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Xoxoday Empuls supports multiple commission models — including percentage-based, fixed, fixed, tiered, promotional, and volume-based structures — enabling finance and HR teams to configure reward calculations that precisely match their incentive strategy.
Commission structures across sales, partnerships, and channel programmes are rarely one-size-fits-all. Xoxoday Empuls recognises this by offering a flexible commission engine that accommodates the full spectrum of models your organisation may run simultaneously. Percentage-based commissions apply a defined rate against a qualifying transaction or target value. This is the most common model for sales incentive programmes, where a representative earns a fixed percentage of each closed deal. Xoxoday Empuls calculates and credits these automatically once the underlying data is pushed in — for example, via a Workday or SAP SuccessFactors integration that syncs closed-deal records. Fixed commissions assign a flat reward per qualifying event, regardless of deal size. This works well for activity-based goals such as new account onboarding, where every completed milestone carries the same value. Teams using Darwinbox can sync milestone completion data directly into Xoxoday Empuls, triggering fixed payouts without manual intervention. Tiered commissions increase the reward rate as an individual or team crosses predefined thresholds. A common example: earn 5% on the first £50,000 of revenue, 8% from £50,001 to £100,000, and 12% beyond that. Xoxoday Empuls evaluates cumulative performance against each tier boundary and applies the correct rate automatically, removing the calculation burden from finance teams. Promotional commissions activate for a limited window — a product launch sprint, an end-of-quarter push, or a seasonal campaign. Xoxoday Empuls lets administrators define start and end dates for a promotional rate, so the elevated commission applies only within that period and reverts automatically without manual reversal. Volume-based commissions reward the total quantity of units, deals, or activities rather than their monetary value. This is particularly relevant for channel or reseller programmes where partner performance is measured by volume of transactions processed rather than revenue generated. Xoxoday Empuls aggregates the relevant counts and calculates the applicable reward in real time. All five models can coexist within a single Xoxoday Empuls instance. A sales organisation might run a tiered percentage model for its direct team, a fixed model for referral partners, and a promotional rate for a specific product during a launch quarter — each tracked and paid out through the same admin panel. Notifications about earned commissions can be surfaced directly inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, keeping participants informed without requiring them to log in separately. Because Xoxoday Empuls handles the calculation logic centrally, discrepancies between what a salesperson expects and what finance processes are significantly reduced, cutting dispute resolution time and improving trust in the incentive programme. Learn more: [Xoxoday Empuls Help Centre — 7. COMMISSION CALCULATIONS](

Can commission and settlement approvals be configured in workflows?

Understand the events and approval workflows that initiate a commission payout inside Xoxoday Empuls.

Can you apply default compensation terms and adjust per team or rep?

Learn how Xoxoday Empuls lets administrators define separate commission rules for different teams, geographies, or business units.