Native billing platform integrations

A native billing integration is a ready-made connection between the affiliate tool and the system that charges your customers, such as Stripe, Paddle or Chargebee. When a customer pays, upgrades or gets a refund, the affiliate tool is told automatically and adjusts the commission. Nobody has to copy figures from one place to another. FirstPromoter, Post Affiliate Pro, Rewardful, Tapfiliate and Tolt are listed with this feature.

Commission errors are the quickest way to lose affiliate trust. If sales, renewals and refunds are entered by hand, mistakes creep in, and you spend time settling disputes. A direct connection also makes recurring commission possible, because renewals are picked up as they happen. You need it when you sell online through a billing platform. If you take orders by invoice or phone, a connection does little and a manual entry or import will do.

• Ask whether your billing platform appears on the list of native integrations, not only a generic option.
• Test the connection with a real or test payment and a refund, and check that both appear correctly.
• Check how much setup it needs, for instance whether you must change your checkout.
• Find out whether past customers can be imported or whether tracking starts from the day you connect.