Affiliate commission by product for specific member level

[Robert]

I have both “affiliates” and “consultants”. Affiliates simply send traffic to my website, while consultants are actual sales people selling the product. I have the system set to automatically give affiliates 20% commission and I manually set up consultants to get 40% commissions. Consultants are set up via the eMember plugin (I have the store, affiliate and member plugins). What I need to do is give certain commissions by product only to consultants.

I realize this is a bit involved and will be fine making the change to the code myself, what I need to know is where in the code is the check to use either the affiliate commission or the product commission?

Thanks,

Robert

[admin]

Look in the “eStore_aff_award_commission” function inside the “eStore_post_payment_processing_helper” file. That function handle the commission awarding for payments processed by eStore plugin.

[Robert]

Thanks. That was what I was looking for. I am having trouble getting the “details” shortcode to work.

This shortcode just shows the shortcode text on my web page.

[wp_affiliate_referrer_details info=”firstname”]

I thought it would show the affiliate info. Where is this in the code?

[Robert]

Also, on a related note, is there a way to programmatically “set” the affiliate without having to use the affiliate form.

I know you can display the form and the user can set it, but I want to automatically set the affiliate for members that log in (I have the system set to create an affiliate with the same id when the member of a certain level is created). So when that member logs in, I want the affiliate to be set so their purchases are recorded to that affiliate.

[admin]

What version of the affiliate plugin are you using?

I don’t really understand how you want to automatically set the affiliate ID. Who will the affiliate ID be set to for a member?

Regarding your question about protecting navigation menus, see the following post:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/how-can-i-hide-the-nav-bar-to-members-who-dont-have-access-to-that-level

[Robert]

The affiliate id would be set to the member. When a member of a specific level logs in, I want the affiliate id set to that person (the system creates a member and an affiliate with the same id).

So for example, I have a membership of level 2 called consultant. If a consultant logs in I want to set the affiliate id to them. These are people who are placing orders for other people, so I want them to get commissions. I do this by setting their affiliate id. Right now, I have the set affiliate form and they have to go in and type it in themselves, I’d like to automate it.

Does this make more sense?

[admin]

Yep, that makes sense. It will be best to apply this via a custom addon plugin. So when a member logs into the system, this custom addon can set the affiliate ID automatically.

Are you a developer and okay with creating a custom addon plugin?

[Robert]

Not sure I’d call myself a developer. I have modified a number of plugins, but never created one or created and addon one. Would be happy to try if you could point me to a good reference/give me some kind of example to get me started.

[admin]

This one is not going to be easy though. It involves writing a new plugin (small but a separate addon plugin). We will have to handle it as a custom job:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/need-custom-work-done

[Robert]

I’d prefer to tackle this myself. Do you know of any good starting references to use for creating an addon plugin?

Also, what do I need to know to create the “addon” link between my new plugin and the eMember plugin?

Thanks

[admin]

It will be another little plugin so any resource that teaches you how to create a WordPress plugin is a good starting point. Here are some resources:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin

http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/30/how-to-create-a-wordpress-plugin/

http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/how-to-create-a-wordpress-plugin-video-tutorial-4547

Create a little plugin that does something first then we will get to the next part.

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