# Affiliate groups Manage your affiliates better by organizing them into different groups. This allows you to invite new affiliates or manually transfer existing ones to a specific group. This way, you can offer tailored terms to particular affiliates. For instance, you might set up a "VIP" group for affiliates who have proven themselves and would like to reward them with better terms, such as a higher CPI or commission rate. ### The Default Group Once you add a new app to Shoffi, a "Default" affiliate group ito this app automatically created. The default group terms are the terms you added to your app, and can be changed by navigating to `My apps` page and editing the app. ### Adding and Managing Affiliate Groups Navigate to the `Affiliates` page and then to the `Groups` page in the side navbar. You can add new groups for each app or edit existing ones. Each group will have its unique invite link so that you can invite affiliates directly to this group. The **group name is internal only** and is not visible to affiliates. Affiliates will see only the terms (commission, CPI, etc.) {% hint style="warning" %} **Please Note!** * Changes to group terms will not affect previous referrals; only new referrals will be subjected to the new terms. * Once the group affiliate terms are changed, all the affiliates will be notified of the new terms. {% endhint %} ### Group Invite Link Each group has a unique invite link that you can use to invite affiliates directly to a specific group. You can read more about[ the invite link here](/for-app-owners/invite-affiliates.md). ### Moving an Affiliate to a Different Group To change an existing affiliate's group, navigate to the `Affiliates` page, click on the affiliate name and `View more` . On the `Actions` dropdown, choose `Edit affiliate group`. Please Note! These terms will be applied only to new transactions made by stores referred by the affiliate. {% hint style="warning" %} **Please Note!** * Changes to the affiliate group will not affect previous referrals; only new referrals will be subjected to the new terms. * Once the affiliate group is changed, the affiliate will be notified of the new terms. {% endhint %} ### The Custom Group Badge Regardless of the group functionality, you can still set customer terms individually to each affiliate, using the API or [manually changing them.](https://docs.shoffi.app/for-app-owners/managing-affiliates#editing-affiliate-terms) If an affiliate has individual terms, a badge saying "Custom" will appear, meaning this affiliate is not part of any group. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.shoffi.app/for-app-owners/affiliate-groups.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.