{"id":185,"date":"2017-05-29T13:14:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T13:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-affiliates\/?p=185"},"modified":"2023-10-24T12:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T12:24:43","slug":"commission-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-affiliates\/premium-version-settings\/commissions\/commission-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The commission status is strictly linked to the order status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the order is submitted, the commissions&nbsp;are generated with the <strong><code>Not confirmed<\/code><\/strong> status. Then, when the order is paid and completed, the commission automatically gets the&nbsp;<strong><code>Pending<\/code><\/strong> status, which means that the commission is ready to be paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a more detailed list with all the statuses that a commission can get and which order status can trigger it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><code>pending<\/code><\/strong>: if the order status goes to <strong>completed<\/strong> or <strong>processing<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><code>pending-payment<\/code><\/strong>: this status is not triggered by any order, it can only be triggered by automatic or manual payment and will be like this until the payment is confirmed by the gateway or set to <strong>completed<\/strong> by the admin manually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><code>paid<\/code><\/strong>: this is the status that the commission takes when the associated payment is set to <strong>completed<\/strong> status.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><code>not-confirmed<\/code><\/strong>: this is the commission status when the order status goes to <strong>pending<\/strong> or <strong>on-hold<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><code>cancelled<\/code><\/strong>: if the order status goes to <strong>cancelled<\/strong> or <strong>failed<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><code>refunded<\/code><\/strong>: if the order status goes to <strong>refunded<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please, note<\/strong>: when the commission is on&nbsp;<strong><code>pending payment<\/code><\/strong> or&nbsp;<strong><code>paid<\/code><\/strong> status, it can only be changed to <strong><code>Trashed<\/code><\/strong>. No other status change is allowed to prevent a commission is erroneously paid twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commission can be paid only when it&#8217;s on <b><code>Pending<\/code><\/b> status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example: a commission standard life cycle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the default life cycle of a commission, and the statuses it takes on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>order created &gt; commission <strong><code>not confirmed<\/code><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>order completed &gt; commission <strong><code>pending<\/code><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>commission payment created &gt; commission <strong><code>pending payment<\/code><\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>commission payment completed &gt; commission <strong><code>paid<\/code><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The admin can anyway manually change the commission status regardless of the order status, so for example, a <code><strong>pending <\/strong><\/code>commission can be changed to <strong><code>not confirmed <\/code><\/strong>even if the order is completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details about how to create commissions payments, please, refer to the following page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-affiliates\/free-version-settings\/commissions-payments\/manage-payments-free-version\/\">Commissions payments for the free version<\/a><br>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.yithemes.com\/yith-woocommerce-affiliates\/commissions\/commissions-payments\/\">Commissions payments for the premium version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The commission status is strictly linked to the order status. 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