Two-tier affiliate program

A two-tier affiliate program pays two people on a sale: the affiliate who brought the customer, and the affiliate who recruited that affiliate. It stops there: nobody further up is paid.

Also called: 2-tier affiliate program, two tier affiliate, second tier commission.

Worked example: A $100 sale in a two-tier program

Tier 1: the affiliate (20%)
$20
Tier 2: the recruiter (5% of the sale)
$5
ViralPayouts fee, first sale of the month
$2.50
The brand keeps
$72.50

In more detail

Tier one is the ordinary commission. Tier two is the recruiter’s override, usually much smaller, set as a share of the commission, a share of the sale or a fixed amount.

Brands use it to turn their best affiliates into recruiters, since a recruiter only earns when the people they bring actually sell.

How ViralPayouts handles it

Every ViralPayouts program is two-tier, with the override switched off if a brand does not want it.

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