Affiliate Program Terms
v1.1 · Effective 2026-04-17 · Governing law: Florida, USA
These Terms govern the MeterCall Affiliate Program (the "Program") operated by MeterCall Inc. ("MeterCall," "we," "us"). By applying, you ("Affiliate," "you") agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not apply.
1. The offer — 50% of profit, forever (reconciled with the builder economy)
For every paying MeterCall user you refer through your unique link, MeterCall will pay you 50% of the Profit earned on that user, forever, subject to these Terms. No cap. No expiry. No clawback except for fraud as defined in §5.
How Profit is split across the builder economy.
MeterCall runs a 3-sided payout model. Affiliate, builder, and QA all earn from a single referred call; MeterCall itself keeps 0%. The split depends on whether a call was referred:
- If the user was referred by you (an Affiliate): 50% of Profit to you. The remaining 50% splits 70/30 — 70% to the module builder, 30% to QA.
- If the user was not referred: the full Profit splits 70/30 — 70% to the builder, 30% to QA. No affiliate share.
- MeterCall's share is 0% in both cases. Every cent of Profit flows to Affiliate, Builder, or QA.
Worked example on a $10 referred call: Direct Variable Costs $2.80 → Profit $7.20 → Affiliate $3.60 (50%), Builder $2.52 (70% of remaining $3.60), QA $1.08 (30% of remaining $3.60), MeterCall $0.
Worked example on a $10 non-referred call: Direct Variable Costs $2.80 → Profit $7.20 → Builder $5.04 (70%), QA $2.16 (30%), MeterCall $0.
Binding definition of "Profit."
For the purposes of this Program, "Profit" means the referred user's gross MeterCall spend minus the following Direct Variable Costs only:
- Provider API costs — amounts MeterCall pays to Anthropic, OpenAI, and any other upstream AI or API provider to serve that user's requests.
- Infrastructure passthrough — compute, bandwidth, storage, and third-party infrastructure bills directly attributable to serving that user (e.g. cloud egress, vector-store reads).
- Payment processor fees — Stripe, Razorpay, Wise, or other processor fees on that user's payment (e.g. ~2.9% + $0.30 for Stripe card transactions).
- Taxes, refunds, chargebacks, and promotional credits granted to that user.
The following are expressly NOT deducted — ever:
- Salaries, wages, contractor, or founder compensation.
- R&D, engineering, product, or design costs.
- Marketing, advertising, creator sponsorship, or content costs.
- Rent, office, utilities, legal, accounting, insurance, or any general and administrative overhead.
- Debt service, investor returns, cost of capital, or any corporate financing cost.
- Customer support, onboarding, or success-team costs.
- Fraud losses or bad-debt writeoffs on other users.
Worked example (illustrative).
A referred user pays MeterCall $10.00 in a given month.
- Anthropic / provider API cost: $2.00
- Infrastructure passthrough: $0.50
- Stripe processor fee: $0.30
- Total Direct Variable Costs: $2.80
Profit = $10.00 − $2.80 = $7.20. Your payout = 50% × $7.20 = $3.60. The remaining $3.60 is split 70/30 between the module builder ($2.52) and QA ($1.08). MeterCall keeps $0.00. This repeats every month the user pays, for the life of the user's MeterCall account.
1.1 Auditability. MeterCall will publish, on a publicly accessible page and not less than once per calendar quarter, the blended average of each Direct Variable Cost component as a percent of aggregate user spend. Active affiliates may request itemized cost back-up for any individual payout within 60 days of that payout.
1.2 Formula is binding. The definition of Profit above is a binding term of this Program. MeterCall may not unilaterally re-characterize any expense as a Direct Variable Cost, nor reduce the 50% share, except as provided in §1.3.
1.3 Grandfather clause. If MeterCall ever modifies the definition of Profit or the 50% share, (a) MeterCall will give each active affiliate no less than 90 days' prior written notice by email on file; and (b) all referrals already attributed to an affiliate at the time of change are permanently grandfathered at the prior definition and continue to pay out under the prior definition for as long as those users pay MeterCall. Only brand-new referrals attributed on or after the effective date of the change are subject to the new definition.
