From Spreadsheet Chaos to Automated WooCommerce Category Commissions
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The Before: Manual Overrides and Hidden Costs The old system relied on memory and goodwill. Affiliates promoting furniture (thin margins) earned the same 8% as those selling digital templates (near 100% margin), so the store either overpaid or under-incentivized every order. Product-level exceptions required editing each SKU individually, and seasonal categories like 'Holiday Bundles' broke the system entirely, no one remembered to update their custom rates after New Year's. Finance f