Enroll programs into automated payments

this article explains how to choose which referral programs use automated payments, how auto enrollment works, and what happens when you enroll or unenroll a program how program enrollment works automated payments are enabled at the program level you choose which referral programs should use automated payments, and ambassadors in those programs receive payments through the automated system programs not enrolled continue using your existing payment method (paypal, external, etc ) enroll a program go to settings > payment settings find the programs enrolled in automated payments section click manage programs in the drawer that opens, toggle on the programs you want to enroll click save once enrolled ambassadors in that program become eligible for automated payments their approved commissions are included in the next payment batch they'll start receiving wallet setup reminders if they haven't set up their payment wallet yet the program appears in the automated payment schedule drawer auto enroll future programs if you want new programs to automatically be enrolled in automated payments when they're created in payment settings , find the auto enroll setting toggle auto enroll on click save when auto enroll is on any new program you create is automatically enrolled in automated payments programs created by duplicating an existing enrolled program also inherit enrollment you can still manually unenroll any auto enrolled program note auto enroll only applies to programs created after the setting is turned on it does not retroactively enroll existing programs unenroll a program go to settings > payment settings click manage programs toggle off the program you want to unenroll click save when you unenroll a program the program is removed from the currently scheduled payment batch ambassadors in that program are no longer included in automated payments any unpaid commissions remain in the system — they move back to the manual/external payment workflow ambassadors in that program will not receive automated wallet setup reminders what happens to commissions when enrolling a program all approved, unpaid commissions for ambassadors in that program become eligible for the next automated payment batch commissions that were already pending under manual/external payment workflows are now included in the automated system when unenrolling a program unpaid commissions are not lost they move back to the manual payment workflow and appear on the unsent payments tab under the appropriate non automated section you can still pay them via paypal, external payments, or other methods commission approval for enrolled programs programs enrolled in automated payments have a special behavior for commission approval pending commissions are automatically approved at the time of the payment batch if they haven't been manually approved or rejected this means you don't need to manually approve every commission — the system handles it at payment time if you want to exclude a commission, manually reject it before the payment date this auto approval only applies to programs enrolled in automated payments the referral commission settings and referral rewards page include a note about this behavior so you and your team are aware how many programs can i enroll? there's no limit you can enroll all of your referral programs, or just a subset many brands start with one program to test the workflow, then enroll additional programs once they're comfortable viewing enrolled programs you can see which programs are enrolled in several places payment settings — shows count and list of enrolled programs automated payment schedule drawer — lists enrolled programs for the upcoming batch program settings — individual program settings show whether automated payments is the active payment method best practices start with one program to test the automated payment workflow before enrolling all programs use auto enroll if your brand consistently wants new programs on automated payments review enrolled programs before each payment batch to ensure the right programs are included communicate to ambassadors when you enroll their program, so they know to expect wallet setup prompts related articles getting started with automated payments docid\ kxktbrhvkt85lgcgcoswf understand automated payment timelines docid\ izpkfe4evl uafhaplldm view upcoming automated payments batch docid\ rjtesg7nf9gd9lxy flhl