What are commission groups for?
Commission management lets you define how your distributors are compensated. It relies on commission groups, which you create and then assign to a channel manager, typically an OTA. This assignment is actually mandatory: you cannot connect an OTA-type channel manager without associating a commission group with it.
You’re free to organize this as you like: you can create as many commission groups as you have channel managers, customizing each one, or create generic, reusable groups across distributors — for example a «20% Commission» group and a «10% Commission» group that you assign depending on the case.
Creating a commission group
Creation happens in Channel manager › Commission management, via the Add button. The form has an Information tab and a Detailed commissions tab. In the Information tab, you enter the group name, the commission type, and the default commission expressed as a percentage, then save.
The two commission types
When creating the group, you choose between two types. The first, margin percentage, applies the commission to your own margin. It’s mainly used by Tourbiz customers who themselves use Tourbiz to distribute third-party products, and who therefore grant a commission to other distributors on their margin. The second, revenue percentage, is the most common: it assigns a commission percentage calculated on the sale’s revenue.
Default commission and detailed commissions
You first define a default commission, which applies to all products assigned to this group. Once the group is saved, the Detailed commissions tab becomes accessible and lets you go much further with fine-tuning.
In this tab, each product is listed with its different price types, and you can assign differentiated commissions not only by product, but also by price type within the same product. In practice, this lets you, for example, apply 20% on adult rates and 5% on children’s rates for the same product. Filters by supplier and by product, along with an export option, make management easier when the catalog is large. As long as you don’t edit a line, it simply inherits the group’s default commission.
