Commission types

Smile supports two types of commission:

leading commissions—one-off commission payments that are raised when an account or subscription is created.
trailing commissions—recurring commission payments calculated on the value of account or subscription usage.

Commission can be paid as either a percentage of value or as a flat fee. For example, you may pay a leading commission of $50 when a salesperson sells a two-year mobile phone contract, then pay a 2% trailing commission on the value of each phone call made throughout the contract period.

You can assign a commission to an account or subscription. If you assign a commission to an account, the commission also applies to each of the account's subscriptions.

You can also assign a commission to a specific charge type on an account or subscription, or exclude a charge type from commission. For example, you can pay a 2% trailing commission only on international calls.