NATS4 Account Representatives
This article explains how to set up an Account Rep Program, promote an Affiliate to an Account Representative, and assigning an Account Representative to Affiliates.
Creating An Affiliate Site
In order to set up this Account Rep Program, you will need to create an 'affiliate' type site. More information about setting up the site can be found in our NATS4 Site Setup article.
Creating Account Rep Program
Once you have set up an affiliate site, you can create an account rep program; this is the same process as creating any other program in NATS. To do this, go to the programs admin, and click on the Create A New Disabled Program link. Next add a name, short name, and choose the account rep program type. You will then see the edit program form. Here, you can choose or add what sites you want this new program to apply to, as well as setting default affiliate payouts.
There are three options in the default payouts:
- % Revenue - pays out a percentage of the revenue
- Fixed - pays out a fixed amount
- Start - describes how many sales need to be made before the account rep begins to receive payout
The final thing you will want to edit for the program will be the particular sites within this program. You will need both the affiliate(s) and the site active for this program.
Promoting an Affiliate to Account Rep
After you have set your default payouts and sites to be used in your program, go to the affiliates admin and search for the affiliates you wish to make account reps. To promote an affiliate to the account rep status, click the Edit Affiliate Account Access Permissions icon to the left of the affiliate in question's username. Doing so will take you to the account access permissions screen, where you will be able to change their account type and also limit their access to NATS admin areas. To change an affiliate's permissions, click on the drop-down menu at the top of the page labeled "Access Level" and select the "Account Rep" status.
After the affiliates have been made account reps you will need to add the account reps to the program using the list & modify enabled affiliates button from the program admin.
Assigning Account Rep to Affilites
Finally you will need to set affiliates to use these account reps. You can set the reps in three different ways.
- You can set them manually yourself
- To do this, go to the affiliate admin and find the affiliates you wish to set the rep for. Click the checkbox on the far left for each affiliate, scroll to the bottom of the page and choose "Assign account rep" from the list of options. You will then have a field to type in the account rep's username. After typing the username, you will then be prompted to select the account rep program you want to assign the affiliate under using the drop down list. Finally click submit.
- You can have the reps act as a webmaster referral
- To do this, go to the configuration admin under affiliates and set ACCOUNT_REP_NATSCODE_AS_REF which will allow the account rep to refer affiliates who then become affilates he represents
- You can assign random reps
- In the configuration admin under affiliates, set ASSIGN_RANDOM_ACCOUNT_REPS to randomly assign account reps on signup.
Removing an account rep
You can remove an account rep by clicking the check box next to the affiliates you want to remove from an account rep, scrolling to the bottom and using the remove account rep action from the drop down box.
