[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Do I Need To Add The Business Owner As A Partner? ## - **[smoore](/forum/user/60671-smoore "View smoore's Profile")** - [![smoore's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/60671-smoore "View smoore's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/60671-smoore) Less More - Posts: 5 - Thank you received: 1 - - 5 years 8 months ago [\#329978](#329978) by [smoore](/forum/user/60671-smoore "View smoore's Profile") *[Do I Need To Add The Business Owner As A Partner?](/forum/39-affilation/902011-do-i-need-to-add-the-business-owner-as-a-partner#329978 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : alittlebitofpaint.com/ -- HikaShop version -- : 4.4.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.24 -- PHP version -- : 7.4.15 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome Does this option have to be specified for the affiliate program to work right?")* was created by *[smoore](/forum/user/60671-smoore "View smoore's Profile")* -- url of the page with the problem -- : [ alittlebitofpaint.com/](https://alittlebitofpaint.com/) -- HikaShop version -- : 4.4.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.24 -- PHP version -- : 7.4.15 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome Does this option have to be specified for the affiliate program to work right? [ ![ALittleBitOfPaint-Administration-Customer.jpg](/forum/attachment/52040) ](/forum/attachment/52040 "...n-Customer.jpg") - [ ![ALittleBitOfPaint-Administration-Customer.jpg](/forum/attachment/52040?download=1) ](/forum/attachment/52040?download=1 "...n-Customer.jpg") [ ](/forum/attachment/52040?download=1 "...n-Customer.jpg") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzM5LWFmZmlsYXRpb24vOTAyMDExLWRvLWktbmVlZC10by1hZGQtdGhlLWJ1c2luZXNzLW93bmVyLWFzLWEtcGFydG5lcj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86359 - Thank you received: 14293 - - 5 years 8 months ago [\#329983](#329983) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Do I Need To Add The Business Owner As A Partner?](/forum/39-affilation/902011-do-i-need-to-add-the-business-owner-as-a-partner#329983 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : alittlebitofpaint.com/ -- HikaShop version -- : 4.4.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.24 -- PHP version -- : 7.4.15 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome Does this option have to be specified for the affiliate program to work right?")* Hi, No. This option is there for when you have the option "Add partner to user account during registration" activated so that when a user registers, his affiliate partner is linked to his account so that future orders will be linked to that affiliate partner. So for user accounts of affiliate partners like the one on your screenshot, you don't want to select anything in there or maybe himself if you want that his own orders get assigned to himself with the "No self affiliation" setting activated. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzM5LWFmZmlsYXRpb24vOTAyMDExLWRvLWktbmVlZC10by1hZGQtdGhlLWJ1c2luZXNzLW93bmVyLWFzLWEtcGFydG5lcj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. Board Categories HikaShop Install & Update Product & Category Display Content Creation Sales and Orders Orders management Reports & Statistics Customers Checkout Payment Methods Shipping Methods Import & Export (CSV, XLS…) Specific Features Affilation Taxes Wishlist Vote Carousel & Slider Mass Actions Filters & Search Discount & Coupon Feature Request Integrations Showcase General Talk about HikaShop Development HikaShop 3.0 Beta Translation Commercial Jobs HikaShop Components HikaMarket Market: Feature requests Market: How to? Market: Bug Report HikaSerial General talk about HikaSerial Serial: Bug Report Serial: How to? Support en Français de HikaSerial (French Support) HikaSubscription HikaAuction Auction: Feature requests Auction: How to? Auction: Bug report Hikashop around the world Support en Français (French Support) Russian FAQ. Курс выживания с Hikashop. Частые вопросы и о Расширения Hikashop Наши сайты на Hikashop 日本語版サポート(Japanese Support) Thai German Archives Bug Report How to? [](/forum/topics/feed/mode-topics?format=feed&type=rss) Time to create page: 0.049 seconds [Powered by](/forum/credits) [Kunena Forum](https://www.kunena.org)