How We Verify Affiliate Program Terms

Affiliate terms in the adult industry change often and get repeated badly. A rate posted on a forum three years ago ends up in a dozen review blogs as if it were current. This page explains how we check the terms on this site, so you can judge how much to trust each figure.

Sources we accept

A term appears as fact only if we find it on a first-party source:

The program's own affiliate pages, such as its program landing page or commission page.
Its help center or FAQ, where many programs publish payment and tracking detail.
Its legal terms, such as affiliate terms and conditions or a payment policy.
Its official listing on a network, when the program is run through one (for example a Tapfiliate or Everflow listing the program itself publishes).

For Secrets AI, the source is the program itself: the official onboarding guide and the published program facts. We do not state anything about Secrets that your affiliate manager and Everflow dashboard would not confirm.

Sources we reject

Third-party blogs and review sites, including ones that look authoritative.
Forum posts and social media, including screenshots of dashboards.
Aggregator directories that list programs and rates without linking to a source.
Tech-detection tools, which can suggest what software a site runs but not what terms it offers.

These sources are useful for finding programs to check. They are never cited for a figure.

The not published rule

If we cannot find a term on a first-party source, we write "not published". We do not estimate, round or fill the gap with the most common figure in the category. For Secrets, terms that are set per account, such as minimum payout or per-country CPA, are marked "ask your affiliate manager" or "shown in your Everflow dashboard".

"Not published" is a statement about what is public, not a judgment of the program. Some strong programs share terms only after approval.

Dating every check

Every ranking and comparison states when its terms were checked, by month. The current pages were checked in November 2026. When a figure is rechecked and changes, the page is updated and the change is logged in the changelog.

Re-verification cadence

Monthly for the top programs in each ranking, because they are the ones affiliates act on.
Quarterly for every other program on the site.
Immediately when someone sends a correction with a first-party source.

How we handle contradictions

Programs sometimes contradict themselves, for example a landing page that says one approval time and an FAQ that says another. When that happens we state both and name where each appears. When a first-party source conflicts with a third-party one, we use the first-party figure and say so. We do not pick the more flattering number.

Ranking weights

Rankings score each program on six criteria, in roughly this order of weight:

Published payout. Public RevShare and CPA figures rank above rates shown only after login.
RevShare duration. Lifetime ranks above capped or unstated duration.
Payment terms and minimum. Frequency, a published minimum and the methods offered.
Tracking stack. A named platform, Sub-IDs, server-to-server postbacks and API access.
Support. A named, reachable affiliate manager rather than a ticket form.
Product depth. Features that keep users paying, such as memory, custom characters, media and voice in AI companion apps.

A program that publishes little will rank low even if its real terms are good. That is deliberate: you cannot plan a campaign on terms you cannot see.

Conflict of interest

This site is run for the Secrets AI affiliate program, and Secrets AI is listed first in every ranking. We disclose that on each page. To keep the rest useful, we publish the weighting above, hold competitor figures to the same first-party standard as our own, and note where other programs are stronger. We also recommend you split-test any two programs on the same placement before committing budget. Read more about this site.

FAQ

Where do your figures come from?

Only from a program's own affiliate pages, help center, legal terms, or its official listing on the network that runs it. We do not use third-party blogs, forum posts or aggregator directories.

What does not published mean?

It means we could not find the term on a first-party source when we checked. It does not mean the program lacks that term, only that it is not public. Ask the program directly before relying on it.

How often are terms rechecked?

Monthly for the top programs in each ranking and quarterly for the rest. Pages also show the month of the last check, and every change is recorded in the changelog.

How do you handle the conflict of interest?

This site is run for the Secrets AI affiliate program and Secrets AI is listed first. We disclose that on every ranking, publish the weighting, and hold competitor figures to the same first-party standard as our own.

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