---
id: "use-cases/subscriptions"
type: "doc"
url: "https://affitor.com/docs/use-cases/subscriptions"
kind: "guide"
updated: "2026-10-18"
---
# Subscriptions, credit partners on renewals
> Stripe tells Affitor about each paid invoice of a subscription, and each one earns the partner who referred the customer for as long as your commission type says. Refunds and disputes take the commission back.
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
autonumber
participant C as Customer
participant W as Your site
participant S as Stripe
participant A as Affitor
C->>W: Opens a partner link
W->>A: Tracker records the click
C->>S: Subscribes on Stripe
S->>A: Sends the first paid invoice
A->>A: Finds the partner and writes the commission
Note over A: Approved after the hold period
loop Each renewal
S->>A: Sends the paid invoice
A->>A: Same partner, a commission while the term lasts
end
opt Refund or dispute
S->>A: Sends the refund or the withdrawn dispute
A->>A: Takes back the commission, in full or in part
end
```
## What you need
Each paid invoice of the subscription is a sale: the first one, then every renewal. Renewals go to the partner of the first payment, through the click passed at checkout or the buyer's email or Stripe customer ID. The attribution window applies only to that first payment: once the customer has paid, renewals are credited however old the click is. The rate is the same for every plan, price and billing interval.
Canceling, pausing or changing the plan writes nothing in Affitor: a canceled subscription stops earning because it stops paying, and after a plan change each paid invoice earns at the same rate. A refund or dispute is matched to its invoice and reverses the commission; some older sales, such as one payment shared by several invoices, are held for manual reconciliation instead. A new invoice whose payment was already refunded, even in part, before Affitor processed it is not recorded as a sale. A new invoice paid by several charges, or by one payment that also paid other invoices, is not recorded automatically. If you bill subscriptions outside Stripe, your server reports each payment and each refund ([Any payment provider](/docs/use-cases/any-payment-provider)).
## Steps