Pay-for-performance affiliate software: you pay on approved sales only

You pay nothing until a partner brings a sale you approve. Then you pay the partner's commission, any recruiter override, and a ViralPayouts fee of 10% to 3% on top of those two.

If the customer is refunded, all three are reversed in proportion, our fee included. A rejected sale costs you nothing. There is no monthly fee.

Monthly fee
$0
Fee on a rejected sale
$0
Fee on a full refund
$0
Hold before payout
15 to 30 days

What you pay at each step of a sale

One $100 sale at 20% to the partner and 5% of the sale to the recruiter.

Cost of one sale by status
The sale isPartnerRecruiterViralPayoutsYou pay
Reported, waiting for your approval$20$5$2.50Nothing yet
Approved, inside the hold period$20$5$2.50Funded on the next invoice once it clears
Rejected (with a listed reason)$0$0$0$0
Fully refunded$0$0$0$0

A partial refund reverses the same share of each line: refund half, and the partner, the recruiter and the fee each drop by half.

The rules that protect both sides

You approve every sale

Sales arrive as pending. Approved sales wait out the program's hold (15 days by default, 30 at most) before they can be paid, so most refunds land first.

Refunds always reverse

A refund reported by your checkout reduces the commission, the override and the fee in proportion, even after payout. A paid-out partner then has an amount to recover from future commissions.

Earned money stays earned

Rejecting a sale needs one of the listed reasons. Once a commission is past its hold, only fraud lets you reject it by hand.

The fee follows the payout

Our fee is a share of what you pay partners. A sale that pays no commission carries no fee.

Pay per sale or per event

A percentage or a fixed amount per sale, different rates per product, or a fixed bounty for an app event such as a signup or an install.

Recurring, if you choose

Renewals can earn for the first payment only, for 2 to 36 months, or for the life of the subscription.

See the cost of a month

The fee rate falls as your month's payouts grow. Move the sliders to see what each sale costs you.

$100
20%

Paid to the partner who brought the customer.

5%

Paid to whoever recruited that partner. You can also set it as a share of the commission or a fixed amount.

400

More sales means more paid to partners, which lowers the ViralPayouts rate for the whole month.

One $100 sale.

You keep$74.25
The sale, minus what the partner, the recruiter and ViralPayouts get. You paid nothing upfront to win this customer.
The partner gets$20.00
20% of the sale. The person who recommended you to the customer.
The recruiter gets$5.00
5% of the sale. The person who brought that partner into your program. With no recruiter, nobody is paid this.
ViralPayouts gets$0.75
3% on top of the $25.00 you pay the partner and recruiter. The rate is set by how much you pay partners in the month.
Your month at 400 sales
Paid to partners and recruiters
$10,000
ViralPayouts rate this month
3%
ViralPayouts fee this month
$300

The fee starts at 10% on top of what you pay partners, up to $1,000 a month, and slides down to 3% at $10,000 a month. You are at the lowest rate.

Sale refunded? Every share is reversed, including our fee, and you pay nothing.

Why brands choose ViralPayouts

  • No sale, no cost

    No monthly fee, no setup fee. Partners, recruiters and the ViralPayouts fee are paid only on sales you approve.

  • Refunds cost you nothing

    A refund reported by your checkout reduces the commission, the override and our fee in proportion, even after the hold.

  • Paid on real outcomes

    Sales, renewals and the app events you report, with a percentage, a fixed amount or a bounty. Never on clicks or impressions that may never buy.

  • Payouts done for you

    One invoice per program covers what partners earned and the fee. ViralPayouts sends both levels their money.

Questions brands ask before they switch

Can we pay per click or per view?
No, on purpose. Clicks and views can be bought or faked; approved sales cannot. Pay a fixed bounty on a sign-up or an install you report instead, and you still pay only for a real result.
Will we get publishers?
Your program can be listed in the public program directory, and every partner you approve can recruit more with their recruit link, paid only when those recruits sell.
What if a sale is refunded after the hold?
A refund your checkout reports still reduces the commission, so you never pay for a sale you gave back. See the program terms.
Does a percentage cost more at high volume?
The rate falls from 10% to 3% as monthly payouts grow, and includes sending every payout. The full fee table.

Try it on test money first

Set your commission and recruiter override, see what each sale costs you, and run it on the test network before a real partner joins. No monthly fee.

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