The monthly cycle
Almost every casino affiliate programme pays monthly, in arrears. The month closes, the operator confirms which conversions were genuine, the commission on them is finalised, and the balance is paid out in the following month. The confirmation step is why the money is never instant: a first deposit can be charged back, duplicated or found to be fraudulent in the days after it happens, and nobody wants to pay a commission and then claw it back.
At TopStep Partners the cycle runs like this: conversions are verified once the month closes, your confirmed balance is settled within the first ten business days of the following month, and it goes to the crypto wallet you set in your dashboard. There is no withdrawal request to make. If the balance clears the thresholds below, it is paid.
What verified means
A conversion arrives as pending. It counts on your dashboard immediately, so you can see your registrations and first deposits as they happen, but no commission is credited until it is verified. Verification is the check against the casino's own records: did the player deposit, was it a first deposit, was the traffic from an accepted channel and market. A conversion the casino does not confirm is rejected and never earns. One it confirms is approved, and the commission on it is credited to your balance.
What an FTD is, exactly covers what the casino is checking when it confirms a first deposit, and how affiliate tracking works covers how the conversion reaches us in the first place.
The minimum payout and the volume floor
Two thresholds apply to a payout, and a balance has to clear both. The first is a minimum amount: €100 or the per-currency equivalent. The second is a volume floor, which exists because a programme that pays a flat fee per player has to be sure the players are real before it settles: either at least 10 qualifying first-time deposits in a rolling 30-day window, or at least €500 of revenue share earned since your last payment.
| Threshold | The rule | Why it exists |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum amount | €100 or the per-currency equivalent | Below it, the transfer cost is out of proportion to the payment. |
| Volume floor, CPA route | 10 qualifying first deposits in 30 days | Flat fees are paid on player counts. A floor protects both sides from paying out on a handful of unverified players. |
| Volume floor, RevShare route | €500 earned since the last payment | A revenue-share partner with few new players but a strong existing book should not be held back by a first-deposit count. |
Either route through the volume floor pays the whole confirmed balance, not only the part that qualified. The two exist because CPA and revenue-share partners produce money in different shapes, and one floor cannot fit both. CPA vs RevShare covers that difference in full.
What happens to a balance that does not clear
It rolls over. A confirmed balance below the minimum, or one that has not yet met the volume floor, stays on your account and is paid in the first month it qualifies. Nothing is deducted from it and nothing expires. It is not a reset: a month-to-date earnings figure on your dashboard starts again on the first, but the balance behind it does not.
On a revenue-share deal there is a second question: what happens in a month where your players win more than they lose? At TopStep Partners the answer is no negative carryover. A losing month is zeroed, and the next month starts from nothing rather than from a debt. How revenue share is calculated explains why that rule matters more than the headline percentage.
How you are paid
Payouts are crypto only: Bitcoin, Ethereum or USDT, to a wallet address you set and can change from the payments page of your dashboard. The payment is made in the currency your commission accrued in; the crypto asset is the destination, not a conversion. When a payment is sent you receive the transaction reference by email and can confirm receipt in your dashboard, which closes the loop on both sides.
- Set the wallet early. A balance that clears every threshold still waits if there is no wallet on file.
- Check the asset and network. A USDT address on the wrong network is the most common cause of a delayed payment, and it is the one thing we cannot fix after sending.
- Keep the reference. Every payment carries a transaction reference you can match against your wallet. It is also what support will ask for.
Reversals after payment
Because conversions are verified before they are paid, a reversal after payment is an exception rather than a routine event. It happens when a casino later identifies a chargeback, a duplicate account or fraud on a player whose commission has already been settled. The reversal appears as a separate, signed entry on your ledger against the original credit, never as an edit to it, so the history of what was paid and what was taken back is always visible in full. Your dashboard shows every reversal with its date; your account manager can tell you the reason.
The terms in one place
- Monthly, in arrears: verified when the month closes, paid within the first ten business days of the next.
- Minimum payout: €100 or the per-currency equivalent.
- Volume floor: 10 first deposits in 30 days, or €500 of revenue share since your last payment. Either route pays the whole balance.
- Below the thresholds the balance rolls over. Nothing is deducted, nothing expires.
- No negative carryover on revenue share.
- Crypto only, to the wallet you set. Transaction reference by email, receipt confirmed in your dashboard.
The programme terms are the binding version of all of the above and take precedence if anything here is out of date. Account-level questions, including a payment you expected and did not receive, are answered on the partner account help page.
