Feature Request: Maximum Commission Caps & Flexible Commission Models

I'd like to suggest adding support for maximum commission caps and more flexible commission rules.

A very common use case for agencies, consultants, service providers, and businesses selling custom projects is rewarding referrals with a percentage of the revenue while also limiting the maximum commission that can be earned from a customer, referral, or contract.

For example:

Accepted referrals for consulting, implementation, mentoring, or other custom projects generate a 10% commission on the amount actually collected, with a maximum payout of $1,500 per customer or contract.

Percentage-based commissions already work well, but there doesn't seem to be a way to define a maximum commission amount. For businesses that sell custom-quoted projects, this is a significant limitation.

It would be great to support options such as:

• Percentage commission (e.g. 10%)

• Maximum commission amount (e.g. $1,500)

• Apply the cap per product, customer, referral, or contract

• Configure each product to use either:

  • a percentage commission, or
  • a fixed commission amount

This is especially useful because many service providers sell through "open price" products in their e-commerce platform. They simply enter the agreed project value when invoicing the client.

With commission caps, they could safely reward affiliates using a percentage while knowing the payout will never exceed a predefined maximum, making customer acquisition costs much more predictable.

This would make FluentAffiliate far easier to recommend not only to businesses selling software or digital products with fixed pricing, but also to agencies, consultants, and other professionals who work with custom quotes.

It would become as simple as saying:

"Set the commission percentage that makes sense for your business, knowing you'll never pay more than $1,500 for a successful referral."

Without commission caps, affiliate programs can become difficult to implement for custom projects. Every proposal is different, margins vary, and businesses need to carefully manage acquisition costs before deciding what they can afford to pay affiliates.

For example, an agency selling a $30,000 implementation project may not be comfortable paying a $3,000 commission simply because the affiliate rate is set to 10%. That same 10% might be perfectly reasonable for a $500 online course or a $2,000 coaching program.

After all, 10% on a digital product with almost no marginal cost is very different from 10% on a high-ticket service that requires significant time, people, and operational resources.

Likewise, allowing each product to use either a percentage or a fixed commission would provide much greater flexibility. Some offers naturally fit a percentage model, while others are much better suited to a flat referral fee.

FluentCart vs. SureCart Integration

I haven't yet checked whether FluentCart already supports assigning a fixed commission or percentage on a per-product basis (instead of relying on a single global commission setting). I couldn't find this option in the SureCart integration.

If FluentCart already supports per-product commission rules, that would already be a strong advantage for service-based businesses.

However, regardless of the integration, commission caps are, in my opinion, the missing piece that would make FluentAffiliate a much more compelling solution for agencies, consultants, and businesses selling custom services.