Commission splits on deals
Record who earns what on a deal: percentage or fixed splits, paid to teammates or people outside your workspace. Percentages track the deal value automatically.
Every deal can carry commission splits, so the payout side of a sale lives next to the sale itself. Splits appear in the Commissions section of the deal page, in the panel alongside the deal team. Each split names a payee, how they are paid, and an optional note.
Who can be a payee
A split is paid to exactly one of two kinds of payee: a teammate, or an external person you name in free text — a referral partner, a broker, an outside rep. The teammate picker offers the people on the deal — its Primary Owner and participants — not the whole workspace, so add someone to the deal first if they should earn on it.
Percentage or fixed
| Basis | How it pays out |
|---|---|
| Percentage | A share of the deal value, entered to two decimal places (for example 12.50%). The dollar amount is computed from the deal value. |
| Fixed | A flat amount, independent of the deal value. |
Percentage splits recalculate automatically. NeoKivo never stores the computed amount — it works it out from the current deal value every time the deal is read. Change the deal value and every percentage split shows the new payout the next time anyone opens the deal. Fixed splits do not move.
Because percentage amounts always follow the current deal value, there is no snapshot of what a split was worth when you created it. If you need to lock in a payout, use a fixed split.
The over-100% warning
When the percentage splits on a deal add up to more than 100%, NeoKivo shows a warning on the Commissions section with the running total. This is a heads-up, not a hard stop: you can still save the split. That is deliberate — some teams legitimately pay out over 100% on strategic deals, and NeoKivo tells you rather than deciding for you.
Adding and editing splits
- 1Open the deal and find Commissions in the side panel.
- 2Click Add split, pick a teammate from the deal, or choose External and type a name.
- 3Choose Percentage or Fixed and enter the rate or amount.
- 4Add a note if the split needs context, and save.
- 5Edit or delete a split any time from the same section.
Who can see commissions
Commissions are financial data. Viewing them requires the finance view permission — without it, the Commissions section does not appear on the deal and the API returns no splits. Adding, editing, and deleting a split requires finance edit. Both come from your workspace role; see the Access control section for how roles and financial masking work.
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