Assigning 2 affiliates to 1 product (sharing revenue)

[Troy Media]

We are an editorial content provider to media outlets across Canada.

We pay our columnists commissions (30%) based on their sales. Each column is also edited by an editor, to whom we pay a 12% commission. However, the assigned editor may be different for each columnist, depending on workload.

Is there a way to assign a specific second affiliate (the editor) to each new product(column) within eStore? I see in eStore Setting>Product Specific Commission that a second commission rate can be set, but no way to assign it to a specific affiliate, in this case the editor.

Secondly, I do not want the second commission rate to reduce the amount paid to the columnist (30%). I was looking at increasing all commission rates to 42%, then assigning the 12% to the editor, but that seems a bit clunky. As well, if I increase the commission rate under the Affiliate plugin to 42% for the columnists, there doesn’t seem to be a way to assign each individual product to a specific second affiliate in eStore when we create the product.

Thanks for your help.

[wzp]

Do you think an adaptation of the Two Tier Affiliate Model would work for your case?

https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate/how-to-use-two-tier-affiliate-model-112

[Troy Media]

I’ll have a look at your suggestion. Can you tell me, however, if we pay a 30% commission to the columnist and 12% to the editor, would that reduce the columnist’s commission to 18%? Is there a way to ensure the columnist always gets the 30% and the editor 12%?

[admin]

I think what you need is a setup like the following but be able to specify multiple IDs for the sharing partners:

https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/how-to-setup-revenue-sharing-with-wp-estore-and-affiliate-platform-930

Adding multiple author IDs complicates the situation but I think it is doable. It will need a custom job for sure.

[Troy Media]

How much for the custom job?

And thanks for your help.

[wzp]

Please complete the custom work order quote request form, referencing this thread, and someone will get back to you:

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

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