Boost Affiliate Performance with Aspire’s Automated Commission Tiers
A compelling reward structure is the backbone of every successful affiliate program — and in 2025, tiered commissions are the name of the game. By tying higher payouts to sales milestones, brands can keep affiliates engaged, motivated, and eager to grow alongside your program.
But as your affiliate roster grows, managing those tiers manually becomes a time-consuming headache.
Enter: Automated Commission Tiers — Aspire’s latest feature that lets you set clear, performance-based milestones that update automatically as creators drive more results.
Introducing Automated Commission Tiers
Automated Commission Tiers lets you set performance-based milestones that update automatically. As creators drive more conversions or sales, their commission rates increase in real time — motivating them to keep going and ensuring your top performers are paid what they deserve.
Whether you're working with 10 creators or 1,000, this feature helps your program scale with less overhead and more impact.
Benefits of Automated Commission Tiers
- Automatically level up top performers: Use this feature to automatically move creators into different commission levels based on sales or conversions.
- Program affiliate campaigns to scale conversions: Set up Automated Commission Tiers once, and let your campaign run itself, automatically tracking conversions, making tier adjustments, and calculating payouts for you.
- Motivate creators with gamified rewards: Turn affiliate campaigns into a friendly competition that empowers creators to unlock higher commissions as they hit sales milestones.
How do Automated Commission Tiers work?
1. Set performance-based milestones.
Build up to 10 commission tiers within an affiliate offer based on:
- Total value of sales driven (e.g. $500+ in revenue)
- Total number of conversions (e.g. 25+ orders)
- Each tier includes a threshold and an associated commission rate (e.g. 10%, 15%, 20%)
2. Choose a tier reset schedule.
Set up a reset schedule based on your brand’s products and goals. You can choose between Total (lifetime performance, with customizable Lookback Window start date), Monthly, Quarterly, or Yearly.
3. Enable Automated Tier Progression
Once tiers are configured, creators’ commission tiers are automatically updated as they cross a certain threshold within the chosen timeframe.
4. View and Manage Tier Performance
Track how many creators are in each tier, monitor who’s driving the most revenue or conversions, and make edits to tier structures at any time.
This feature is available to all brands on Aspire starting today, so log in to your Aspire account to get started.