One commission is recorded per payment a referred shop makes. It is your rate multiplied by what Progus actually receives from that payment. Both halves of that sentence surprise people, so take them one at a time.
Step 1: The base is our net, not the merchant bill
Commission is a share of the net revenue Progus receives, after the app store has taken its own cut. It is not a share of the price on the merchant invoice. A shop paying for a $99 plan does not produce a commission calculated on $99, because that is not the amount that reaches us.
Step 2: The rate is the one you held at the time
Your level is read at the moment the payment is recorded, and that rate stays with the commission for good. Reaching a higher level does not go back and top up older commissions. Falling to a lower level does not take anything back from them either.
Step 3: What that means in practice
Two consequences worth planning around:
Anything a shop pays while you are still on Bronze is recorded at 0% and stays at 0% forever.
Getting to two active referrals early is worth more than getting there eventually, because only payments recorded afterwards carry the higher rate.
Step 4: Check a single commission
Open Payouts and click any row in Payment History to see that month in detail. The Transactions List gives one line per payment, and Your Share on each line is the commission that single payment produced.
What to do next
Read What counts as an active referral to see what moves the rate that gets applied.
Read How and when you get paid for what happens to a commission once it is recorded.
A commission for a payment made today usually appears in the portal within a day or two, not instantly.
Stuck on any of this? Write to us at [email protected] and we will sort it out with you.