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# Payout overview
The **Payouts** section helps you track, manage, and complete commission payments to your affiliates.\
All payouts are created based on approved sales and can be paid outside the **Jaka** app.
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### ℹ️ What Is a Payout?
A **payout** is a group of approved affiliate commissions that you are ready to pay.
Each payout includes:
* One affiliate
* One or more approved sales
* The total commission amount to be paid
Payouts make it easier to manage payments instead of paying each sale one by one.
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### 🔄 How Payouts Work
The payout flow in Jaka is simple:
1. A sale is created
2. The sale is approved
3. The sale appears in **Pending Payouts**
4. You check the payout detail and pay the affiliate outside the app
5. You mark the payout as **Paid**
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**Important**: Jaka does **not** process payments automatically. You control when and how affiliates are paid.
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### 📌 Payout Statuses
Payouts have two main statuses:
* **Pending**\
The payout is ready to be paid but hasn’t been completed yet.
* **Paid**\
The payout has been completed and marked as paid.
These statuses help you quickly see which affiliates still need to be paid.
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### ✅ What You Can Do in the Payouts Section
From the **Payouts** page, you can:
* View all pending and paid payouts
* Search payouts by affiliate
* Sort payouts by date
* Export pending payouts for accounting
* Create and mark payouts as paid
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### ✅ When to Use Payouts
Use payouts when:
* You’re ready to pay affiliates
* You want clear records of commissions paid
* You need an easy way to track unpaid vs paid commissions