Net 30 payout
Approved today. Paid in thirty.
Net 30 means a commission is paid 30 days after it is approved. The delay is deliberate: it gives refunds, chargebacks and cancellations time to surface before money leaves the account. Affiliate programs commonly publish Net 15, Net 30 or Net 60 terms and hold each commission for that period before it becomes payable.
- Terms run Net 0 to Net 60
- Holding periods absorb refunds
- Minimums batch the small balances
What Net 30 means for affiliate payouts
The clock starts at approval, not at the sale. Three settings together decide what a partner actually experiences.
The term
How long after approval the commission becomes payable. Net 30 means thirty days.
The minimum
Balances below it wait for more sales instead of the calendar. $50 is a common floor.
The schedule
Daily, weekly or monthly runs decide which batch an eligible commission lands in.
Why programs hold commissions
Because a sale is not final on the day it happens, and recovering money from a partner you already paid is a conversation nobody wins.
Refunds land inside a window
Hold slightly longer than your refund window and most reversals cost nothing.
Subscriptions cancel early
First-week cancellations are the most common reversal of all.
Chargebacks arrive late
In Referly the Holding Period is a number of days on the program. Money that has not left is easy to take back.
Try it
From the sale to money in their account
Published payout term
Sale to cash
62 days
Sale on 3 Mar, paid 4 May
Sale
3 Mar
Commission recorded, held
Approved
2 Apr
After a 30-day hold
Payable
2 May
Net 30 from approval
Paid
4 May
Next weekly run, Monday
- A minimum payout amount sits on top of all of this: a balance below it waits for more sales rather than for the calendar.
In Referly
Held, then eligible, then paid
The holding period, the minimum and the schedule run the whole pipeline. A commission moves to eligible on its own and goes out on the next run.
Net 30 against the other payout terms
A straight trade between your risk and your partners' patience. Whatever you choose, publish it: affiliates ask about payment speed before they ask about the rate.
- Net 0
- Paid at approval
- Net 15 and Net 30
- Where most programs sit
- Net 45 and Net 60
- Maximum protection
A genuine recruiting weapon, especially with creators fronting costs
Both defensible. Pick one and pay on the day you said.
Nearly refund-proof, and a harder program to say yes to
Net 0 to Net 60
Published terms
Net 0, 7, 15, 30, 45 and 60.
Set in days
Holding period
How long a commission is held before it is eligible.
Your figure
Minimum payout
Small balances roll into the next run. Cash only.
Alistair Heath
Hapcha
I was looking to build an online portal for affiliates to track their sales and Referly saved me so much work! There's so many amazing extra features like custom domains and fully customisable affiliate rates. Additionally, the API allowed us to integrate this directly into our app turning each of our users into affiliates!
Related terms
All ten termsRecurring commission
Commission paid on every renewal a referred customer makes, not just the first.
EPC (earnings per click)
Earnings per click: what one click on a partner's link is worth, on average.
Last-click attribution
The rule that pays the commission to the last tracked link a buyer used.
Affiliate network vs affiliate program
A network is a marketplace that hosts many programs; an in-house program is only yours.