Multi-Tier Affiliate Software
Turn your best affiliates into recruiters
Set an override and your affiliates have a reason to recruit. It pays on top when a recruit's customer pays, up to three levels.
14 days free trial. No Credit card required
How It Works
Run a multi-tier affiliate program
from one dashboard
Go live in 15 minutes
Connect Stripe, Chargebee, Paddle, Recurly, or Braintree
Add a Tier Reward to any campaign in a few clicks
Enable it program-wide or for specific partners only
Your affiliates recruit the next ones
Each affiliate gets a recruitment link in their dashboard
Sub-affiliates land on your signup page, under your terms
The affiliate earns an override when a sub-affiliate's customer pays
Three levels,
capped on purpose
Deep enough to reward affiliates, capped to prevent abuse
Overrides pay on top; the seller's cut is never reduced
Fraud checks flag self-referrals before commissions fire
14-day free trial. No credit card required.
The Operator View
Every override traced to a real charge
Multi-Ter Affiliate Software Setup Steps
From one tier to three, the same day
Core Affiliate Software Features
Every control a multi-tier program needs
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Two ways to calculate the override
You set the rate and its base: the sub-affiliate's commission or the full sale. Example: the same 10% pays $3 or $10 on a $100 sale.
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The split is your call
Set the commission on a sale, then decide whether the affiliate's override comes out of it or pays on top as its own reward.
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Program-wide or partner by partner
Turn it on for a whole campaign, or for one agency partner, and leave the rest untouched.
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Approve before money moves
Manual review above thresholds you set. Payouts hold until a partner has real paying customers.
Overrides that renew with the customer
Subscription customers pay every month, so does the affiliate's cut.
For the affiliate
Their second-tier commission, the override, fires on every renewal their sub-affiliate's customer pays, for as long as your rules run.
For the sub-affiliate
Their own recurring commission runs under the terms you set, same as any partner in the program.
For you
A partner who brings in three good sub-affiliates compounds month after month, at a rate you set.
The Full Platform
Everything else your program runs on
White-labeled portal
50+ configurable attributes on your domain. Recruits accept your terms at signup.
Automated email sequences
Triggered when partner joins, hits a milestone or goes quiet. With timing you control.
Roles and audit logs
Set what each teammate can manage. Every change logged, before and after.
Marketing assets library
Upload creatives once. Every affiliate in every tier finds them in their portal.
Coupon code tracking
Sub-affiliates can track with codes as well as links, so podcast and social promotion stays attributable.
AI Assistant and MCP Server
Ask about program performance, top recruiters, and inactive partners in plain language.
14-day free trial. No credit card required.
The Affiliate Experience
What your affiliates work with
Is a multi-tier affiliate program an MLM or a pyramid scheme?
How many tiers does FirstPromoter support?
Does the override come out of the sub-affiliate's earnings?
How do payouts and tax reporting work across tiers?
I wanted commissions that rise as one affiliate performs better. Is that this?
What is a sub-affiliate?
Can I turn multi-tier on for just a few partners?
Question not covered?
Send it over. Multi-tier setups vary, and we will tell you straight if yours fits.
