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Locate: Manage > Commissions
Prerequisites:
- Admin permissions to manage Inventory and Commissions.
- The Partner Accounts feature is available to both those using items (Inventory > Items), a key feature of our classic version of Checkfront, and those using products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our newest version of Checkfront.
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New to Checkfront - Products ✨ Products (Inventory > Products) is the successor feature to (Inventory > Items) and is available in our newest version of Checkfront. Not yet on our newest version and interested in upgrading? Please contact our Technical Support team for more information. Discover more product-related help articles here: Products (New) including information on Setting up partner commissions on products. |
New to Partner Accounts? Please read the first article in this series: Partner Accounts: Introduction.
Check out the following articles to learn more about Staff and Customer User Accounts:
Setup Base Commissions via Item/Product Pricing
Back to topAfter creating your Partner accounts, it’s time to start configuring commissions. Each item/product in your inventory can have its own commission rate. The setting can be found in the Pricing section of the Item Builder for items (Inventory > Items > Add or edit Item) or the Pricing section of the Product Builder for products (Inventory > Products > Add or edit Product).
In order to apply commissions in conjunction with your Partner accounts, you must configure the commission amounts in each of your inventory items/products.
- Configuring commissions with products
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- Configuring commissions with items
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From the Pricing section if using items, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Additional Options link for items. This reveals the Commission options for the item.
Activate the commission for the item by clicking on the off switch. Enter your commission rate and choose either % percentage or a flat fee rate from the drop-down menu. Then, click Save at the bottom of the screen.
Setup Commissions via Commission Table
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The Base Commission of an item can also be set and updated via the Commission Table at Manage > Commissions.
Each item in your inventory is listed in its own column with the Base Commission at the top. If you have already set the Base Commission in the Item's Pricing tab, then it will be shown here. You can edit the Base Commission by inputting the required value in the field provided. You can select whether this is a percentage (%) or flat fee ($) from the drop-down provided.
Bonus Commissions
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As a Business Owner, your relationships with third-party vendors probably vary on different levels from one to the next. As such, there may be times when you wish to offer greater Commissions to select partners. Checkfront has a Bonus Commission feature which can be accessed through the Commission table.
Enter the Bonus Commission into the fields provided for each Partner, as highlighted in the table above. After clicking on the field you wish to edit, a drop-down menu will appear, enabling you to select either a percentage (%) or flat fee ($)for the Commission type.
Bonus Commissions are earned in addition to the Base Commission set for each of your items or products.
For example, if you offer a 10% Bonus Commission on an item or product with a Base Commission of 15%, the total payable amount would be 25% of the Partner’s booking.
The Base Commission will be applied to all items or products in your inventory. Once you have set a Bonus Commission, it will be added to the Base Commission and updated in the Commission table.
The Commission on the left is the Base Commission, with the Bonus Commission listed on the right. The combined total will then be displayed just above this. If you like, you may combine two different Commission types e.g. one can be a percentage (%), the other a flat fee ($). In this case, the label will say mixed in brackets under the two rates.
Group Commissions
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If you have more than one preferred vendor taking bookings on your behalf, then you can also create Group Commissions. This allows you to adjust the Bonus Commission rate for a larger group, rather than having to make changes on a per-account basis.
To create a new Commission Group, click on the Create New Group button in the top right corner.
In the pop-up window, provide a name for the new Commission Group. Then, using the drop-down menu below, select the Partners you wish to include in the group by checking the box next to the relevant names.
Once you've done that, click the blue Create Group button.
The Commission Group will now appear in the left-most column, as highlighted below.
Expand the Commission Group by clicking on the black arrow to the left of the group name. You’ll notice that the rate field for the individual partners can no longer be edited. This is now controlled by the group. Any subsequent changes made to the group rate will automatically update all partners that have been assigned to that group.
A partner can be removed from a group, or moved to a different group, at any time, by clicking on the pencil icon next to their name.
From the pop-up window, a new group can be selected from the drop-down menu or the Partner can be removed from the current group by clicking on the red Remove From Group button.
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If you have restricted the Partner from receiving Commissions on certain items or products, via the account permissions feature, the Commission rates will be displayed as Restricted in the Commission table. |
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