Become a Cashfree Affiliate, offer payment solutions to your merchants, and earn a commission for every transaction your customers make.

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Commissions

As a Cashfree Affiliate Partner, you offer payment solutions to your merchants and earn a commission on each transaction they make. You can view your commissions in the Partner Dashboard. To receive your monthly payout, you need to create and submit an invoice through the dashboard.

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How Cashfree calculates commissions?

Cashfree calculates your commission based on the difference between the merchant pricing and the partner pricing. Here are some key terms:
  • Merchant pricing: The fee Cashfree charges the merchant for each transaction. This is either a percentage of the transaction amount or a flat fee.
  • Partner pricing: The fee defined for you during onboarding, based on the merchant’s pricing.
  • Partner commission: The difference between the merchant pricing and the partner pricing. This is what you earn per transaction.
Refer to the sample scenario below: You refer an e-commerce merchant, ABC Ltd. The following pricing applies:
  • Merchant pricing for UPI: 1.95%
  • Partner pricing for UPI: 1.70%
  • Commission earned: 1.95% – 1.70% = 0.25%
For a single transaction of ₹10,000:
  • Transaction amount: ₹10,000
  • Fee charged to the merchant: 1.95% × ₹10,000 = ₹195
  • Your commission: 0.25% × ₹10,000 = ₹25
If ABC Ltd. processes 100 such transactions in a month, you earn:
₹25 × 100 = ₹2,500
Notes:
  • Commission rates vary based on the merchant and partner pricing agreed upon during onboarding.
  • The system aggregates commissions monthly and displays them in the Partner Dashboard.

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View commissions

You can track all your commissions from the affiliate dashboard.
  1. Login to your dashboard using your credentials. Select Commission to view the total commission earned on transactions for a particular period.
  1. To track payment gateway transactions by your merchants, select PG Orders in the navigation section on the left. You can view the number of transactions, total transaction amount, and commission earned by you on those transactions for every merchant.

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Commission for GST registered and unregistered affiliates

If you are GST registered and shared the GSTIN details with Cashfree Payments, you will see the GST component in the Commission section. This information is not visible to the unregistered affiliates. All GST-registered affiliates must share their GSTIN with Cashfree Payments as per compliance requirements. Please reach out to care@cashfreemail.com to update your GST details.

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Receive commission amount

Cashfree generates and displays commissions every month. You see the commission for the previous month by the 5th of the current month. To start the settlement process, you create an invoice.

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Eligibility requirements

You receive a commission if:
  • You have at least two transacting merchants in the month.
  • Your Partner KYC is complete.
  • Your commission amount is more than ₹1.
If you meet all the requirements but don’t receive your commission, reach out to care@cashfreemail.com.

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Invoices

To receive the commission amount for the previous months: you must create an invoice, specify the mandatory details, and upload the invoice. To raise an invoice,
  1. Login to the Affiliate Partner dashboard using your credentials.
  2. Select Commission > Invoice.
  3. Click Add Invoice.
  1. Select the months for which you want to create an invoice.
  2. If you use an accounting system and want to upload an invoice using the same system, you can click Upload Invoice. Ensure your company’s GSTIN and Cashfree Payments GSTIN are specified in the invoice.
    Alternatively, you can click Generate Invoice if you need help with creating the invoice. Cashfree Payments automatically creates an invoice. You can enter the mandatory details and send the invoice.
  1. Upload or generate the invoice and enter the mandatory details. Click Approve and Send Invoice to send the invoice to Cashfree Payments for further processing of the commission amount.

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Invoice statuses

StatusDescription
Under ReviewThe invoice status is yet to be verified by Cashfree Payments.
ApprovedThe invoice is verified and approved for processing the commission amount.
Payout in ProgressThe commission amount is initiated for payout by Cashfree Payments.
PaidThe commission amount is settled in your bank account registered with Cashfree Payments.
RejectedThe invoice is rejected by Cashfree Payments.