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# Groups

A group is a named tier (Gold partners, agency partners, launch crew) that gives a subset of members their own rates without rewriting the [program](/affiliate-program).

## Field-by-field inheritance

A group overrides the program's rules **field by field**. Anything you leave as *program default* keeps inheriting, so a group that only changes the revenue share still follows the program's duration, minimum plan value and revenue basis.

That's what makes tiers maintainable: change the program's payout basis once and every group that didn't override it follows.

## Creating one

Name it, then set only the rules that differ. The card shows each group with its member count, and a group that overrides nothing says so (*inherits all program rules*) rather than looking configured.

## How it resolves

Most specific wins: a **member's custom override** beats their **group**, which beats the **program default**. A member with no group and no override is on the program rules.

Moving a member between groups changes which rules apply to their **future** commissions. Commissions already minted are not recalculated. The ledger records what was earned under the rules in force at the time.

## Deleting one

Deleting a group returns its members to the program rules. Their history is untouched.


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