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Payvia Types

Payvia types are payment methods recognized by Trackfinity and used to compensate affiliates for redirecting traffic to your offers. The section displays a list of your currently configured affiliate payment (Payvia) types. Default types included in Trackfinity are:

  • Check
  • Domestic Wire
  • EMC2/IPAYOUT
  • ePassporte
  • Inteca
  • International Wire
  • Payoneer
  • Paypal

Modifying Payvia Types

For each payvia type, the Actions button gives you the option to:

  • Enable/Disable by default
  • Edit Details
  • Configure
  • Edit Rules

Editing Payvia Settings

  • Payvia Name - The name of your new Payvia type.
  • Description - The description of the Payvia type that your affiliates will see.
  • Minimum Payment - A comma-separated list of available payment options that affiliates can select from. Detailed information available below.
  • Cost Type - whether transaction fee is percentage-based or flat-based.
  • Cost Amount - Allows you to set a fee to charge affiliates per payment sent, or add a bonus to affiliate payments. You can set it to zero to disable any costs, set it to positive to charge affiliates, or set it to negative to give affiliates a bonus on each payment. Detailed information available below.
  • Dump Format - Choose an appropriate dump format to use. For more information, please see Payvia Dump Formats.
  • Enabled by Default - This is the default rule setup for each Payvia type.
    • Enabled - All affiliates are able to choose this payment method, unless there is a specific disable rule set up in the Payvia Rules.
    • Disabled - None of your affiliates will be able to utilize this payment method, unless they match an enable rule set up in the Payvia Rules.

Minimum Payment

Minimum Payments are the minimum earnings required for affiliates to be paid by an Trackfinity commission. You can set these minimums yourself through the "Payvia Types" tab at the top of the payments admin. Choose the Payvia type you would like to edit, then click the Edit Details icon. You will then be able to change your minimum payment options for affiliates.

The minimum payment field is a comma-separated field where you can input as many values as you would like. The affiliate will then be able to choose their minimum payment from the list of options you have provided.

There are a couple of reasons for minimum payments -- to avoid having to repeatedly send small amounts of money, and to minimize transactional costs, such as fees for bank wires and ePassporte.

Cost/Bonus

The Cost(+)/Bonus(-) column is used to set amounts of money to add or subtract from sent payments for using certain join options. This can be used to persuade affiliates to use a certain Payvia type, or to dissuade them from using other Payvia types.

Setting your Cost/Bonus is a similar process to setting minimum payments -- go to the payments admin, navigate to the Payvia Types section, and click the edit icon next to the type you wish to edit.

To charge an affiliate for using a Payvia type, fill in the Cost/Bonus column with a positive dollar amount. This will subtract the selected amount from an affiliate's payment when they use that Payvia type.

To give an affiliate a bonus for using a Payvia type, fill in the Cost/Bonus column with a negative dollar amount. This will add the selected amount from an affiliate's payment when they use that Payvia type.

Creating a New Payvia Type

You can create your own Payvia Types for use with compatible payment options. This allows you to choose different methods of sending affiliate payments, as well as the option of configuring Payvia options how you would like.

If you want to add a Payvia type that is not already set up, simply use the Add Payvia Type button top right. You'll be prompted to provide necessary information in the pop-up that will open.

Configuring Payvia Fields

To edit the fields of your new Payvia option, select Configure from the Actions dropdown and then Edit Details again from the Actions dropdown.

Note

This option is only available for the Payvia types you have created yourself. The default options can not be edited in this way.

  • Field Name - The name of the field the affiliate fills out. Examples include a "Pay To" field for checks, a "User ID" field for ePassporte, and an "Account Number" field for Domestic Wires.
  • Type - Choose if you want the field to be a text box or a multiple choice list.
  • Required - Marks the field as necessary to be filled in (ex: for the ePassporte ID, if it's not required, how would you pay them?).
  • Minimum - The minimum amount of characters for the field.
  • Maximum - The maximum amount of characters for the field.
  • Unique - Whether or not the value in the field has to be unique (Prevents multiple affiliates from using the same value for this field)
  • Check Function - Checks if the field was properly populated. An example is alnum_letter_space_check, which verifies if the entry is alphanumeric, contains letters, and allows spaces. For more information, please read the Check Functions article.

Hidden Payvia Options

To create hidden affiliate payment options use the Edit Rules action for the desired Payvia Type. Enter a rule that determines which affiliates see this Payvia and submit it.

Example

to hide a Payvia from all affiliates, select the following options:

  • Type: DISABLE
  • Affiliate: ALL
  • Country: ALL
  • Start Date/Time: NOW
  • End Date/Time: FOREVER

Note

You can manually add an affiliate to a hidden Payvia by going to Affiliates Admin, finding the affiliate, clicking the Edit Affiliate Details icon, and modifying their Payment Method.