What Settlement Is
On a CPA campaign every conversion has a fixed payout. On a RevShare campaign (common in iGaming) or an IB campaign (common in Forex), the affiliate earns a percentage of the revenue their players or traders generate, after wins, chargebacks and bonuses are taken off. That can only be worked out once the period is over.
AffClix settles closed periods automatically once a day. Each campaign settles on its own schedule, for example daily, weekly or monthly. The result is stored as one settlement row per affiliate, campaign and period, and that row is the final word on what the affiliate is owed.
A period only shows here after it has ended and been settled. While a period is still running, the payouts you see in other reports are an estimate.
How a Period Is Calculated
- Revenue base — revenue from the period's revenue events, minus deductions such as player wins, chargebacks, voids and bonus credits.
- Gross earned — the revenue base multiplied by the affiliate's revenue-share rate.
- Payable — gross earned, adjusted for any deficit carried over from earlier periods. Payable is never negative.
Negative Periods and Carryover
Sometimes players win more than they lose, so a period ends negative. What happens next depends on the campaign's carryover setting:
| Setting | What happens to a negative period |
|---|---|
| Carryover on | The affiliate is paid 0 and the deficit moves into the next period, where it is subtracted before anything is payable. |
| Carryover off | The affiliate is paid 0 and the deficit is written off. The next period starts clean. |
Click any settled row to open its carryover chain. It shows the opening balance, what was earned, the deficit that was absorbed, and the closing balance. When an affiliate asks why they were paid 0, this is the answer to send them.
Introducing Broker (IB)
On Forex campaigns with IB turned on, an affiliate can earn at two levels:
- Tier 1 — a percentage of their own traders' revenue base.
- Tier 2 — a percentage of the revenue base of the sub-affiliates they brought in.
Tier 2 is paid on top. The sub-affiliate still earns their own full Tier 1.
Reading the Report
Open Reports → RevShare & IB Settlement, choose a period range and press Apply. Summary cards show total gross earned, payable, carried deficit and the open balance right now. Below them is one row per closed period.
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Period | The settled period. |
| Affiliate / Campaign | Who earned it and on which campaign. |
| Payout Model | RevShare or Introducing Broker. |
| Revenue Base / Rate | Net revenue for the period and the share percentage applied. |
| Gross Earned | Earnings before carryover. |
| Payable | What is actually owed after carryover. |
| Closing Balance | A negative value is a deficit waiting to be absorbed. |
| Status / Invoice | Accrued, Invoiced or Paid, with the invoice number once billed. |
Tick In deficit only to list just the affiliates who currently owe back a deficit. Use Export CSV for your accounts team.
Team members whose data access is restricted see only the settlements of affiliates they can see, on campaigns of advertisers they can see. Their summary cards are totalled from those rows, so they will not match the account owner's totals.
From Settlement to Payment
A settled period moves through three statuses:
- Accrued — settled and ready to bill.
- Invoiced — added to an affiliate invoice with the "Add RevShare / IB" button. Each period becomes its own invoice line.
- Paid — the invoice was marked paid, either directly or through Mass Payments.
If you cancel an invoice, its periods go back to Accrued so you can bill them again.