Commissions are the rules that determine what an attributed order is worth to an affiliate. In Affilibee, commission outcomes come from the structure you configure before live orders are submitted, not from ad hoc decisions at payout time.
Affilibee uses two main layers to calculate commissions: tiers and product segments. Tiers let you group affiliates under different default rules, while product segments let you override those defaults for specific products or product groups.
That structure means the same submitted order can produce different commission outcomes depending on which affiliate tier is assigned and which segment rules apply to the products in the order.
Each affiliate belongs to a tier. A tier defines the base commission behavior that should apply when a submitted order is attributed to that affiliate.
Teams often use tiers to separate standard partners from affiliates who have negotiated different rates. A tier can use either a fixed amount or a percentage-based commission model, depending on how the program is structured.
Within a tier, product segments let you treat parts of the catalog differently from the default rate. This is useful when some products should pay a reduced rate, a higher rate, or no commission at all.
Every tier includes a default segment. That default applies to products that do not match a more specific segment rule.
Commission setup is one of the most important inputs to the rest of the system. When an order is submitted from your platform, Affilibee evaluates it against the affiliate's tier and the matching segment rules already configured in your account.
If an order appears correctly in Affilibee but the result looks unexpected, commission configuration is often the first thing to review.
One common pattern is to create a default tier for most affiliates and a higher tier for selected partners, then use product segments to lower commission rates for specific products or set non-commissionable items to zero.
That keeps the model predictable without needing a separate commission structure for every individual affiliate.
Continue with Orders to see how these rules appear on attributed orders, or Payments to see how confirmed commissions move into payout periods.
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