How we earn
Some links on this site pay us. Which ones, and what kind of payment, is on this page rather than in a line at the bottom of a footer — and the same disclosure is repeated beside each link, because that is where a reader is actually deciding.
Partners, reviewed 2026-09-01
Reviewed monthly. A partner we link to and do not name here fails our build, so this table cannot quietly fall behind.
| ApeX Omni | 5% invitee fee discount | Referral: 5% fee discount on Omni Perps for the invitee. Their terms page names no countries; payment does not invent a list. |
| Extended | points only | The open referral tier pays platform points, not cash. The fee-rebate affiliate programme is invite-only and we are not in it. |
| Hyperliquid | 10% of referred fees | We receive 10% of referred users' fees; they receive a 4% discount. Restricted Persons are still theirs; payment does not rewrite the list. |
| Lighter | referral | Referral commission. The restricted-country list is still Lighter's; payment does not rewrite it. |
| Ondo Perps | 10% of referral fees | We earn 10% of referral trading fees; they get 5% off. The restricted list is still Ondo's; payment does not rewrite it. |
| Ostium | referral | Referral commission. The restricted-country list is still Ostium's; payment does not rewrite it. |
| Pacifica | referral | Referral commission. The restricted-country list is still Pacifica's; payment does not rewrite it. |
| TxFlow | 10% of invitee perp fees | We earn 10% of invitees' perp fees; they get 5% off. Their terms URL names no countries; the invite-slot cap is theirs. Payment does not invent a list. |
| Polymarket | 10% direct / 5% indirect of net fees | 10% of net fees from direct referrals, 5% from indirect, for 30 days or until Platinum, through Gold. We start earning after $10,000 own lifetime volume. Paid daily in pUSD. Their geoblock is theirs. |
| Qzino | 5% of referred mining points | 18+. Casino. 5% of mining points referrals mint. ToS names AU, AT, KM, FR, DE, NL, ES, GB, US plus FATF/sanctions. Gambling can be addictive. |
| Mint | B2B tracking; rate in the partner agreement | 18+. Casino. B2B link; cash rate not on a page we could read. ToS 4.1 names US, GB, AT, FR, DE, NL, ES, AU, KM, IR, KP, SY, AF plus FATF. Gambling can be addictive. |
What a payment does not buy
Stated as constraints, so they are checkable rather than reassuring.
- A venue's restricted-country list is read from that venue's own page. A partner cannot change what it says by paying us.
- The offer score is computed from the published rubric. There is no field in it for what a partner pays.
- A venue that blocks your country is shown as blocking your country, whether or not it pays.
Questions
The ones worth answering plainly.
- Do you earn from Extended?
- Not in cash. Its open referral tier pays platform points; the fee-rebate affiliate programme is invite-only and we are not in it. Extended is on this site because its list is worth tracking, not because it pays.
- Does a paying partner rank higher?
- There is no ranking. Pages are dated per-venue readings, ordered by nothing we sell.