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Integration Guide

How to Pay Affiliate Commissions with Wise

Approve commissions in GrowSurf, and Wise sends the whole batch from your Wise Business balance in each affiliate’s local currency.

Want the full setup walkthrough?

Use these docs for exact setup steps, supported fields, and troubleshooting.

Wise is a payout method for GrowSurf affiliate programs. You approve commissions in GrowSurf, GrowSurf builds the payout batch in your Wise Business account, and you fund it in Wise. Each affiliate claims their payout to their own Wise account in their own currency.

GrowSurf never sees or stores bank details. An affiliate confirms only the email address on their Wise account, and Wise handles everything after that.

Wise payouts are available on affiliate programs only. For referral program cash rewards, use PayPal instead.

Integration Steps

Check the two requirements first

  • A Wise Business account. Personal Wise accounts are not supported.
  • An affiliate program in GrowSurf.

Payouts come out of your Wise Business balance. Wise charges its transfer fee to you on top of each payout, so the fee never reduces what the affiliate receives.

Create a Wise API token

In Wise, go to Settings > Connect and manage apps, scroll to Developer tools, and open API tokens. Select Add new token, name it GrowSurf, and choose Full access. You can also restrict the token to GrowSurf’s IP address; the Wise setup docs list the current one.

Connect Wise in GrowSurf

Open Program Editor > 4. Options > Integrations and search for Wise.

Searching for Wise in the GrowSurf Program Editor integrations list
Wise appears in the integrations list on affiliate programs.

Expand the card, paste the token, and select Connect.

The Wise API token field in the GrowSurf Program Editor
Paste the token into the Wise card and select Connect.

That is the whole setup. You can optionally customize the confirmation page and the payout destination email under Show advanced settings; both are shared across every payout method you enable.

Let affiliates choose Wise and confirm where to be paid

Affiliates pick Wise as their payout method in their portal settings. When a payout is coming, GrowSurf emails them a link to confirm their payout details. Your Payouts page then shows who is ready to be paid — and lists anyone who has not finished setup separately, so they never silently hold up a batch.

Run the payout

On the program’s Payouts page, select the Pay N Affiliates button — it names how many are eligible right now — then review the affiliates and amounts and confirm. GrowSurf creates the whole batch in your Wise account, ready to fund.

Fund the batch in Wise

The Wise paused payments page showing a GrowSurf payout batch with a Review button
Wise holds the batch as a paused payment until you fund it.

Sign in to Wise and open the paused payments task on the home page. Find the GrowSurf batch, select Review, check the amount, and continue to Pay for this batch.

The Wise payment page showing payment methods, total fees, and the Finish and pay button
Wise shows its fee separately from the payout total before you confirm.

Choose how to pay, review Wise’s fee and the total, and select Finish and pay. Wise then emails each affiliate a secure claim link. GrowSurf marks the commissions paid only after Wise reports the transfer completed.

Tips

An unclaimed payout is cancelled after 7 days

Wise gives the affiliate one week to claim. After that Wise cancels the transfer and refunds you. Tell affiliates to expect the Wise email so it does not sit unopened.

Never create a matching payout by hand in Wise

If a payout looks stuck, resolve it in GrowSurf. A separate transfer created directly in Wise can pay the same affiliate twice, and GrowSurf has no way to reconcile it.

Wise and PayPal can run side by side

On an affiliate program each affiliate picks their own method, and batch payouts group each method separately. You do not have to standardize the whole program on one rail.

FAQ

Can I use Wise on a referral program?

No. Wise payouts are for affiliate programs. Referral program cash rewards go through PayPal.

Who pays the Wise transfer fee?

You do, on top of each payout. The affiliate receives the full commission amount.

Which currencies are supported?

Payouts follow Wise’s own supported currencies and countries, and the affiliate receives the money in their local currency.

What happens if a payout fails?

It stays visible on the Payouts page and can be retried. A commission is never marked paid unless the transfer went through.

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