Payout Settings
The Payouts tab covers how money leaves your store. It sets the methods affiliates can be paid through and the rules for when a payout is allowed.
Open Payout settings
Section titled “Open Payout settings”Go to DevDiggers Plugins → Affiliates → Configuration → Payouts.
Withdrawal Methods
Section titled “Withdrawal Methods”A three-column table lists every method the plugin knows about.
| Method | What the affiliate provides |
|---|---|
| Direct Bank/Wire Transfer | Account name, IBAN and swift code |
| PayPal | A PayPal email address |
| WooCommerce Wallet Management | Nothing, the balance is credited in the store |
- Available shows whether the method can be used at all. Bank transfer and PayPal are always available. Wallet requires the WooCommerce Wallet Management plugin, and the row links to it when it is missing.
- Status is the checkbox that turns a method on for your affiliates. A method with Available unticked cannot be enabled.
Only enabled methods appear in the affiliate’s Settings → Withdrawal Info section and in the payout bulk actions on the Commissions screen.
Payout & Withdrawal Configuration
Section titled “Payout & Withdrawal Configuration”Payout Initiation decides who starts a payout.
- Administrator-led (Manual processing) means you create every payout yourself, from the Commissions or Payouts screen.
- Affiliate-led (Request-based payouts) lets affiliates request a withdrawal from their dashboard once they meet the minimum.
- System-led (Automated monthly schedule) creates payouts automatically on a day you pick.
Scheduled Payout Day appears only when you pick the automated schedule. It takes a day of the month from 1 to 28. The ceiling is 28 so the schedule never skips a February.
Minimum Withdrawal is the balance an affiliate must reach before a payout can run for them. The field shows your store currency symbol. Set it to 0 to allow any amount.
Holding Period (Days) is how long a commission has to age before it is eligible for payout. It defaults to 15. This is your refund buffer: a customer who returns an order inside the period does so before you have paid out on it.
How a payout is recorded
Section titled “How a payout is recorded”Whichever route creates it, a payout stores the affiliate, the method, the amount, a reference, a status and a transaction ID. Every commission it covers moves to Pending Payment, then to Paid when you mark the payout Completed.
A commission that is already Pending Payment or Paid is never touched again by an order status change. That protects a payment you have already sent from being reversed by a later edit to the order.
Where to go next
Section titled “Where to go next”- Payouts to work the payout list.
- How to Pay Your Affiliates for the full process, start to finish.