# Prevent Connections for Existing Customers

**GoAffPro** provides you with the option to prevent customer-affiliate connections from getting created for existing store customers.

### Create and set up the dummy affiliate account

#### Create affiliate account

Go to the **All Affiliates** section in the **Affiliates** tab of the GoAffPro admin panel.

![Affiliates > All Affiliates](/files/-MSYdpqZWV8l506AxXDN)

Here, click on **Create New Affiliate**.

![Click on Create New Affiliate](/files/-MSYe73cfuApmj4YoNid)

Now, enter the affiliate's name and email address.

{% hint style="info" %}
Also, uncheck the "Send Invitation Email" option.
{% endhint %}

![Enter the affiliate's name and email](/files/-MSYemWIUDteRyDN6Ort)

After this, click on **Create**.

![Click on Create](/files/-MSYfEKcPAReN3Tkcax6)

Click on **Approve** to approve the affiliate account.

![Click on Approve](/files/-MSYs8Wg37YYzDzoDzn9)

#### Set commission rate of the affiliate account to zero

Go to the Commissions section.

![Commissions](/files/-MSYsMpsulO2HaPAmxyL)

Here, click on **Change**.

![Click on Change](/files/-MSYsoQSX-eo9W_11IYV)

Now, set the commission rate to zero.

![Set commission rate to zero](/files/-MSYtfuAs7HjlM1s8ZEZ)

After this, click on **OK**.

![Click on OK](/files/-MSYtvqBjhLKVR-O0ecr)

The commission rate of the dummy affiliate account will be set to zero.

![Commission Rate](/files/-MSYtN2Dqbuuhv0WhW6G)

#### Uncheck the "Record Nil Sales" option (Optional)

Now, go to the **General** Section in the **Settings** tab.

![Settings > General](/files/-MSYnyZbvFkoYpmkszTZ)

Here, uncheck the "Record Nil Sales" option.

![Uncheck the "Record Nil Sales" option](/files/-MSYoF_R3MGf3HHNAS4m)

Since the dummy affiliate's commission rate is set to zero, unchecking the "Record Nil Sales" option will prevent any sales with zero commissions from getting recorded. 

![](/files/-MSYnpiIoIvwjceeDTzV)

### Create connections with the dummy affiliate 

Go to the **Connections** tab.

{% hint style="info" %}
You can enable the Customer-Affiliate Connect option from the Settings > Extras section.
{% endhint %}

![Connections](/files/-MSYjRgyLho7UA_nSoT1)

Here, click on **bulk import**.

![Click on bulk import](/files/-MSYjnJwr2Wpi9GixOJD)

Now, click on **Browse** to upload the bulk import file.

{% hint style="info" %}
You can download the Sample CSV file to prepare the bulk import file.
{% endhint %}

![Click on Browse](/files/-MSYkJJwBakDZZiByzH4)

Setup the bulk import file by adding the name and email address of existing store customers with the email address of the dummy affiliate account.

![Setup the bulk import file](/files/-MSYlPiiYt6V5MCSigEF)

After uploading the bulk import file, click on **Bulk Import**.

![Click on Bulk Import](/files/-MSYm_OfNIfiQsj0Lr4L)

Finally, the customer-affiliate connections with all the existing store customers and the dummy affiliate will get created.

![](/files/-MSYmfsZVxhCadTjG3Of)


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