Commission & payouts
Same formula for every partner. Variations live in two places: your commission percent and your audience-discount percent. Everything else is identical and written down here.
The formula
customer_paid = plugin_price - partner_discount
net_revenue = customer_paid - VAT - paddle_fee - refunds - chargebacks
partner_earns = net_revenue * commission_percentNet revenue is what we actually keep. We pay commission on that number, not on the plugin's headline price. This is the only honest way to do affiliate math when you ship through a Merchant of Record like Paddle, because VAT and processor fees are real costs that come out before any money reaches us.
A worked example
- Plugin headline price49.00 EUR
- Partner discount (15%)- 7.35 EUR
- Customer pays41.65 EUR
- VAT collected by Paddle- 6.94 EUR
- Paddle processor fee- 2.50 EUR
- Net revenue32.21 EUR
- Commission rate20%
- Partner earns6.44 EUR
When commission clears
- Day 0 — sale happens, commission status is pending
- Day 30 — refund/chargeback hold ends, status flips to approved
- Next monthly batch — approved commissions go into the next payout batch and status flips to paid
If a sale is refunded, charged back, or flagged as fraud during the hold period, that commission is reversed. If it happens after a payout, it gets deducted from the next batch.
Payout details
- Frequency: monthly
- Minimum threshold: 50 EUR
- Hold period: 30 days from each sale
- Methods: Payoneer, PayPal, bank transfer (depending on your country)
- Currency: EUR (we cover the EUR→your-currency cost on Payoneer/PayPal where applicable)
Below 50 EUR balance carries over to the next month. There is no deadline — your balance does not expire.
Taxes
You are responsible for declaring partner program income to the tax authority in your own country. Niviem is a Serbian company; we keep a record of what we paid you and when, but we do not file your taxes for you. This is standard for affiliate programs internationally and it keeps the program simple to operate across borders.
Custom rates & launch boosts
New partners start on a default commission rate that is competitive with the rest of the audio plugin space. Larger audiences and proven review history can be negotiated higher individually. During plugin launch windows we typically run a temporary commission boost (commonly 30–35%) for partners who publish a review during the first 7–14 days. These boosts are visible in your dashboard while they are active.