Affiliate Marketing Flow

Flow Overview

Affiliate Role Assignment
- Customer is assigned affiliate_marketer role
- System configures:
  - Affiliate percentage for commission
  - Affiliate active status
  - Option for all items or specific items
Product Assignment
- If affiliated_all_items is true:
  - Marketer can promote all available products within a certain category in affiliateAllowedCategory() function
- If affiliated_all_items is false:
  - Specific products are assigned via AffiliatedItem
Sales Process
- Customer visits with affiliate's ref code
- Products added to cart with ref code
- Upon successful order:
  - Commission calculated based on affiliate_percentage
  - affiliated_sales_amount updated
  - affiliated_sales_unpaid_amount increased
Payment Processing
- Admin reviews unpaid amounts
- Creates AffiliatedPayment record
- Updates affiliated_sales_unpaid_amount
- Stores payment receipts and details

Sales Tracking
- Total sales amount (affiliated_sales_amount)
- Pending payments (affiliated_sales_unpaid_amount)
- Number of successful referrals
Product Performance
- Tracks sales per affiliated product
- Monitors conversion rates
- Records customer engagement

Customer (Affiliate):
- affiliate_percentage for commission rate
- affiliated_all_items flag
- affiliated_sales_amount total
- affiliated_sales_unpaid_amount pending
- affiliate_active status
AffiliatedItem:
- Links products to affiliate
- Tracks usage and performance
- Manages product-specific details
AffiliatedPayment:
- Records payment transactions
- Stores payment receipts
- Maintains payment history