How to pay someone a percentage or flat rate per item, no matter what?

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment
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I want to sell a product where one dollar per specific product goes to someone else automatically, like maybe after a certain amount accumulates, like, I dunno, $20 or something. I’m not even sure what that’d be called: An affiliate, a commission, a partner?

So to be more specific, if I’m selling products “A” and “B”, I want a dollar from “A” to go to one place, a dollar from “B” to go to a different place, and the rest to go to me.

The “affiliate” apps seem to be store-wide, for the most part, and require somebody use a specific link or coupon. I don’t want that. I want the dollar to go elsewhere no matter what link is used, no matter the source of the sale.

As near as I can tell all of the “consignment” apps require money to even look at them - that isn’t going to happen. I don’t even know if what I’m doing is “consignment,” and I’m not giving up any payment info to find out.

Anyhow, is what I’m trying to do possible? And what is it properly called?

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Hi @toynbeeidea

What you’re looking for is automatic revenue sharing or commission-based payouts per product, which isn’t exactly an “affiliate” or “consignment” model—it’s more like a royalty or revenue split system.

Here are some options I’d recommend for you:

  • Use a Shopify App for Revenue Sharing like Multi Vendor Marketplace by SplitOrder. They allow you to set fixed payments per product to different recipients. Some payout solutions, like PayPal Mass Payments, could also automate distributions.
  • And if you’re okay with a bit of manual work, you can use Shopify’s Sales Reports to track how many of each product sold and then send payments manually (e.g., via PayPal or bank transfer) when they hit your chosen threshold.