Net-30 / Payment Terms

Payment terms define when earned commission becomes cash: month-end close plus net-30 means January traffic pays in early March.

Terms as competition

Professional affiliates finance traffic buying on their own cash — payment speed directly limits their scale with you, and faster-paying competitors literally outbid via terms. Weekly or net-15 payments are a recruiting edge programs underprice; conversely, net-60+ with high thresholds selects for hobbyists. Reliability outranks speed: a net-30 that never slips beats a net-15 that sometimes does, because partners plan on promises kept.