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# Affiliate Tiers

Create performance-based tiers to reward top affiliates

Last updated: 2026-01-19

Tiers motivate affiliates to perform better by offering increasing rewards for higher performance. Spark! supports automatic tier progression based on configurable metrics.

## Tier Benefits

Each tier can offer different benefits:

*   **Higher Commission Rates** — Increased percentage or flat-rate commissions
*   **Exclusive Products** — Access to promote limited or unreleased items
*   **Priority Support** — Faster response times and dedicated contacts
*   **Early Payouts** — Shorter payout cycles for top tiers
*   **Custom Links** — Vanity URLs and branded short links
*   **Product Seeding** — Free products for content creation

## Tier Criteria

Define how affiliates qualify for each tier:

##### Example Tier Structure

**Starter:** 0-10 sales/month → 10% commission  
**Pro:** 11-50 sales/month → 15% commission + priority support  
**Elite:** 51-100 sales/month → 20% commission + weekly payouts  
**Partner:** 100+ sales/month → 25% commission + product seeding + dedicated manager

Criteria can be based on:

*   **Sales Count** — Number of attributed orders
*   **Revenue Generated** — Total GMV driven
*   **Commission Earned** — Total commissions paid
*   **Conversion Rate** — Clicks to sales ratio
*   **Time Period** — Rolling 30 days, calendar month, or lifetime

## Automatic Progression

Spark! automatically moves affiliates between tiers:

*   **Promotion** — Instantly when they hit the threshold
*   **Demotion** — After configurable grace period (e.g., 2 months below threshold)
*   **Notifications** — Email affiliates when tier changes

##### Grace Periods

Set a grace period before demoting affiliates to avoid frustration from one slow month. Two months is a good default—long enough to recover, short enough to maintain tier integrity.

## Manual Tier Assignment

Override automatic tiers for special cases:

*   **VIP Partners** — Manually assign top tier to strategic partners
*   **Influencer Deals** — Custom tiers for negotiated partnerships
*   **New Affiliates** — Start promising affiliates at higher tiers
*   **Locked Tiers** — Prevent automatic demotion for key partners

## Tier Analytics

Track tier performance in your analytics dashboard:

*   Revenue breakdown by tier
*   Tier progression/demotion rates
*   Average time to reach each tier
*   Correlation between tier and engagement

## Next Steps

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### Commission Structures

Configure tier-specific commission rates

Learn more



](https://chargezen.com/docs/spark/affiliate-management/commission-structures)[

### Analytics Dashboard

Track affiliate and tier performance

Learn more



](https://chargezen.com/docs/spark/analytics/dashboard)

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#### Commission Structures

Set up commission rates



](https://chargezen.com/docs/spark/affiliate-management/commission-structures)[

#### Analytics Dashboard

Track tier performance



](https://chargezen.com/docs/spark/analytics/dashboard)

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