WC Vendors Pro provides a flexible and complete commission system with a robust set of options depending on your marketplace needs. It includes the ability to set commissions at various levels and to use a wide array of commission types beyond just a percentage-based commission.
Commissions Calculation Order
The values that you enter are what you will be assigned to the vendor not the marketplace. For example: putting 70% in the commission field means the vendor will receive 70%.
You can set commissions at the product, category, vendor or marketplace level. This provides great flexibility for setting and calculating commissions for your vendors. All commissions are calculated per-product.
Commission calculation is checked in the following order
- Product Commission
- Product Category Commission
- Vendor Commission
- Global Commission
Commission Settings
To configure the commission settings, there are various locations depending on the commission level you are setting. The commission settings will be explained in reverse order. As they are usually set at the global level first and then overridden where required at the lower levels.
Commission fields only support WHOLE numbers. No decimals, currency signs or percentage symbols. For example, you can enter 55 for 55%. You cannot enter 55.8 for 55.8% — that is not supported. Do not enter $5.00. Instead, simply enter 5.
Global Commission Settings
The global, default commission settings for the marketplace are available on the Commissions tab in WC Vendors Settings.
From the WordPress admin, you will navigate to WC Vendors > Settings > Commission.
Upon initial activation and setup, WC Vendors Pro will detect your WC Vendors Marketplace commission setting and automatically import that setting, making that the default (percentage).
Global Commission Type
WC Vendors Pro provides various commission types which are explained below. All commission types are available at the global level.
Coupon Action
WC Vendors Pro includes a coupon module for vendors. Vendors can create coupons that apply to their products only. You have a setting for Coupon Action that will determine whether the vendor coupons are applied Before a commission is calculated or After the commission is calculated.
- After – Coupon amount comes from the vendors side of the commission leaving the admins alone
- Before – The marketplace and the vendor share the discount.
Please note that in the current version we do not support admin only coupons. Which means any coupons created by the admins and set to before will still take a portion of the coupon amount from the vendors commission. It is currently not possible to apply a coupon only to a marketplace’s share of a commission split.
Vendor Commission Settings
The marketplace admin is given the option to adjust commission on a per-vendor basis if needed. If you wish for certain particular vendors to have a different commission rate than you have set as the global rate, then you can adjust the commission type and rate for a vendor.
Admin can do this by visiting wp admin > users > all users > vendor-user-name-here > edit.
Scroll to the option: Pro Commission
You will be given the option via a drop-down box to choose the commission type, and then the commission rate for this vendor.
Category Commission
Category Commission allows you to set the commission on a per-product category basis. There is a requirement for this commission level.
To set the product category commissions you must have enabled single category select on the product forms.
WC Vendors > Settings > Forms > Products
Category Display – single select
Once this has been set category commissions will be activated.
Notes
- If this setting is not configured then category commission settings will not be displayed.
- If a product has more than one category then the category commission settings will be ignored.
You can now then set the category commission on the new category screen or edit category screen. You will be able to use the standard commission types listed below.
Tiered commissions are not available at this level.
Product Commission
Product commissions are set at the per-product level. This is the first commission level that is checked when commissions are calculated. These are set on the product edit screen in the WordPress Admin Area.
WordPress Admin > Products – Product Edit – Commission tab.
The standard commission types outlined below are available at this level as well as the Product price tiered commission.
Commission Types
WC Vendors Pro provides one of the most flexible commission systems on the market today. This ensures you can create a commission model that works for your business model. Each type is explained more below:
These commission types are available at all levels
- Product
- Category
- Vendor
- Global
Standard Commission Types
- Percentage (default): This is the site default commission rate for all vendors. Using whole numbers only, enter the percent of each product sale you wish your vendors to receive. For example: if you would like your vendors to receive 50% of each product sale, then you would enter 50 in the box. The vendor will receive 50% commission, and the site admin will receive 50% commission for each product sold.
- Percentage + fee: gives the vendor the percentage minus the fee. The admin receives the remaining commission plus the fee. For example: 50% and 5 fee. Enter 50 in the percentage box, and 5 in the fee box. When a $100 product is sold, the vendor would receive $45 (50% of $100 minus $5 fee) and the admin would receive $55.
- Fixed: A fixed currency amount of commission that a vendor will receive for each product sale. Enter the number for the fixed commission amount. For Example, you would like your vendors to receive $5 of each product sale. Enter 5 in the field. Vendors will receive $5 for each product sold; admin will receive the remaining amount from the product sale.
- Fixed + Fee: A fixed currency amount of commission that a vendor will receive for each product sale, minus the fee. For example, you would like your vendors to receive $5 of each product sale, and for admin to receive a fixed $1. Enter 5 in the fixed field and 1 in the fee field. Vendors will receive $4 ($5 minus the $1 fee) for each product sold; admin will receive the $1 fee plus the remaining amount form the product sale.
Tiered Commission Types
Tiered commission types provide much greater flexibility than our standard commission types above. This allows you to reward your vendors based on either sales performance or the product price.
- Sales By Vendor
- Sales by Product
- Product Price
Tiered commissions are available at the following levels
- Global (all tiers)
- Vendor (all tiers)
- Product (product price only)
- Sales by Vendor: This tiered system will allow you to set different commission rates based on the total sales for a vendor. This allows you to create commission systems found in the larger marketplaces currently online.
- Sales by product: This allows you to create a tiered commission system based on the total sales of a product. So that you can reward vendors based on the popularity of their specific products.
- Product Price: Product Pricing tiers allow you to set different commission rates based on the price of a single product. This is not for total product prices in the cart but per product.