1.4 Lock-in. Payouts are computed and locked on the 1st of the calendar month following the month in which the user paid.
2. Attribution — 90-day last-touch cookie
- When a visitor clicks your
?ref={your-slug} link, we set a first-party cookie that lasts 90 days.
- If that visitor later signs up for MeterCall within the 90-day window, the signup is attributed to you.
- Last-touch attribution: if the visitor clicks a different affiliate's link after yours, the most recent click wins.
- We also support server-side attribution via
?ref= on signup, for creators whose audience disables cookies.
- Attribution is final 45 days after the signup date.
3. Payouts
- Cadence: monthly, 30 days after month-end. May earnings are paid by June 30.
- Minimum payout: $25 USD. Balances under $25 roll to the next month.
- Methods: Wise, Payoneer, Stripe Connect (US/EU ACH), Razorpay (India UPI/IMPS), or USDC on Base.
- Currency: payouts are made in your chosen payout currency. We use interbank rates at time of payout.
- Disputes: you have 60 days after a payout to flag a calculation error. After 60 days the payout is final.
4. Taxes
- US affiliates earning more than $600 in a calendar year will receive a 1099-NEC. You must submit a W-9 before your first payout.
- International affiliates submit a W-8BEN on signup. MeterCall does not withhold foreign tax and does not remit tax on your behalf.
- You are solely responsible for your own tax reporting in your country of residence.
5. Fraud — immediate termination
The Program is built on trust. Violating §5 forfeits your balance and terminates your account. Specifically:
- Self-referrals — referring yourself, family members, your own secondary accounts, or any account you materially control.
- Fake accounts — accounts opened with stolen or fabricated identities, burner emails at scale, or SIM-farmed phone verification.
- Click-fraud rings — bot traffic, paid-click rings, or any automated click-generation against your link.
- Incentivized fake signups — paying someone to sign up who has no intent to use MeterCall. Legitimate course/cohort referrals where users actually use the product are fine.
- Trademark / deceptive bidding — buying Google Ads on "MeterCall" or trademark terms and redirecting through your affiliate link.
- Spam — unsolicited mass email, SMS blasts, scraped-list DMs, or any outreach that violates CAN-SPAM / GDPR / TCPA.
- Shared accounts — one sign-in used by 20 people to inflate "active" count. Referred accounts must be individual users or properly provisioned teams.
Suspected fraud flags are paused (not forfeited) while we investigate. Confirmed fraud → balance forfeit, account termination, and potentially a claim for damages and recovery of prior payouts.
6. Acceptable promotion
- You may share your link in videos, newsletters, blogs, social posts, podcasts, Discord servers, cohorts, and personal DMs to actual humans you know.
- You may not imply endorsement or co-branding with MeterCall that you don't have. You may call yourself an "affiliate."
- You must disclose the affiliate relationship when required by law (FTC in the US; ASCI in India; ASA in UK). A simple "affiliate link" note is fine.
- You may not misrepresent MeterCall's pricing, features, or roadmap.
7. Program changes
- MeterCall may modify these Terms with 90 days written notice to active affiliates (email on file).
- Existing referrals are grandfathered at the original 50%-of-profit definition per §1 and §1.3. Only new referrals signed up after the change date are subject to the new terms.
- If we ever sunset the Program (we have no such plan), existing affiliates continue earning on existing referrals until those referrals churn.
8. Termination by you
You may close your affiliate account at any time by emailing affiliates@metercall.ai. On close, any balance above $25 is paid on the next regular cycle; below $25 forfeits unless waived.
9. Termination by us (non-fraud)
We may terminate without cause with 30 days notice. In that case, your balance is paid in full on the next cycle and existing referrals continue to pay out for 12 months after termination, then cease.
10. Warranties and liability
The Program is provided "as is." MeterCall's maximum aggregate liability to you under these Terms is the total of your affiliate earnings in the preceding 12 months.
11. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, USA. Disputes are resolved in state or federal courts sitting in Palm Beach County, Florida, or by binding arbitration at MeterCall's option.
12. Contact
affiliates@metercall.ai — questions, disputes, W-9/W-8BEN submission, payout changes.
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