AffiliateWP Lifetime Commissions

Affiliate programs often credit an affiliate for a customer’s first purchase, leaving later orders untracked. This add-on links a customer to the affiliate who referred them when the customer makes a purchase. The affiliate can then receive commissions on that customer’s future purchases, supporting a longer-term relationship between your business and its affiliates.

The plugin uses customer email addresses and WordPress user IDs to maintain these connections, including when a customer changes devices or checks out as a guest. You can set referral rates across all affiliates or for individual affiliates, and manage customer relationships from the WordPress admin dashboard. It works with eCommerce and membership tools such as WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, and MemberPress.

Features

• Ongoing customer referrals: Automatically links a customer to an affiliate on their first purchase, allowing that affiliate to earn commissions on the customer's future purchases.
• Tracking beyond cookies: Uses customer email addresses and WordPress user IDs to track purchases, including when cookies are cleared or customers switch devices.
• Flexible referral rates: Set a referral rate across all affiliates or choose individual rates to suit your affiliate program.
• Admin relationship controls: Link or unlink customers, or transfer them between affiliates, using management tools in the WordPress admin dashboard.
• Email record updates: Automatically updates a customer's linked affiliate record when the customer changes their email address.
• Relationship time limits: Set a duration limit for how long a customer remains linked to an affiliate for commission purposes.
• Platform compatibility: Supports integrations with WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, and other eCommerce and membership platforms.

Best for

• AffiliateWP program owners
• Businesses with repeat customer purchases
• Sites working with affiliate partners