Referral and affiliate fees : how to estimate your budget?

Use contractual commission rates and their calculation base for sales generated through this channel.

Prepare your estimate

To be gathered to cost this item

  • Relevant sales, commission base, rate, fixed fees and billing date.
  • Gather the dated quote or contract, planned quantities, included services and payment dates.

To be checked to avoid omissions and duplicates

  • Check amounts and VAT treatment against your supporting documents. No price or industry rate is assumed.

Use this estimate in your business plan

Direct costs in revenue streams

Enter this cost in the relevant revenue stream, per unit sold or as a share of sales. Do not add it again to monthly operating expenses.

Depending on your sales channels and marketing activities.

Guide updated on 14 October 2026. Parameters must come from your quotes, contracts or documented assumptions.

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