How to connect your Wise account to automate payments to your affiliates

In this article, you will learn how to connect your Wise (formerly known as TransferWise) account to systeme.io so that you can automate payments to your affiliates.

With systeme.io, you can automate affiliate commission payments using Wise bank transfers.

Here's how to do it:

1. Create a Multi-currency (borderless) account on Wise (Click here to open a "multi-currency (borderless) account" at Wise (it's free and super easy to do)
2. Connect your Wise account to your systeme.io account (Click here to connect your Wise account)

1. Connecting your Wise account

Step 1: Click on your profile picture and select Settings (1). In the menu, click Affiliate Program (2), then click Connect your Wise account (3).

Step 2: You will be redirected to Wise. Enter your login credentials (email and password) and click Log in (4).

Your Wise account is now connected to systeme.io.

Step 3 (Fund your Wise account): To ensure your affiliate payments are processed smoothly, you must make sure that your Wise account has sufficient funds to cover the total payout amounts before triggering any transfers.

2. How the payout process works

The affiliate payouts are not 100% automatic. The process operates on a hybrid timeline every month. Here is exactly how and when your affiliates get paid:

a. Invoice Generation (Automatic)

On the 10th of each month (between 05:00 and 14:00 UTC), systeme.io automatically generates the invoices for your affiliates.

At this stage, the invoices will have a Pending status. This simply means the data has been created but has not yet been sent to Wise.

b. Data Transmission (Automatic)

Later that same day (around 22:00 to 22:20 UTC), systeme.io automatically transmits this invoice data to Wise.

If the transmission is successful, the invoice status will change to Processing. This means the invoice is now technically ready and waiting to be paid.

c. Triggering the Payment (Manual)

Once the invoices have successfully transitioned to the "Processing" status, you must manually trigger the payment. You will need to click the Pay invoices button to authorize Wise to execute the transfer to your affiliates (batch transfer).