API ReferenceAffiliates

Create an affiliate payout

Create a payout and reserve its eligible referrals together.

Create a record for the affiliate's eligible commissions. This does not send money; your store arranges the payment separately.

Send a unique Idempotency-Key header. Replaying the same key for the same affiliate returns the original payout. Reusing it for another affiliate is rejected.

POST
/v2/affiliates/{affiliate}/payouts

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer <token>

Provide your SellApp API key as a bearer token.

In: header

Path Parameters

affiliate*integer

The affiliate path parameter.

Header Parameters

Idempotency-Key*string

A caller-generated key, unique per store and affiliate payout operation.

Lengthlength <= 100
X-STORE?string

Store slug. Required for OAuth access tokens. API keys may omit it to use their current store, or the first accessible store when no current store is selected.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://sell.app/api/v2/affiliates/0/payouts" \  -H "Idempotency-Key: string" \  -H "X-STORE: launch-lab"
{
  "data": {
    "id": 91,
    "affiliate_id": 88,
    "affiliate_email": "alex@example.com",
    "amount_usd_cents": 2000,
    "status": "due",
    "payout_method": "PAYPAL",
    "payout_account": "a***@example.com",
    "referrals_count": 10,
    "created_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z"
  }
}
{
  "data": {
    "id": 91,
    "affiliate_id": 88,
    "affiliate_email": "alex@example.com",
    "amount_usd_cents": 2000,
    "status": "due",
    "payout_method": "PAYPAL",
    "payout_account": "a***@example.com",
    "referrals_count": 10,
    "created_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z"
  }
}
{
  "type": "invalid_request_error",
  "code": "bad_request",
  "message": "The request could not be understood.",
  "status": 400,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#bad-request"
}
{
  "type": "authentication_error",
  "code": "unauthenticated",
  "message": "Unauthenticated.",
  "status": 401,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#unauthenticated"
}
{
  "type": "authorization_error",
  "code": "forbidden",
  "message": "This action is unauthorized.",
  "status": 403,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#forbidden"
}
{
  "type": "not_found_error",
  "code": "resource_not_found",
  "message": "Not Found.",
  "status": 404,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#resource-not-found"
}
{
  "type": "validation_error",
  "code": "validation_failed",
  "message": "The selected product variant id is invalid.",
  "status": 422,
  "param": "product_variant_id",
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#validation-failed",
  "errors": {
    "product_variant_id": [
      "The selected product variant id is invalid."
    ]
  }
}
{
  "type": "rate_limit_error",
  "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
  "message": "Too Many Attempts.",
  "status": 429,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#rate-limit-exceeded"
}
{
  "type": "api_error",
  "code": "api_error",
  "message": "Server Error",
  "status": 500,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#api-error"
}