<p>How Payouts Work</p><p>Payouts are rewards owed to affiliates when their referrals meet program conditions.</p><h2 id="0bazle0z3m6" data-toc-id="0bazle0z3m6">The Payout Flow</h2><ol><li><p>An affiliate shares their referral link</p></li><li><p>A user signs up via that link</p></li><li><p>Depending on the program trigger:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Sign Up programs</strong>: Payout generated immediately as Ready</p></li><li><p><strong>Transaction programs</strong>: Transactions tracked; when confirmed and eligible, payout becomes Ready</p></li></ul></li><li><p>Admin reviews Ready payouts and pays or rejects</p></li><li><p>Full audit trail recorded</p></li></ol><h2 id="333054kdksr" data-toc-id="333054kdksr">Summary Cards</h2><p>Pending, Ready, and Paid totals are shown at the top of the payouts page.</p><h2 id="d8lo6cc5zqz" data-toc-id="d8lo6cc5zqz">Filtering</h2><p>Switch between Pending, Ready, Paid, and Rejected tabs. Filter by affiliate and search by name, email, program, or transaction ID.</p><h2 id="bxks5w3pa4e" data-toc-id="bxks5w3pa4e">Event Types</h2><ul><li><p><strong>Signup</strong>: From Sign Up trigger programs</p></li><li><p><strong>Transaction</strong>: From Transaction trigger programs</p></li></ul><p></p>

Understand the end-to-end payout flow in Toppal.

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Configure your workspace and marketplace settings

Settings

Configure your workspace identity and marketplace connection settings.

Workspace and Marketplace Settings

Brand your affiliate pages, customize signup forms, and configure email templates

Customization

Configure default and per-program branding for affiliate-facing pages and emails.

Branding Your Affiliate Pages

Configure the public affiliate signup page for each program.

Customizing the Affiliate Signup Page

Configure email templates for affiliate signup, manual creation, and auto-enrolment.

Customizing Email Templates

Understand payout flows, statuses, and how to pay or reject affiliate payouts

Payouts

How to pay affiliates using manual or automated payment methods.

Paying Affiliates

When and how to reject payouts, available reasons, and what happens after.

Rejecting Payouts

What each payout status means and how payouts transition.

Payout Statuses Explained

Manage affiliates, track referrals, and handle affiliate statuses

Affiliates

How to deactivate and reactivate affiliates and what it means for payouts.

Deactivating and Reactivating Affiliates

View, filter, and manage your affiliates from the Admin dashboard.

Managing Affiliates

How Toppal tracks referred users and how to view transaction details.

Referred Users and Referral Tracking

Three ways affiliates are created: manual, signup form, and auto-enrolment.

Adding Affiliates

Create and configure affiliate programs with triggers, payout types, and advanced features

Programs

Learn how to create and configure a new affiliate program in Toppal.

Creating an Affiliate Program

Understand the two qualification triggers for affiliate programs.

Qualification Triggers: Sign Up vs Transaction

Learn the difference between Fixed and Percentage payout types.

Payout Types: Fixed vs Percentage

Configure referral limits, transaction caps, and minimum values.

Advanced Program Features

How auto-enrolment automatically creates affiliates from marketplace users.

Auto-Enrolment Programs

Connect Sharetribe, email, and payment services to Toppal

Integrations

Connect your Sharetribe marketplace to Toppal to enable affiliate referral tracking.

Connecting Sharetribe

Send affiliate emails from your own domain instead of the default toppal.io address.

Setting Up a Custom Email Domain

Connect Tremendous to automate affiliate payouts via email-delivered rewards.

Connecting Tremendous for Automated Payouts

Learn the basics of Toppal and get up and running quickly

Getting Started

An overview of Toppal, the affiliate management platform built for Sharetribe marketplaces.