Admin Fee
A percentage deduction operators apply to gross revenue before calculating affiliate commissions, covering platform, payment and processing costs.
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Glossary Category: Commissions & Deals
CPA, revshare, hybrids and every clause that decides what affiliate traffic actually pays.
Bounty / Milestone Payment
A one-off payment for a defined non-recurring achievement — first FTD from a new GEO, content delivery, or campaign launch milestones.
Clawback
Reversing previously credited commissions after the underlying transaction is invalidated — by chargeback, fraud finding or qualification failure.
Commission Hold Period
The delay between a commission being earned and becoming withdrawable, allowing time for fraud checks, chargebacks and adjustments.
CPA (Cost Per Acquisition)
A fixed one-time payment to the affiliate for each referred player who completes a qualifying action — in iGaming, almost always a…
CPA Baseline
The set of minimum player-activity conditions (deposit size, wagering, sometimes redeposit) required before a CPA is payable.
CPC (Cost Per Click)
Payment per click on an ad or link — the pricing model of paid search and a benchmark unit across performance marketing.
CPI (Cost Per Install)
Payment per verified app install, used in mobile-first casino and sportsbook acquisition.
CPL (Cost Per Lead)
Payment per lead — in iGaming, usually a completed registration with verified contact details, before any deposit.
CPM (Cost Per Mille)
Payment per thousand ad impressions — a media-buying metric that appears in iGaming through display sponsorships and tenancy pricing.
Dynamic CPA
CPA pricing that varies automatically with measured traffic quality or player value rather than staying fixed per deal.
Exclusive Deal
Enhanced commission terms granted in exchange for the affiliate restricting competitor promotion — a category, page or site-wide exclusivity.
Flat-Fee Deal
A fixed payment for placement or exposure — a homepage spot, a review position, a newsletter feature — independent of traffic or…
High-Roller Policy
A contract clause capping or specially handling the commission impact of exceptionally large winning or losing players.
Hybrid Deal
A commission structure combining an upfront CPA payment with an ongoing revenue-share percentage on the same players.
Lifetime Revenue Share
Revenue share paid for as long as the referred player remains active — no expiry on the affiliate's claim to the player.
Listing Fee
A one-time or recurring charge some publishers require merely to be included on their site, before any performance terms apply.
Minimum Deposit Requirement
The smallest first deposit that counts as a qualifying acquisition under a CPA or hybrid deal.
Negative Carryover
When a month's negative net revenue (players won money) carries into following months, offsetting future affiliate commissions until repaid.
Payout Threshold
The minimum accumulated commission balance required before the program issues payment.
Performance Kicker
A bonus payment triggered by hitting agreed targets — extra CPA, a rate bump, or a lump sum for volume, quality or…
Positive Carryover
Unpaid commission balances below the payout threshold rolling forward to the next period rather than expiring.
Qualified FTD
A first-time deposit meeting all the deal's qualification criteria — minimum amount, GEO, payment method, wagering activity — and therefore payable.
Rev Adjustment
A manual correction applied to an affiliate's revenue or commission figures — for mispriced deals, tracking errors, fraud removals or goodwill.
Revenue Share (RevShare)
An ongoing commission paying the affiliate a percentage of the net revenue their referred players generate, usually for the player's lifetime.
Second-Tier Commission
Earnings from the activity of affiliates in your downline — the generic term for multi-level commission layers in affiliate programs.
Sub-Affiliate Commission
The override percentage an affiliate earns on the commissions of partners they recruited into the program.
Tenancy Deal
A recurring fixed-fee arrangement renting a defined placement on a publisher's site for a set period.
Tiered Commission
A commission scale that increases with volume — more FTDs or higher NGR in a month earns a higher rate on all…
Wager-Based Commission
Commission calculated as a share of referred players' total wagering turnover rather than of net revenue.