Employee Commissions
"Turn every employee into a paid sales channel. Trackable links, automatic attribution, real commissions — not gift cards."
The Idea
OpenQuota is a SaaS platform that turns every employee into a paid sales channel by giving them unique trackable links to company assets (demo pages, signup forms, pricing pages, blog posts). When an employee's link drives a qualified lead or closed deal, first-click attribution ties it back to them and they automatically earn a commission — either a flat fee per lead or a percentage of ACV. Companies get organic, high-trust distribution; employees get real money instead of points and gift cards.
Who It's For
B2B SaaS companies with 50-500 employees, especially those already running employee advocacy or ambassador programs and frustrated by low engagement. Head of Marketing and VP Sales are the buyers; employees are the enthusiastic end-users.
What's Built
The prototype is ruthlessly scoped to one company (single-tenant), with these capabilities:
- Admin dashboard: Company admin creates "campaigns" (trackable assets like a demo page URL or pricing page URL), sets commission rules (flat fee per lead or % of deal value), and invites employees.
- Employee dashboard: Employees see available campaigns, generate their unique tracking links, copy them, and view their earned commissions and click stats.
- Link tracking engine: A redirect service that logs first-click attribution (visitor IP fingerprint + UTM + referrer), drops a cookie, and redirects to the target URL.
- Lead registration: A simple webhook endpoint or manual admin form to mark a tracked visitor as a "converted lead" (simulating CRM integration). When a lead converts, the originating employee is credited.
- Commission ledger: A read-only ledger showing pending, approved, and paid commissions per employee.
- Auth: Email/password auth for admins and employees with role-based access.
Explicitly out of scope for MVP: Real CRM integration, actual payment/1099 processing, multi-tenant org management, LinkedIn/social integrations, advanced multi-touch attribution.