Effective date: November 9, 2026. Version 1.1. This policy explains how The Immortal Times Creator Network calculates, reviews, records, and pays referral commissions.
1. Referral-based compensation
The Program is a referral-based creator network. Approved creators share published articles using their personal tracking links. Creators may earn a commission when their links generate genuine, verifiable, qualifying referral traffic that can be reliably associated with actual publisher revenue received by The Immortal Times. A click, visit, pageview, impression, or dashboard estimate alone does not create an entitlement to payment.
2. Current commission rate
The Program’s current target commission rate is approximately 10% of actual publisher revenue attributable to an approved creator’s qualifying referral traffic. The commission is funded from the Publication’s share of that attributable revenue; it is not 10% of all website revenue, another creator’s earnings, or the Operator’s unrelated income. The rate is not a guaranteed income or fixed amount per click. Any change to the rate will apply prospectively after notice and will not retroactively reduce commissions already approved.
3. What counts as actual attributable revenue
“Actual publisher revenue” means revenue the Publication has actually received and retained from eligible monetization associated with qualifying referral traffic, after provider deductions, invalid-traffic adjustments, reversals, refunds, chargebacks, or other corrections applied by the provider. Forecasts, gross estimates, uncollected balances, provisional dashboard figures, and revenue that is later reversed are not actual publisher revenue for commission purposes.
4. Attribution and verification method
Referral links identify the creator and article associated with recorded referral events. The Operator reviews available first-party referral records, analytics, traffic-quality signals, and advertising or monetization provider reports. Where a provider supplies reliable revenue attribution at the relevant level, that reporting may be used. Where direct creator-level revenue reporting is unavailable, the Operator may use a documented, reasonable allocation method based on verified qualifying referral sessions and matching provider revenue data (for example, comparable reporting periods, countries, domains, or placements), but only where the available data supports a defensible calculation. The Program will not present an unsupported estimate as exact attribution. If the available information is insufficient to make a reliable allocation, the related commission remains pending until it can be reconciled or is determined not to be verifiable.
5. Qualifying and non-qualifying activity
Qualifying activity must be genuine, permitted, and reasonably verifiable. The review may consider referral-link records, valid sessions, article engagement, geography, source, device, repeat or suspicious patterns, compliance with platform and provider rules, and the reliability of available reports. Bots, click farms, purchased or incentivized visits, traffic exchanges, fake accounts, forced redirects, automated refreshes, self-generated artificial activity, and other invalid or prohibited traffic do not qualify. Ad clicks, ad views, ad impressions, and requests to interact with advertisements never earn a commission.
6. Estimates, approval, and records
Dashboard activity and any provisional earnings display are informational and may be incomplete or estimated. Commissions become payable only after referral activity and the underlying revenue have been reconciled, reviewed, and marked approved by the Program. The Operator will maintain reasonable records of the calculation inputs, adjustments, approvals, and payments. Creators may request an explanation of a material calculation or adjustment through the Program contact email.
7. Payment timing and methods
Approved commissions will be paid according to the payment threshold, schedule, and methods expressly displayed in the creator dashboard or a written payment notice before the relevant payment period. No threshold, payment date, or payment method is promised by this policy unless it has been expressly published or confirmed. Payment processing may depend on the provider and the creator supplying accurate payment details and any legally required tax documentation.
8. Adjustments, disputes, and reversals
If provider reports are delayed, revised, or reversed, or if traffic is under a documented quality or fraud review, the affected commission may remain pending or be adjusted to reflect the verified actual revenue. The Operator will document material adjustments and, where reasonably possible, explain the basis to the creator. A creator may submit relevant evidence or request a review. No adjustment will be based solely on an unsupported suspicion.
9. Taxes and records
Creators are responsible for their tax obligations as required by applicable law. The Operator may request tax forms and other information reasonably necessary to meet legal reporting obligations. The Operator will maintain appropriate records of approved commissions and payments and will not disclose a creator’s tax or payment information to other creators.
10. Contact
For a commission or payment question, email rayd3molition@gmail.com and include your creator username, relevant article link, and reporting period. Do not email passwords, full card numbers, or bank login credentials.
