Volume Commission & Monthly Payouts

The following article will break down the next components to the commission model restructure: the Volume Commission and monthly payouts.

The Volume Commission

The important facts about the Volume Commission

The Volume Commission is a kickback program set up to pay you a percentage of sales during a two week “campaign period”. The more items you sell in your Shop, the higher your Volume Commission.

The Volume Commission applies only to sales in your shop.

Each month will be split into two “campaign periods” that will be used for the calculation of your monthly Volume Commission. The campaign periods will be the 1st to the 15th of the month and the 16th to the last day of the month.

A tiered Volume Commission will be credited to your account beginning at 11 items sold within a campaign period. The commission is calculated as a percentage of the product price plus the print price (excluding sales tax and discounts) of these items. See the Volume Commission Table below for the breakdown.

The Affiliate Commission must be activated in your Shop in order to qualify for the Volume Commission.

Commission Breakdown:

Volume Commission Scale:

Version: April, 2016. You can find the most current table in our help article.

Additional Conditions for the Volume Commission:

Only paid and shipped articles (excluding returns) will be calculated into your Volume Commission payout. The Volume Commission is calculated two weeks after the campaign period in order to account for returns.

Your Volume Commission will be paid together with your regular earnings payment, but will be listed as a single and separate entry on your Sales Statistics page (User Area → Sales Statistics → Credit).

You can find all details about the Volume Commission within the Shop Partner Terms and Conditions and the new terms for the Volume Commission.

The rollout of the Volume Commission will start at the beginning of May. The Affiliate Commission—also beginning in May—will be introduced over a period of a few days according to your Shop’s country. You will be receiving further communication at the end of April with more information about the migration.

With the improvements to the commission model, we’ll be adjusting the prices of Shop products to match those of the Marketplace. In recent years, we’ve continuously adapted prices due to the changes in the market conditions. Until now, we have been able to avoid these price fluctuations for our shop partners, but the changes in the commission model will make that unavoidable moving forward.

These new prices are the basis for the payment of Affiliate Commission and the Volume Commission. Partners who do not choose to set their Affiliate Commission will see a 20% decrease in their product prices. You can find the updated price list here (version of 04.11.2016).

Monthly Commission Payouts

We’re also very happy to announce that your earnings will soon be paid on a monthly schedule. The important facts about monthly commission payments:

Your earnings will be paid out monthly (12x/year), as opposed to the previous frequency of quarterly payments (4x/year).

The minimum commission payout amount will be lowered to $10 for US Shops (formerly $25) and $15 for both Canadian and Australian Shops.

Important: Due to the lower payout threshold of $10, some partners will receive the first commission payment from mid of May 2016. This is why it’s important to verify your financial data and tax information in your user area (account settings). Tax agencies require Spreadshirt to collect and report its business transactions and provide statements of income to the parties involved. If you haven’t already done so, please submit your complete and accurate tax information to Spreadshirt. If you don’t, we reserve the right to withhold commission payments of up to 30%.

When do we get started? Changing over to monthly payouts will be realized from mid of May 2016.

Commissions of $10 or more will be processed 14 days after the last day of each month. That means: you will receive your monthly earnings in the middle of the following month.

The changes to our commission model will require revisions to the Shop Partner Terms and Conditions and the Marketplace Terms & Conditions. We will also introduce new terms for the Volume Commission. These new provisions are valid immediately for all new Partners as well as newly-uploaded Marketplace designs. Current Partners and Marketplace Designers will be informed about these changes.

We hope that this article provides a good overview of the upcoming changes. Do you have any questions? Leave a comment below or write an email to partner@spreadshirt.com .