introductory offer. New partners start at 10, but that is only what the dialog pre-fills; change it before you save.
Rate types
There are two:
- Percentage — a share of the order total. A rate of 10 on a $150 order earns $15.
- Fixed Amount — the same amount on every tracked order regardless of its size, for example $8 per order.
Change a partner's rate
- In the left menu, open Marketing → Affiliate Management → Partners.
- Click the partner whose rate you want to change.
- Find the Commission Rate field.
- Pick Percentage or Fixed Amount and type the value.
- Click Save Changes. You are returned to the partners list. The new rate applies to orders tracked from now on — commissions already recorded keep the amount they were created with.
New partner defaults
There is no organisation-wide default rate; every partner carries their own. The create dialog simply starts at 10 as a convenience, and you can overwrite it before saving.
Product-level overrides
If a particular product should earn a different amount — a premium item, say — your shop can send that exact figure with the order. See Set product-level commission overrides.
Two things can beat the partner's saved rate at tracking time: a commission amount passed in the API request, and the partner's own Ignore Product Rate switch, which forces their saved rate to win. Both are explained in the product-level overrides article.