HeldSway

Commission management

Commissions your affiliates actually understand.

Mix and match flat, percentage, recurring, lifetime, performance-based tiers, multi-tier, per-product, and per-SKU rules. Set them once — HeldSway handles the math, the bonuses, and the edge cases for every payout.

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  • Per-product custom rules
  • Recurring & lifetime
  • Performance bonuses

Why this matters

Most platforms force you to pick one commission model.

  • You want to pay 15% on apparel and 8% on electronics — your platform offers a single store-wide rate.
  • A SaaS-style "5% recurring for the lifetime of the subscription" needs a custom export and a finance hand-off every month.
  • Top affiliates need a tier bump after $5K in attributed revenue — but you have no way to automate it.
  • Multi-tier (level 1 + level 2) is "available on the Enterprise plan, contact sales" instead of just being a setting.

Rule types you can mix

One rule engine. Every model your CFO can imagine.

Flat or percentage

Pay $25 per signup, 12% of order value, or any combination. Stack a flat fee on top of a percentage if your COGS demands it.

Per-product / per-SKU

Different rates per category, brand, or SKU. Bulk-import from a CSV — no clicking through 400 line items.

Recurring & lifetime

Pay every month a subscription stays active, for the life of the customer, or capped after N billing cycles. Stripe and Paddle handle the events; you set the policy.

Performance bonuses

Tier bumps at $5K / $10K / $25K of attributed revenue. Spiffs for hitting a launch goal. HeldSway evaluates rules on every conversion — no manual approval queue.

Multi-tier (MLM-style)

2- or 3-level commissions. Level 1 earns 10% on direct sales, level 2 earns 3% on the affiliates they recruit. Available on every plan, not gated behind a sales call.

Per-affiliate overrides

Your top 5 partners get a 2% bump? An influencer signed a custom flat-fee deal? Override at the relationship level without breaking program-wide rules.

How it works

From a screenshot of your commission spreadsheet to a working program.

  1. 01

    Map your rules

    Use the rule builder, or paste a CSV. HeldSway interprets product groups, recurring percentages, and performance tiers as first-class objects — not free-text fields.

  2. 02

    Validate with a test order

    Run a test conversion. HeldSway shows you the rule trace: which rule matched, which override applied, what the affiliate earned, and why.

  3. 03

    Switch the program live

    Flip a toggle. Real conversions start flowing through the same engine. The rule trace stays exportable for every payout — auditors love it.

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Stop running commissions in a spreadsheet.

Spin up a free trial, paste your current rules, and see how they look as live, evaluated objects. Migration help included on Custom plans.

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