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# Automated Store Credit payout
Automatically generate payouts and pay affiliates with Shopify Store credit on a recurring schedule.
## How it works
* Payouts for affiliates using Store Credit as their payment method are generated automatically, based on the schedule you set.
* Once generated, each payout goes through a review period – you can choose to pay immediately, or allow a set number of days to review or cancel it before it's paid.
* After the review period ends, payouts are paid automatically with Store credit. Affiliates receive the credit in their customer account on your store and can use it to purchase in your store.
## How to set up
### 1. Enable Store Credit in Shopify
Before setting up Store Credit as a payment method, go to **Shopify Settings** > **Customer account** > **Store credit** to allow customers to use store credit first.
### 2. Set up Store Credit as a payment method
In BixGrow, go to **Settings** > **Payments**.
Under Store Credit, click **Give permission** to grant BixGrow the required permissions.
After giving permission, check **Store Credit** (In-app payout).
To change how much store credit affiliates receive, click **Set redemption**, enter a number in **Multiply redemption amount (optional)**, then click **Save**.
> **Example:** Affiliate A's payout amount is $10. If you set **Multiply redemption amount** to 5, Affiliate A receives 5 x $10 = $50 in store credit when you pay the payout.
#### 2. Activate Auto Store credit payouts
Navigate to **Settings** > **Payments**, then scroll down to **Auto Store credit payouts** section. Click Set up to start .
#### 3. Schedule payout generation
This schedule controls when payouts are generated, not when they're paid.
* **Frequency:** choose how often payouts are generated: Weekly or Monthly.
* **Day of month:** choose the day payouts are generated, for example, on the 9th of each month.
* **Time:** set the time of day payouts are generated, in your store's timezone, for example, at 4:35 PM.
* **Minimum payout** and **Maximum payout:** set the minimum and maximum approved commission amount required to generate a payout, for example, a minimum of **$1.00** and a maximum of **$1000.00**. Only affiliates with an approved commission balance between $1.00 and $1000.00 are included in the payout.
#### 4. Set the payout review period
Once a payout is generated, you'll have time to review it before it's automatically paid.
* **Pay immediately:** pay the payout as soon as it's generated, with no review period.
* **After a specified number of days:** set a number of days to review or cancel the payout before payment is sent.
> For example, you set the payout review period to be 2 days. If payouts are generated on 9th Oct, you'll have until 11th Oct to delete or cancel the payout before it's paid.
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### Manage payouts
To manage payouts before they're paid automatically as scheduled, go to the **Payouts** tab > **Payouts** > **Unpaid**.
You can see the current review period: the approved period, number of payouts, total payable amount, and the Auto pay date. Each payout also shows its own status.
#### Cancel payments
During the review period, you can stop the payout from being paid automatically. The payout stays unpaid, and you have to pay it manually. You can cancel a single payout, or cancel all of them at once.
To cancel a single payout, click **Cancel schedule** on that payout.
To cancel all scheduled payouts at once, click **Cancel payment**.
Once you cancel a payment, it will not be paid automatically again until the next **Auto payout generation period**. You'll need to pay it manually, either one by one or in bulk.
### How affiliates experience it
Affiliates check their email and log in to their customer account on your store, using their affiliate email address, to see their store credit.
At checkout, affiliates can check the **Apply store credit** box to apply their available store credit to the order.
Affiliates can also view payout status and schedule in the **Payouts** tab of their affiliate dashboard.
After giving permission, check **Store Credit** (In-app payout).
To change how much store credit affiliates receive, click **Set redemption**, enter a number in **Multiply redemption amount (optional)**, then click **Save**.
> **Example:** Affiliate A's payout amount is $10. If you set **Multiply redemption amount** to 5, Affiliate A receives 5 x $10 = $50 in store credit when you pay the payout.
#### 2. Activate Auto Store credit payouts
Navigate to **Settings** > **Payments**, then scroll down to **Auto Store credit payouts** section. Click Set up to start .
At checkout, affiliates can check the **Apply store credit** box to apply their available store credit to the order.
Affiliates can also view payout status and schedule in the **Payouts** tab of their affiliate dashboard.
