# In House Accounts *Article Topics:* [*Affiliates*](/getting-started/common-topics/affiliates.md) In-house accounts are a feature in NATS that allow you to designate that a particular affiliate works for you. Designating an employee as an in-house affiliate account is useful, as you can prevent affiliate payouts from being built for that particular account, thus preventing unwanted payouts. ## In-House Account Tracking These accounts work a bit differently than normal accounts when tracking takes place in NATS. Typically when a surfer goes through a track link, we normally check to see if the surfer already has a [NATS Code](/using-nats/nats-admin-features/linkcodes/nats-code.md) via cookie or IP-- if they already have a NATS Code, we simply use that. If a surfer has an in-house tracking code associated with them, a normal affiliate's NATS Code will take precedence. For example, if a surfer is associated with an in-house affiliate in NATS and clicks on a regular affiliate's link code, the surfer will then become associated with the regular affiliate. This feature ensures that affiliates get the opportunity to get credit for a referral over an in-house account. ## Setting Up An In-House Account NATS does not allow you to create new in-house accounts. Instead, you must edit an already existing affiliate account to be designated as "in-house". If you would like to create a new in-house account, you (or an admin) must first create a new affiliate account, then change the account's permissions to make it an in-house account. To change an already existing affiliate account to an in-house account, go to the [Affiliates Admin ](/nats-admin/affiliates.md)and change the "No" option for In-House to "Yes."
## Disabling Payouts If you wish to disable payouts for an in-house account, you will need to add a "Disable Payout" payout change for each program. To do so, go to the [Programs Admin](/nats-admin/programs.md), select a program and navigate to the "Payouts" tab. Click the "Add New" button under the Payout Changes section to create a new Payout Change.
You will then be prompted to configure your new payout change. In the "Affiliate" field, enter the username of your new in-house affiliate account. Next, choose "Disable Payout" from the "Change Type" drop-down menu and click Save Payout Change. Simply repeat this step for any active program that your in-house affiliate account is associated with in order to fully disable payouts for your in-house account. ## In-House Tracking Although in-house accounts can get credit for surfer hits, joins, etc., the lack of an affiliate payout for these referrals can throw off your Profit & Loss Reports. As a result, NATS offers the feature of removing your in-house affiliates' statistics from the Profit & Loss Report. To remove your in-house account's statistics, go to the [Reporting Admin](/nats-admin/reporting.md). On the Profit & Loss Report, using the [Advance Search Bar](/using-nats/nats-admin-features/advanced-search-bar.md) by clicking the bar and selecting "No-InHouse" will provide any report while excluding any In-House related traffic. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.toomuchmedia.com/nats-admin/affiliates/further-reading/in-house-accounts.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.