Creator Partner Program Terms
Please review these terms before applying.
1. Participation
Participation is by application and manual approval. You request a referral code in your application; Areel validates and approves it. Areel may approve, decline, suspend, or close a partner account at its discretion. You must use your own Areel account and provide accurate information, including a PayPal payout email that you confirm before activation.
2. Referrals & the customer discount
Approved partners receive a unique referral link. An eligible customer receives a recurring 10% discount on their eligible subscription for as long as that subscription remains active — even after your commission window ends. A customer who has never paid before, or an existing paying customer who attaches your code, may qualify (existing customers receive the discount and commission only from their next eligible renewal — never retroactively). Areel owns and validates referral codes; self-referrals do not qualify. There is no discount stacking.
3. Commission
Commission is calculated only on eligible NET subscription revenue actually collected — the revenue retained after the creator discount and excluding taxes, refunds, credits, chargebacks, failed payments, and the actual Paddle processing fee for that transaction. It is not company profit and no other business costs are deducted. Paid service months 1–3 earn 75%; months 4–12 earn 20%; month 13 onward earns 0%. The month number follows the customer's lifetime paid-service progression and never restarts. Annual revenue and its fee are allocated across twelve service months.
4. Adjustments
Refunds, partial refunds, chargebacks, credits, and negative prorations create offsetting append-only adjustments using trusted billing data; partial reversals are proportional and never exceed the original. Commission already paid that is later reversed becomes a recovery against future earnings. Historical amounts are never recalculated. Areel's payments are generally non-refundable, but approved refunds remain possible and are handled this way.
5. Payouts
New commission begins pending and becomes available after a 7-day hold. Payouts are prepared monthly and are due on the first day of each month (evaluated in Africa/Johannesburg time), subject to a USD 20 minimum payable balance, a confirmed PayPal payout email, acceptance of the current terms, and no unresolved review. Payouts are sent manually via PayPal in USD; you are responsible for keeping your payout email correct. Suspicious activity may be held pending review.
6. Conduct & review
You must clearly disclose the partnership where required by law or platform policy. Spam, misleading claims, fraud, self-dealing, and manipulation are prohibited and may result in held commission, suspension, or closure. Some signals (for example, a shared network) may place a referral into review before a code applies; you can always continue without the code. Reviews are not accusations.
7. Suspension
If your account is suspended you cannot generate new referrals or attachments, but commission already legitimately earned continues through the normal schedule. Held or disqualified referrals remain held. Earned commission is not confiscated without a recorded reason.
8. Data & privacy
We collect only what the program needs and protect your payout email (encrypted at rest; revealed to staff only through a protected, audited action). We do not collect government identity documents, tax forms, bank details, or your residential address. Creators see only an anonymous reference and a strongly masked email for referred customers — never full customer details.
9. Taxes & earnings
You are responsible for any taxes on your earnings. Nothing here guarantees any level of earnings. You may request a code change, which an administrator reviews; historical codes are retained.
10. Changes
Areel may update these terms; a new version requires your acceptance before future payouts, and a change to the terms never alters commission you have already earned. Governing law and dispute terms will be specified in the final published, legally reviewed version.