Business Partner Revenue Share

What This Recipe Does

This recipe creates a revenue sharing program for business partnerships. Partners earn 5% of every sale attributed to them. Attribution is handled manually or through automation rather than through tracking links or coupon codes. This makes it the right fit for formal business relationships where you know exactly which sales a partner contributed to.

Unlike a typical affiliate program where customers click links and the system figures out who to pay, this program puts you in control of attribution. You assign transactions to partners directly, making it ideal for co-founder splits, wholesale relationships, joint ventures, and strategic alliances.

Who It’s For

• Business owners with revenue-sharing agreements who need a structured way to track and pay partner commissions on attributed sales
• Wholesale and distribution partners who bring in customers through relationships rather than digital marketing
• Strategic alliance managers who attribute sales through internal records, contracts, or conversations rather than tracking pixels

How It Works

When you apply this recipe, Siren creates a program that uses manual engagement tracking. Each business partner is added as a collaborator. When a transaction occurs that should be credited to a partner, you assign it to them through the Siren admin, or you set up automations to handle the attribution.

The “newest binding wins” resolver applies when multiple partners could claim the same transaction. If you manually attribute a sale to partner A and later re-attribute it to partner B, the most recent attribution takes priority. In practice, manual attribution rarely creates conflicts because you are making deliberate assignments.

The 5% default rate reflects a common structure for passive revenue sharing, where the partner’s contribution is introductions or brand alignment rather than active selling. You can adjust this to any percentage that fits your partnership agreement. Some revenue shares run at 50/50 for co-founders, while others sit at 2-3% for referral partnerships. Set the rate that matches your deal.

Commissions are calculated on line item totals only. Shipping, taxes, and fees are excluded from the calculation.

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  "version": 1,
  "name": "Business Partner Revenue Share",
  "description": "A revenue sharing program for business partners. Partners earn 5% of manually attributed sales.",
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    "partner": {
      "name": "Partner Revenue Share",
      "description": "Earn a 5% revenue share on every sale attributed to your partnership.",
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      "incentiveResolverType": "newestBindingWins",
      "units": "USD",
      "status": "active",
      "incentiveAmount": 5,
      "engagementTypes": [
        { "type": "manual", "value": 100.0 }
      ],
      "transactionCompilers": ["includeLineItems"]
    }
  }
}