Add distributor

To add a distributor, go to the Distributors page, click +Distributor, and fill in the details.

To save the distributor, click Save. To save and continue editing the distributor details, click Save & Edit. To create more distributors, click Save & Add a copy.

Enter a unique name for the distributor.

Select a currency to charge the distributor.

The distributor’s balance shows how much money they owe you. A credit limit prevents the distributor from activating too many accounts or recording payments without submitting the money to you first. When a balance reaches its credit limit, a distributor is no longer allowed to activate/create accounts or enter payments until a payment is made.

Select a customer class for the distributor. A customer class defines a set of parameters shared among a certain category of distributors.

Select a billing period for the distributor. A billing period defines the frequency of invoicing for this distributor.

• Daily – covers 24 hours.
• Weekly – covers 7 days (Monday through Sunday).
• Semimonthly – covers the period from the 1st to the 15th or from the 16th to the last day of the month.
• Monthly – covers the period from the 1st of the month to the last day of that month.
• Monthly (anniversary) – covers the period from the N-th day of the month to the day before the N-th day of the following month. N is the day of the month when the distributor was created. If a distributor is created on March 19th, their invoices will always cover the period from the 19th of the current month to the 18th of the following month. To avoid complications for distributors who were created on the 29th, 30th, or 31st day of the month, their first billing period covers the time until the 28th day of the following month, and thereafter always covers the period from the 28th until the 28th.
• 30 days – covers exactly 30 days. If a distributor is created on March 20th, their first invoice will cover the period from March 20th to April 18th, the second invoice will cover the period from April 19th to May 18th, and so on.

Select a time zone in which to close the distributor’s billing period and generate invoices.

Specify the commission value that is applied when a distributor sells your services by activating debit accounts or when they are assigned to an active account. For example, a distributor’s sales commission is 15%. When a distributor sells a $10 prepaid card, PortaBilling calculates $1.5 as their commission. Thus, the distributor receives $10 from the end user, earns $1.50, and owes you $8.50.

Specify the commission value that is applied when a distributor collects payments from customers in cash and applies them to the customer balances. For example, a distributor receives a $10 payment from a customer, so their payment commission is 10%. Thus, they earn a $1 profit from the operation and owe you $9.