Glossary term

Dynamic CPA

CPA pricing that varies automatically with measured traffic quality or player value rather than staying fixed per deal.

Dynamic CPA reprices acquisitions by segment: rates that scale with deposit size bands, GEO, or a quality score computed from early player behavior — higher payouts for demonstrably better players, lower for marginal ones.

Why adoption is growing

Fixed CPAs misprice both tails: they overpay for weak traffic and underpay for excellent traffic, which the best affiliates eventually notice and arbitrage by leaving. Dynamic models keep the deal honest automatically. The requirements are non-trivial — trusted quality metrics, transparent formulas, and portal reporting affiliates can verify — because a dynamic price nobody can audit is indistinguishable from a discretionary one.

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