Referral Settings

The Referral Settings section allows you to configure the core rules and formats for your affiliate program, including how commissions are calculated, links are structured, and tracking is handled.

Accessing Referral Settings

To access this section, navigate from your WordPress dashboard to FluentAffiliate → Settings → Referral Settings.

Link & Commission Settings

These settings define the structure of your affiliate links and the default commission rates.

• Referral Variable: Define the variable used in referral links. The example shown is ref.
• Default Referral Format: Choose the default format for how referral links will be generated. The image shows "Affiliate ID" as the selected option.
• Rate: Set the standard commission rate for referrals, which can be a percentage or a fixed amount. The example value is 20 percent.

Financial Formatting

Configure how monetary values and numbers are displayed across the plugin.

• Currency: Select the primary currency for your store's transactions and affiliate payouts. "United States Dollar" is the example shown.
• Number Format: Choose the character style for separating thousands in numerical values. Options include US Style (1,000,00.00) and EU Style (1.000,00,00).
• Currency Symbol Position: Choose whether the currency symbol appears Before ($10) or After (10$) the amount.

Tracking & Credit Rules

Define the logic for how affiliates are credited for referrals and how long they are tracked.

• Credit: Determine which affiliate receives credit for a referral. You can credit the First Affiliate or the Last Affiliate.
• Cookie Duration: Set the duration of the cookie used to track referrals, specified in days. The example shows a duration of 30 days.

Page, Cost, & Subscription Settings

This section allows you to configure page assignments, cost exclusions, and rules for self-referrals and subscriptions.

• Affiliate Area: Select the page you want to use for your affiliate portal. You can use the [fluent_affiliate_portal] shortcode on this page. Clicking the plus icon will open an "Add Page" pop-up where you can enter a new "Page Title" and click "Add" to create it.

• Exclude Shipping: Enable this option to exclude shipping costs from the calculation of referral commissions.

• Exclude Tax: Enable this to exclude tax amounts from the calculation of referral commissions.

• Disable Self Referral: Enable this to prevent affiliates from earning commissions on their own purchases.

• Affiliate Commission on Subscription Renewal (Coming soon): This is an upcoming feature that will enable you to credit the main affiliate on subscription renewals.

After configuring all your settings, click the Save Settings button to apply the changes.