5.5 Commission Pay Outs

Ever so often you will need to pay out all commissions owed to members. The commission features within xFlow Lite have been made to automate this process as much as possible, while ensuring all commission pay outs can be reviewed among other things. This is a three step process, as explained below.

Step 1 - Calculate Commission Pay Outs

The first step is to calculate exactly how much is owed to each member, which can be done through the Transaction->Pay Commission menu. At the top of this page, you can define the exact payment date and period for the commission pay out. This section looks like:

The Payment Date you specify should be the date members are physically sent their funds, and the Payment Period should be the period for which commissions are being paid. The next two sections on this page allow you to either pay commissions to a single member or all members in the database. If you choose to pay all members in the database, you can select the member status, type and minimum commission payout amount.

Once complete, submit the form and xFlow Lite will go though all appropriate member accounts and calculate how much commission is owed to each member. One pending withdrawal transaction will be added to each member's account for commissions owed.


Step 2 - Physically Send Commissions

Now that the amount to pay each member has been determined, you need to physically send the funds to your members. Go to the Transaction->Pending Withdrawals menu, which will display one table listing all payment methods and how much in payments is pending for each method. This page will look something like:

If there is a Download File link beside a payment method, you may click on it and xFlow Lite will automatically generate the appropriate batch file for that payment processor. You can then import the generated file into the payment processor, and have the payments immediately sent. Otherwise, you can click the View Details link to see full details on exactly how much is owed to each member.


Step 3 - Process Pending Withdrawals

Once you have physically sent all payments to your members, you can process them through the Transaction->Pending Withdrawals menu. Select the appropriate payment processors for which you have already sent funds, and submit the form. At this point, xFlow Lite will approve the selected pending withdrawals, and add them to the member's actual transaction accounts.