Create referral offers for affiliates to Share Discount Codes

Introduction:

Offering discounts through affiliates is a great way to attract new customers while rewarding your partners for their efforts. By allowing affiliates to share exclusive discounts with their referrals, you can increase conversions, build trust, and encourage more effective promotion of your products.

With AiTrillion, you can easily enable affiliates to provide discounts to the customers they refer, creating a win-win situation for both your business and your partners. This approach not only improves acquisition but also helps track performance and optimize your affiliate strategy.

In this article, you’ll learn the different ways affiliates can offer discounts to their referrals and how to set them up effectively.

Here are the steps for affiliates to provide discounts to their customers:

Step 1: Go to Affiliate program >> Settings >> Referral offer >> and click on Create referral offer

Step 2: Fill the required details and click on Add offer

1. Offer Name: Enter a unique and descriptive name for the offer. Example: “Welcome Coupon”. This name will help identify the offer in your dashboard and reports.
   
2. Description: Provide a short summary or details about the offer. Example: “Get 10% off on your first order when referred by a friend.” This section is optional but recommended for clarity when managing multiple offers.
   
3. Discount Type*: The discount defines how much benefit the referred customer will receive. You can choose between Fixed Amount or Percentage Off. 
   
1. Fixed Amount: Offers a specific amount off the purchase total. Example: $10 Off, $50 Off Use when you want to give a flat discount value.
   Fields:
   Details ($): Enter the flat amount to be deducted (e.g., 10.00).
2. Percentage Off: Offers a percentage discount on the order total. Example: 10% Off, 25% Off. Ideal for scalable discounts across different cart sizes.
   Fields:
   Details (%): Enter the percentage value (e.g., 10).
4. Minimum Purchase Requirement: Enable this checkbox if the offer should apply only when a minimum purchase amount is met. Example: Offer valid only for orders above $50. This prevents small orders from receiving the discount.
   
5. Applies To: Choose where the discount applies:

Option	Description
All Products	Applies to every product in the store.
Select Products	Choose specific products eligible for the offer.
Select Collections	Apply the offer to specific product collections.

Example: If you select Select Collections, you can apply a 15% discount only on “Summer Collection” products.

Usage Limits: Control how often or by whom the offer can be used.

Option	Description
Limit number of times this discount can be used in total	Restricts the total number of redemptions. Example: Set limit to 100 to allow only 100 total uses.
Limit to one use per offer	Ensures each user can redeem the offer only once. Prevents repeated use by the same customer.

6. Add Offer / Save: Once all fields are completed, Click “Add Offer” (or “Save”) to create and activate the referral offer. The offer will now be available for referral campaigns or discount application workflows.

Now, the Discount Offers tab will be visible to the customers.

Note: The discount rule can not be edited once created.

Now, there are two options for the affiliates to get the discount code:

1. Automatic discount code generation
   
2. Manual discount code generation
   

Automatic discount code generation

Here are the steps to generate an automatic discount code for affiliates:

Step 1: Go to Affiliate program >> Settings >> Configurations 

Step 2: Enable the option to generate a discount code for affiliates upon signup. Then, select the discount code, or click the plus icon to create a referral offer that affiliates can share with customers.

Now, whenever an affiliate signs up for the referral program, a discount code will be automatically created for them to share with customers.

Manual discount code generation

Here are the steps for affiliates to generate a discount code:

Step 1: The affiliates have to go to the affiliate program page >> click on Discount offers, and have to click on Create discount.

Step 2: They need to enter the discount code details and click on the option of available discount to select the offer which was created in refferal offer by you.

Note: Affiliates can create their code or generate a random number by clicking on the Generate Discount Code link.

Now, the discount code generated will be shown in the list of offers, which can be sent to the customers.

Important Notes

• Discount codes can be generated either automatically upon affiliate signup or manually by the affiliates, depending on the refferal offer configuration.
• Ensure the discount settings (percentage, fixed amount, usage limits, expiry date) are correctly defined before assigning them to affiliates.
• If automatic generation is enabled, each affiliate will receive a unique discount code.
• Admins can edit or disable discount codes at any time if required.
• Make sure the discount aligns with your store’s pricing and promotional strategy to avoid conflicts with other offers.
• Affiliates should be informed clearly about how and where to share their codes (email, social media, etc.).
• Avoid creating multiple overlapping discounts for the same products, as this may lead to unexpected behavior at checkout.
• Keep track of performance to understand how affiliate discount codes contribute to sales and conversions. 
  

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