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Per-product commission rates

You can set a custom commission rate on individual WooCommerce products. The per-product rate overrides the default for that product only.

Set per-product rate

  1. Edit a WC product
  2. Open the Asteris Affiliates tab (in the Product data box)
  3. Set:
    • Override default rate — yes/no
    • Rate — percentage or flat
    • Tier-2 rate (optional, for MLM)

Save the product. New referred orders on this product use the override.

When to override

  • High-margin items — pay affiliates more to push them
  • Loss-leaders / promo items — pay affiliates less (or zero) since margin is already thin
  • Subscription products — different rate for first month vs recurring
  • Bundles — single explicit rate so the calculation is predictable

Mixed-cart orders

If an order contains multiple products with different rates, the plugin uses the MAX-of strategy by default — the highest rate wins, applied across the entire commissionable subtotal.

Change to per-line-item splits (v1.2): Settings → Commissions → Multi-product strategy → Per-line-item.

Per-line-item is queued for v1.2. v1.1.0 uses MAX-of only.

Variable products

Override the rate at the product level — applies to all variations. Variation-specific rates are queued for v1.2.

EDD + Surecart

The per-product tab also renders in EDD and Surecart product edit screens. Same fields, same behaviour.

Bulk update via WP-CLI

Terminal window
wp asteris-aff product-rate set --product=123 --rate=20
wp asteris-aff product-rate clear --product=123
wp asteris-aff product-rate import --csv=/path/to/rates.csv