External payments guide
3 min
although roster has a direct integration with paypal, some brands prefer to pay their ambassadors outside of roster using a different payment platform for these brands, roster simplifies the process of calculating commission, rolling into payments, and marking payments as paid this creates a seamless feedback loop between brands and ambassadors, as the ambassadors are able to be notified of key events (e g approved commissions, sent payments) and brands are able to export a csv of payments to be imported in any third party payment platform here is a quick breakdown of the steps brands will need to take to utilize roster's manual payments feature enable referral commissions you will want to set up referral commissions for the relevant program(s) this allows roster to calculate referral commissions for ambassadors in these programs learn more set up referral commissions docid\ opzvv dywjrgnimlf5wkk send payments manually once commissions start coming in, and based on your brand's payment schedule, you will be ready to mark commissions as paid in roster and download the corresponding csv file(s) needed to process the payments externally learn more send payments manually docid\ vsne4duzohoz5nvbkbs7w pay with store credit docid\ x7rmir4b3ee8x fvt6wft