Tapfiliate is a subscription-based service. This means you are billed a flat base rate monthly to keep your affiliate portal active, regardless of your current traffic volume.
When does billing start?
Automatic Transition: Billing begins the moment your free trial expires.
Trial Length: The trial lasts 14 days after sign-up on every plan.
Seamless Service: We require payment details upfront to ensure that your affiliates do not experience a service interruption when the trial ends.
Understanding Your Invoice Components
Your monthly bill is composed of the following:
Base Rate: The standard cost of your chosen plan.
Overage Fees: If your program exceeds the clicks or the conversions included in your plan, an overage fee is applied to your next invoice. See Overage fees explained below.
Prorated Upgrades: If you upgrade your plan mid-month, the change happens immediately. You will see a proration fee on your next bill to cover the price difference for the remainder of that cycle. For more information, refer to our Terms of Service.
VAT (EU Only): By law, a 21% VAT is added if you are an EU-based business and have not provided a valid VAT ID. You can add it in Settings → Account → Billing, under Billing details.
Note: We do not take commission on any conversions tracked. You only pay for the plan you've chosen, plus any overage fees.
Overage fees explained
Every plan includes a monthly allowance of clicks and a separate monthly allowance of conversions. Going over either one adds an overage line to your next invoice.
This is why you can see an overage fee in a month with no new sales: if your affiliate links received more clicks than your plan includes, the extra clicks are billed even if none of them converted.
Overage rates:
Launch: $1.50 per 1,000 clicks above 5,000 a month, and $15 per 1,000 conversions above 500 a month.
Scale: $1 per 1,000 clicks above 100,000 a month, and $10 per 1,000 conversions above 10,000 a month.
Enterprise: click and conversion limits are tailored to your account.
If your traffic is regularly above your plan's limits, compare the overage with the price of the next plan up. A plan that fits your volume is often cheaper.
Sudden spike in clicks with no sales? Automated traffic counts the same as real visitors. Check in your reports which affiliate the clicks came from and where they were referred from, and talk to that affiliate: a link posted somewhere that bots crawl can produce many clicks without any sales. The sooner you act, the fewer extra clicks count towards the current billing period.
Legacy Feature: Tracking Events
Note: This section is only relevant for accounts created before April 2, 2016.
"Tracking events" were part of our original billing system. A tracking event is a record of any of the following:
Clicks: Each time an affiliate’s banner or text link is clicked.
Conversions: All conversions generated by your affiliates.
Trigger Actions: If you use our "Triggers" feature, each action fired counts as a tracking event.
Please check your specific subscription settings to see the number of tracking events included in your legacy plan.
Next Steps
Manage Your Plan: Ready to grow? Learn how to upgrade your plan to access more features.
Avoid Extra Taxes: If you are in the EU, ensure you set up your VAT ID correctly to avoid the 21% surcharge.
Monitor Usage: Keep an eye on your Dashboard to track your current click and conversion volume against your plan limits.