A tracked link per affiliate
Each person gets their own link, so an order can be attributed without anyone claiming it by hand.
Affiliates
Turn customers into your best salespeople.
Run a referral program inside Crate. Give each affiliate a tracked link, set their commission rate, and see every sale they bring in beside every other channel.
14-day free trial. No card required.
Does Crate support affiliates?
Yes. Crate lets a business recruit affiliates who promote its products and earn a commission on the sales they bring in. Each affiliate in Crate gets a tracked link, and an order arriving through that link is attributed to them automatically rather than reconciled by hand afterwards. Commission in Crate is set as a percentage or a fixed amount in the store's own currency, USD in the United States and NGN in Nigeria, and what each affiliate is owed is visible in the same dashboard as the orders. Crate records affiliate sales beside every other channel, so affiliate revenue is compared with the online store, Instagram and WhatsApp on one set of numbers.
What it does
Capabilities
A referral program is only useful if the attribution is automatic. All of this happens without a spreadsheet.
Commission you set
A percentage between 1 and 75, set per affiliate, with a different rate on individual products when one item earns its own. Calculated on the item subtotal, never on delivery or tax.
Automatic attribution
An order arriving through a link is credited on the spot, at the moment it is placed.
What each person is owed
Earnings sit in the same dashboard as the orders that produced them.
Counted as a channel
Affiliate revenue is compared with your store, social and chat on one set of numbers.
Your own terms
You decide who joins, what they earn and when the program stops.
Who it is for
Fit
Referral works when customers already recommend you and nobody is counting it.
Your customers already refer you
The recommendations are happening in group chats. A tracked link is the difference between knowing that and guessing it.
You work with creators
Give each one a link and a rate, and settle on what the link actually sold rather than on a screenshot.
You sell through resellers
Attribute the order, see the margin, and keep the customer record on your own account.
Setup
How it works
Set up once, and the counting happens on its own from then on.
- Turn on the program and set your default commission rate.
- Invite an affiliate and send them their tracked link.
- Orders through that link are attributed automatically as they arrive.
- Review what each affiliate earned and settle it on your own schedule.
Set up from a phone. No developer, no plugin to buy, nothing to install.
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The same capability, described in the language of the trade it is being used in.
Affiliates questions
How does Crate know who referred a sale?
Each affiliate has their own tracked link. An order that arrives through it is attributed to that affiliate automatically rather than reconciled by hand afterwards.
Can I set a different rate per affiliate?
Yes. Commission is a percentage or a fixed amount in US dollars, and it is set per affiliate rather than once for everyone.
Where do I see what someone has earned?
In the same dashboard as your orders. Affiliate sales sit beside every other channel, so you compare them on one set of numbers.
Is this the same as the Crate affiliate program?
No. This page is about affiliates who sell your products. The program that pays for referring a business to Crate itself is a separate thing, described on the Crate affiliates page.
Let the recommendations count.
Tracked links, rates you set, and attribution that happens without a spreadsheet. Free for 14 days, no card required.
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