Commission Hold Period

The delay between a commission being earned and becoming withdrawable, allowing time for fraud checks, chargebacks and adjustments.

Hold periods (typically 30–60 days in iGaming) keep earned commissions in escrow while player payments settle and fraud reviews complete — the window in which chargebacks and CPA disqualifications surface.

Balancing protection and cash flow

Holds protect operators from paying commission on stolen-card deposits that reverse in week three. But every day of hold is working capital extracted from affiliates, and professional media buyers price it into which programs they run. Competitive programs shorten holds for aged, low-chargeback partners — risk-based holds beat blanket ones on both fraud outcomes and partner retention.