Case Study: WP Engine accelerates Agency Partner Program launch by 12 months and automates partner payments with Tipalti

WP Engine Payables Automation Scales Growth of Partner Program

WP Engine, a leading digital experience platform serving 75,000+ customers and powering 500,000+ WordPress sites, wanted to launch a dedicated Agency Partner Program to drive new customer acquisition. The original plan required hiring a team to manage partner commissions, tax compliance, accruals, and payments—pushing the program launch out by a year and risking lost revenue from hundreds of agency partners.

By implementing Tipalti’s payables automation and self‑service partner portal, WP Engine automated global tax compliance, payments, and reconciliations, eliminating the need to hire a new team and accelerating the program launch by 12 months. The move also streamlined month‑end work—reducing reconciliation effort dramatically (saving roughly 24 days annually), simplifying approvals with automated alerts, and making partner payouts faster and more accurate.

WP Engine

Tony Gilharry

Partner Operations Manager