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Glossary

Affiliate and analytics terminology, explained.

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Whitelabel

A whitelabel is a fully branded version of another cam platform that runs on your own domain, showing the same models and features but under your site name and design.

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Whale spender

A whale spender is a referred user who has spent $10,000 or more in total on a cam platform, generating $2,000+ in commission for the referring affiliate.

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UTM Parameters

UTM parameters are tags appended to URLs that identify the source, medium, campaign, and other attributes of traffic so affiliates can track which promotions generate revenue.

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Traffic Source

A traffic source is where your visitors come from before they click your affiliate link, such as search engines, social media, forums, or paid advertising.

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Token rate

Token rate is the exchange ratio between real currency and the virtual tokens used on cam platforms, which determines how much a user pays per token and how much the affiliate earns per token spent.

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Sub-affiliate

A sub-affiliate is a secondary affiliate recruited by a primary affiliate, where the primary affiliate earns a percentage of the sub-affiliate's generated revenue as an override commission.

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Split Testing

Split testing (A/B testing) is the practice of running two or more variations of a page, link, or creative simultaneously to determine which version produces better affiliate results.

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Spender retention

Spender retention is the ability to keep your referred buyers actively purchasing tokens over time, measured as the percentage of spenders who continue making purchases in subsequent months.

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Revshare

Revenue share (revshare) is a commission model where affiliates earn a percentage of every dollar their referred users spend, for the entire lifetime of that user.

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PPS vs revshare

PPS (pay-per-signup) and revshare are the two main commission models in cam affiliate programs. PPS pays a one-time bounty per signup; revshare pays a percentage of user spending indefinitely.

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