Sub-affiliate

The mechanics mirror player referral, one level up. Programs that run a sub-affiliate scheme give each affiliate a dedicated referral link. When a new affiliate signs up through it, the relationship is recorded permanently, and the referrer earns a defined percentage of everything the recruit generates. A typical structure: the sub-affiliate earns their normal 40 percent RevShare, and the referrer receives an override of 5 percent of the sub-affiliate's commission. If the sub-affiliate earns 2,000 in a month, the override pays 100. Whether that 100 comes from the program's margin or is carved out of the sub-affiliate's rate is a contract detail worth reading twice.

For affiliates with reach in the affiliate community itself, newsletters, forums, tools, conference presence, sub-affiliation converts influence into a revenue line with no media spend behind it. It compounds quietly: recruit steadily, and the override base grows even in months when your own traffic is flat. It is one of the few genuinely passive components available in this business, precisely because someone else operates the traffic.

The model has sharp edges. Overrides are usually small percentages, so meaningful income requires either many recruits or a few very productive ones. Programs can cap, sunset or unilaterally amend override terms, and some contracts allow it explicitly. And there is a reputational dimension: recruiting people into a program that later stalls payments or rewrites terms lands on you, because your name made the introduction. Treat a sub-affiliate recommendation with the same diligence you would apply before sending your own traffic.