Growth credit and nightly clearing
Members do not trade with each other one to one. Everything that happened during a day is priced and settled across the whole network in one nightly run.
Prices
Prices are posted by the network, not set by auction. A confirmed visit is the main unit of value; a view is worth about one 670th of it. Each amount is then scaled by three things.
- Country: full value for the highest-value markets, down to 30% elsewhere.
- Device.
- The sending site’s traffic quality score.
The nightly run
- Traffic quality is assessed for every site.
- Each view and confirmed visit of the day is priced.
- The site that received the audience is charged; the site that provided it is credited.
- A statement is written for each member.
The run is safe to repeat: a day is never settled twice. The books are double-entry, so all balances always sum to zero.
Holding period
Credit you earn is held before it becomes spendable: 72 hours for new members; members at a higher trust level wait 48 or 24 hours. This is the window in which invalid traffic is caught. Held amounts are shown separately as pending.
When your promotion runs
Your promotion is shown only while its growth is active and you have spendable credit. When credit runs out it stops being shown; it resumes when more becomes available.
Bonus credit
| Bonus | Amount | When |
|---|---|---|
| Starting credit | About 200 visits’ worth | Once per account, when a site is first verified |
| Invitation | About 300 visits’ worth, to both sides | After the invited site has sent 100 confirmed visits |
Bonus credit expires 90 days after it is granted. Up to 10 invitations per account are rewarded.
What credit can never do
- Be bought with money.
- Be withdrawn as money.
- Be moved to another account.