Progressive Rates

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3 responses to “Progressive Rates”

1. 

   George

   October 22, 2019

   Hey Rocco,

   Actually for this one you need to use a different approach. The different rates you choose to apply, need to be set inside the function.
   First you need to get the current date and then get the totals for the previous month interval with this:

   Affiliates_Shortcodes::get_total( $affiliate_id, $from, $until, $status )
   once for status = ‘accepted’ and once for status = ‘closed’
   which returns an array of totals indexed by currency id. Based on the conditions you choose ie
   if the total in EUR is >= 0 and < 500 set the $variable['c'] = 0.12
if the total in EUR is >= 500 and < 1000 set the $variable['c'] = 0.15
if the total in EUR is >= 1000 and < 1500 set the $variable['c'] = 0.18
if the total in EUR is >= 1500 set the $variable['c'] = 0.20

   Regarding the rate in Affiliates > Rates you should choose type Formula and add the following formula in the value: c*s
   so that on each referral the function will multiply the variable rate (c) by the net sale amount (s).

   Obviously the above requires extensive knowledge of PHP to be implemented but this is the basic idea.

   Kind regards,
   George
2. 

   Rocco Di Fonso

   October 18, 2019

   Ok, that’s a good start.
   I am more a front end developer so I need help to set things correctly.

   Should I first create different Rates (12% 15% 18% 20%) ?
   And then in functions.php use

   function my_variables( $variables, $rate, $context ) {
   // how do I calculate the monthly earning and assign the right rate?
   return $variables;
   }
   add_filter( ‘affiliates_formula_computer_variables’, ‘my_variables’, 10, 3 );

   Any help would be really appreciated.
   Thanks
3. 

   George

   October 17, 2019

   Hi Rocco,

   Thanks for using our affiliates system.

   A progressive rate or in terms of implementation a variable rate can be set by using Formula based rates, a feature integrated in Affiliates plugins.

   In order to use a custom formula, you need to implement it using the affiliates_formula_computer_variables hook which will allow you to modify the rate according to the sum amount of the orders the affiliate referred within the monthly interval.

   Kind regards,
   George