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Allow affiliates to earn commission on their own referrals

Last updated on by Andrew Munro
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Allow Own Referrals is a free add-on for AffiliateWP which allows affiliates to earn a commission, when they purchase using their own referral link or affiliate coupon code.

Since AffiliateWP blocks affiliates from earning commission on their own referrals, we decided to add a filter hook for developers to override this behaviour. This filter was introduced last week when we released version 1.6 of AffiliateWP.

Allow Own Referrals requires AffiliateWP version 1.6 or later.

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3 comments on “Allow affiliates to earn commission on their own referrals”

  1. Pingback: Weekly Roundup: April 17, 2015 – Sell with WP

  2. Hi! Great add-on. Wondering also about the progress with the add-on for affiliates to earn commissions on their affiliates? Thanks Andrew…

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    1. Hi Tanner,

      Thanks! A 3rd party developer is currently developing the MLM add-on. If you contact us via our support page I can pass you their email and they will be able to give you an ETA.

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