Affiliate for WooCommerce on Oliver POS
Affiliate for WooCommerce credits affiliates when their referrals buy in-store on Oliver POS — affiliate attribution flows through the WooCommerce order.
How Affiliate for WooCommerce works with Oliver POS for WooCommerce
Affiliate for WooCommerce (by StoreApps) is the most-installed affiliate-program plugin for WooCommerce. Affiliates share unique URLs, referrals are tracked on the WooCommerce order, and commissions calculate automatically. Oliver POS sales become WooCommerce orders with the affiliate attribution preserved (where the customer has a tracked referral), so in-store sales credit affiliates too.
What Affiliate for WooCommerce does for WooCommerce customers
Affiliate for WooCommerce is the affiliate program for WooCommerce built by StoreApps. It includes features like tracked links, commissions per affiliate (flat rate or percentage), category-specific commissions, PayPal mass payouts, and an affiliate dashboard.
How Oliver POS preserves affiliate attribution
Affiliate attribution is saved in the WooCommerce customer record (or on a cookie that converts to a customer-record attribution upon registration). When a customer with an affiliate attribution is linked to an Oliver POS sale, Affiliate for WooCommerce credits the commission to the affiliate, just like it would for an online order.
Earn-and-burn at the counter
Finalizing an in-store sale triggers the commission calculation, and the affiliate's dashboard updates within minutes. Refunds will reverse the commission, just like they would for an online refund.
Best fit for retailers who…
Affiliate for WooCommerce on Oliver POS is a great fit for brands running an affiliate/influencer program alongside their retail business — such as in fashion, beauty, and fitness — where the same customer might first hear about the brand from an influencer link and later buy in-store.
What you get and how to set it up
Features Oliver surfaces from the Affiliate for WooCommerce plugin, plus the 4-step install most merchants run through.
Features at the register
- Cashier sees the customer's Affiliate for WooCommerce balance and rewards the moment the customer is attached at the register
- In-store sales earn Affiliate for WooCommerce points and tier credit on the same rules as online orders
- Redemptions apply mid-sale through the in-POS browser view with no extra database
- Online and in-store activity build one unified loyalty profile per shopper
- Tier upgrades, birthday rewards, and VIP perks fire from the same WooCommerce + plugin events
- Same Affiliate for WooCommerce account, same earn / burn rules, same automations as your online store
Setup in 4 steps
- Install the Affiliate for WooCommerce (StoreApps) on your WooCommerce site and connect it to your Affiliate for WooCommerce account
- Configure earn rules, redemption thresholds, and tier definitions in Affiliate for WooCommerce (or its WooCommerce settings)
- Install Oliver POS, sign in to the register, and confirm the customer-capture prompt is enabled at checkout
- Run a small live test sale at the counter — attach a known customer, confirm the cashier sees their Affiliate for WooCommerce balance, apply a redemption, and confirm the closing sale awards new points
Common questions about Affiliate for WooCommerce on Oliver POS
Does affiliate attribution carry over to multiple in-store purchases by the same customer?
Yes, for the length of the attribution window that's configured in the plugin. If the customer was attributed to an affiliate when they signed up and the attribution is set to lifetime (or a long period), their in-store purchases will continue to be credited to that affiliate.
Can the cashier see which affiliate referred the customer at the Oliver POS register?
Yes, if the cashier has the right permissions in Oliver POS. The customer view in the in-POS browser shows the WooCommerce customer's affiliate attribution.
Does Oliver POS have a partnership with Affiliate for WooCommerce?
No. Oliver doesn't partner with Affiliate for WooCommerce or any other loyalty platform. We support Affiliate for WooCommerce because its WooCommerce plugin already handles points, balances, rewards, and redemptions for your online store — and Oliver opens that same plugin in an in-POS browser view at the register, with the WooCommerce customer already attached. Your Affiliate for WooCommerce account, your members, and your rules stay between you and Affiliate for WooCommerce.
Does Oliver charge extra to use Affiliate for WooCommerce?
No. You pay Affiliate for WooCommerce's standard published pricing directly to Affiliate for WooCommerce. Oliver doesn't take a markup, doesn't add a per-member or per-redemption fee, and doesn't insert itself between the customer and the loyalty plugin.
How does Oliver POS open Affiliate for WooCommerce at the register?
The same way it opens a WooCommerce payment gateway. Oliver POS embeds an in-POS browser view that loads the WooCommerce checkout (or the Affiliate for WooCommerce customer view, where the plugin exposes one) with the shopper's WooCommerce customer ID already attached. Affiliate for WooCommerce recognises the customer, shows their points balance, available rewards, store credit, or wallet, and the cashier can apply redemptions in the same flow as a normal sale.
Do in-store sales earn and redeem Affiliate for WooCommerce points the same way online sales do?
Yes. Oliver POS saves every register sale to WooCommerce as a standard order with the customer attached. Affiliate for WooCommerce's plugin runs its standard earn rules on that order (points per dollar, per product, tiered bonuses, etc.) and processes any redemption the cashier applied at the till. The shopper's Affiliate for WooCommerce balance updates within seconds, the same way it would for an online checkout.
Read our full guide to Affiliate for WooCommerce on Oliver POS
A long-form walkthrough of running Affiliate for WooCommerce alongside the Oliver POS register on a WooCommerce store.