This weekend we launched tax form collection feature for our US customers. As a US company, you'll be able to ask your affiliates to upload the W-9 or W-8BEN tax forms. 

This feature is not enabled by default, you need to enable it from Settings page (click the top-right button) > Others tab.

Once enabled, affiliates will have on their dashboard, right above the referral link, a section asking to upload those documents, like in the image below:

Both title and description can be modified from Campaigns > campaign menu > Configure promoter dashboard > W-9/W-8BEN upload section.

Link to uploaded documents are available on the promoter page (after clicking the promoter name) on 'View more details' link on top-right panel. They are also available when you export the promoters by CSV.

Promoters that don't have the documents uploaded will have a small warning icon next to their name on Payouts section so you can avoid paying them (if that's required), like in the image below:

If you want to speed up the process for current affiliates, we recommend to send them an email to let them know they can upload the documents on their dashboard.

We're happy to announce that we released one of the most requested feature - to pay affiliates directly from FirstPromoter dashboard. You don't have to log in to Paypal, upload CSV files or mark payouts as completed, it's all automated !

Once you finish the integration with Paypal Payouts, you'll be able to pay your affiliates automatically after clicking the 'Pay now' button on Payouts section. Click here for more details.

Today we introduced the option to add Google reCaptcha V2 to all promoter sign up pages to help you prevent or stop any spam or fake sign ups to your affiliate program.

The feature is not enabled by default to not create potential friction on the signup process, but you can enable it by going to Settings > Others section. Make sure you click Save. Depending on the results we’ll have, we might enable it later for everyone.

We also added an option to randomize the referral ids generated when promoters sign up. By default the referral ids are personalized using affiliate first name and a random 2 digit number. This setting can be turned on from Settings > Others section.

Thanks to the last major update, it’s much easier for us to add different payout methods. Today we added the first Crypto payout method in Bitcoin that will collect and validate the Bitcoin wallet of your affiliates.

This can be enabled from Campaigns > menu > Edit campaign > Settings tab > click ‘change’ on the current payout method label and enable “Crypto (Bitcoin)” then save the campaign.

What other payout methods would you like to see inside FirstPromoter? Please tell us on Intercom live-chat widget.

Setting your own “From” email address and using your own SMTP server can now be used for Bussiness plans as well, not just Enterprise.

Click here to learn more about it.