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Keep the commission behind every payment.

Move approved partner commissions into payouts your team can explain. Keep the earning period, adjustments and payment result connected.

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Behind the referral

Partners bring the audience. Your team keeps the payment story clear.

Start with the commission your program approved, then follow its payout without losing the original reference.

Cedar Partners · August

Approve the commission. Keep the detail.

Your partner system closes August with USD 1,200 in commission. It applies a USD 80 reversal and adds USD 30 carried forward from the previous period.

The result is USD 1,150 approved for payout. Your program owns those rules; Gruv receives the amount and reference AUG-CP-026.

Approved by your partner program

August · AUG-CP-026

Commission
USD 1,200
Reversal
− USD 80
Carry-forward
+ USD 30

Approved payable

USD 1,150

The earning period and adjustments explain the amount your team will review for payment.

A later adjustment keeps its history.

After the August payout is completed, another return arrives. Your commission team records the change under your program’s rules and links it to the original period.

August record

AUG-CP-026 · USD 1,150 paid

The original payout keeps its amount and payment reference.

September review

USD 40 adjustment · linked to AUG-CP-026

The commission team applies the agreed adjustment rule before approving September’s payable.

Does this reverse the August payment?

No. This story assumes the partner program accounts for the USD 40 in a later earning period. Recovery or offset arrangements belong to your program. The payout batch does not recalculate the commission or automatically reverse the completed USD 1,150 payment.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Gruv calculate affiliate commissions?+
Your tracking or commission system calculates attribution, eligibility, rates and adjustments. It approves the partner amount before passing it to Gruv with the partner and commission references attached.
Where do thresholds and carry-forwards belong?+
Apply payout minimums, carry-forwards, validation windows and clawback rules in the system that owns your partner program. Import its approved payable amount; the payout batch does not recalculate commissions.
Can we start from a commission CSV?+
Yes. Import approved commissions as CSV or structured items. Each payout row needs a beneficiary, amount and currency. Add the partner ID, earning period and source reference for reconciliation.
What happens if a return arrives after payment?+
Your commission team records the adjustment under the partner program’s rules and keeps the original commission reference. Agree how the amount is recovered or applied to a later payable. The completed payout remains a separate record and is not automatically reversed.
Can finance trace a payout to its commission period?+
Match the partner, approved amount, currency and source reference to the payout item. Export its status and payment reference so finance can reconcile the result against the approved commission record.
What do we discuss before getting started?+
Tell us how you approve commissions and pay partners today. We’ll discuss payment methods, markets, currencies, fees, exception owners and the finance handoff. No prepared commission file is needed for the first conversation.

Plan your next partner payout.

Tell us how commissions become payable in your program. We’ll map the review and finance handoff together.

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