How to Set Up a Multi Tier Affiliate Program

Omnistar Affiliate is an affiliate software system built from the bottom up to provide you with the ability to develop an extremely efficient advertising network. Our PHP Affiliate Manager Software is designed to provide you with a tool for networking with your advertisers and growing your advertising. The ability to reward advertisers for providing you with new connections is important, because it allows you to develop a broader base of advertisers and greatly increase your traffic. The Multi Tier aspect of Omnistar Affiliate is a key part of setting up one of these systems.

STEP 1: Add an Affiliate Program

Create an affiliate program by selecting Manage Affiliate Programs, then click Add Affiliate Program. Input the Affiliate Program details. To configure commission for the top tier of affiliates, you will enter a value in the field marked Affiliate Users will earn the following amount per sale. You can either pay based on a percentage of each sale, or you can pay a set commission.

STEP 2: Configure the different tiers

Scroll down and you will see a list of multiple tiers of affiliates. You can set up tiers ranging from a second level to up to ten levels. When you configure a tier, you have the option of paying that user based on a flat commission or a percentage. This system works by paying the affiliates above the seller the commission listed in their tier's box. So if a third tier affiliate makes a sale, The affiliate who recruited them will receive the commission in the 2nd tier box, and the affiliate above the 2nd tier would receive the 3rd tier commission. This goes on up to ten tiers.

STEP 3: Configure recurring payments

The system can also provide recurring payments for affiliates who forward sales of recurring products. This system will make a payment on a recurring schedule to affiliates based on the sale of offerings such as hosting or other recurring payment based sales. Simply input the amount you will pay a first tier affiliate, set whether you will pay a portion of each sale or a set commission, and set the period over which you will pay the recurring rate. Configure the tiers bellow the same way you configured tiers in Step 2.