Difference between revisions of "Payvia Types"

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Pay Via types are methods of payment that are recognized by Offerit and used to pay affiliates for redirecting traffic to your offers. You can access all your available Pay Via types through the commissions admin. To do so, go to the commissions admin and click the "Pay Via Types" tab on the side of the page.

You will then be taken to a list of your currently configured affiliate payment (Pay Via) types. The default types included in Offerit are:

• Check
• Domestic Wire
• EMC2/IPAYOUT
• ePassporte
• Inteca
• International Wire
• Payoneer
• Paypal

If you want to add another Pay Via type that is not set up in Offerit, fill out a new Pay Via Type name on the bottom of the page and click "Add." You will then need to fill out a set of required fields, all of which are shown below. When finished, hit Save. For more information on setting up a new Pay Via type, please see our Creating and Editing PayVia Options and Dump Formats article.

Editing Your Settings

To edit your Pay Via type settings, click the pencil icon next to the payment method you wish to configure. You will then be able to edit the available fields in the Pay Via Type list:

• Pay Via Type - The name of your new PayVia type.
• Description - The description of the PayVia type that your affiliates will see.
• Minimum Payment - A comma-separated list of available payment options that affiliates can select from. See the minimum payment section below for more information.
• Cost/Bonus Per Payment - Allows you to set a fee to charge affiliates per payment sent, or add a bonus to affiliate payments. You can set it to zero to disable any costs, set it to positive to charge affiliates, or set it to negative to give affiliates a bonus on each payment. See the Cost/Bonus section below for more information.
• Dump Format - Choose an appropriate dump format to use. For more information, please see the Pay Via Dump Formats section of this article.
• Enabled Default Rule - This is the default rule setup for each Pay Via type.
  • Enabled: All affiliates are able to choose this payment method, unless there is a specific disable rule setup in the Pay Via Rules.
  • Disabled: None of your affiliates will be able to utilize this payment method, unless they match an enable rule setup in the Pay Via Rules.

Minimum Payment

Minimum Payments are the minimum earnings required for affiliates to be paid by an Offerit commission. You can set these minimums yourself through the "Pay Via Types" tab at the top of the payments admin. Choose the Pay Via type you would like to edit, then click the Edit Details icon. You will then be able to change your minimum payment options for affiliates.

The minimum payment field is a comma-separated field where you can input as many values as you would like. The affiliate will then be able to choose their minimum payment from the list of options you have provided.

There are a couple of reasons for minimum payments -- to avoid having to repeatedly send small amounts of money, and to minimize transactional costs, such as fees for bank wires and ePassporte.

Cost/Bonus

The Cost(+)/Bonus(-) column is used to set amounts of money to add or subtract from sent payments for using certain join options. This can be used to persuade affiliates to use a certain Pay Via type, or to dissuade them from using other Pay Via types.

Setting your Cost/Bonus is a similar process to setting minimum payments -- go to the payments admin, navigate to the Pay Via Types section, and click the edit icon next to the type you wish to edit.

To charge an affiliate for using a Pay Via type, fill in the Cost/Bonus column with a positive dollar amount. This will subtract the selected amount from an affiliate's payment when they use that Pay Via type.

To give an affiliate a bonus for using a Pay Via type, fill in the Cost/Bonus column with a negative dollar amount. This will add the selected amount from an affiliate's payment when they use that Pay Via type.

Configuring Pay Via Fields

To configure required fields for a Pay Via type, click the Configure Type icon. Pay Via Fields refer to information fields where affiliates can fill in any necessary information to receive payments, such as bank account numbers, usernames, etc.

Adding fields will require an affiliate to fill out those fields before they can be paid. To add a new Pay Via field, scroll to the bottom of the page and fill out the following:

• Field Name - The name of the field the affiliate fills out. Examples include a "Pay To" field for checks, a "User ID" field for ePassporte, and an "Account Number" field for Domestic Wires.
• Type - Choose if you want the field to be a text box or a multiple choice list.
• Required? - Marks the field as necessary to be filled in.
• Minimum - The minimum amount of characters for the field.
• Maximum - The maximum amount of characters for the field.
• Unique? - Whether or not the value in the field has to be unique.
• Check Function - Checks if the field was properly populated. An example is alnum_letter_space_check, which verifies if the entry is alphanumeric, contains letters, and allows spaces.

When you have filled in all available form fields, click Add to create your new Pay Via field.

The action icons on the right hand side allow you to edit the values for your field, disable or enable the field, and change the order of your available fields.