The NikaQuant affiliate program is not open yet. There are no approved affiliates, no tracked affiliate links and no commissions being paid today. This page sets out the rules that will apply once the program opens. Anything we have not decided yet is shown in [square brackets]. We will fill those in, and tell you, before we accept anyone. Nothing on this page is an offer you can accept until we approve you in writing. To hear when it opens, email [email protected] (subject: Affiliate).
These Affiliate Program Terms (the "Affiliate Terms") are an agreement between you and [Legal entity name], [Registered address], [Company registration number], trading as NikaQuant ("NikaQuant", "we", "us"). They sit alongside our Terms of Service (nikaquant.com/terms/), Privacy Policy (nikaquant.com/privacy/), Acceptable Use Policy (nikaquant.com/acceptable-use/) and Risk Disclosure (nikaquant.com/risk-disclosure/). If these Affiliate Terms conflict with those documents on an affiliate matter, these Affiliate Terms win.
2.1 How to apply. [Application method — to be set by owner]. Until then, email [email protected] (subject: Affiliate) to be told when applications open.
2.2 Eligibility. To apply you must:
2.3 Approval and our right to refuse. We review every application. We can approve, refuse or ask for more information at our discretion, and we do not have to give a reason. Applying does not make you an Affiliate. You are only in the Program once we confirm approval in writing (email counts).
2.4 Your details. Keep your contact, payout and tax details up to date. We are not responsible for payouts that fail because your details were wrong or out of date.
2.5 Promotion sites. You may only promote NikaQuant on the sites, channels and accounts you told us about and we approved. Tell us before you add a new one.
3.1 You are an independent contractor. Nothing in these Affiliate Terms creates an employment, partnership, joint venture, franchise or agency relationship.
3.2 You have no authority to make promises, accept orders, give refunds, or sign anything on our behalf. Do not present yourself as NikaQuant, as NikaQuant staff, or as an official NikaQuant account or support channel.
3.3 You pay your own costs of promotion (ads, hosting, content, tools), unless we agree otherwise in writing.
3.4 The Program is not exclusive. We can work with other affiliates, including ones who compete with you, and you can promote other products, subject to section 12.
4.1 Commission is earned only on paid subscriptions to the Service (Pro and Premium). It is not earned on:
5.1 Rate. [Commission rate — to be set by owner] of the Net Revenue we receive from a Qualifying Sale.
5.2 Duration. Commission is paid on Qualifying Sales from a Referred Customer for [commission duration, e.g. first payment only or first N months — to be set by owner], counted from that customer's first paid charge.
5.3 Net Revenue means the amount the customer actually pays us for the subscription, less sales tax, VAT and similar taxes, payment-processor fees, refunds, chargebacks, credits and discounts.
5.4 Currency. Subscription prices are in US Dollars. Commission is calculated in US Dollars. [Payout currency — to be set by owner].
5.5 Your dashboard and statements. [How affiliates see their stats and statements — to be set by owner]. Our records of clicks, sign-ups, Qualifying Sales and Commission are final, unless you show us a clear error within 30 days of the statement concerned.
6.1 A Qualifying Sale is a successful payment for a Pro or Premium subscription by a Referred Customer, where:
6.2 Trials. Starting the 7-day Pro trial is not a Qualifying Sale. Pro is a 7-day trial with a card required; it converts to paid Pro at $39/month on day 8 unless the customer cancels first. Commission can only arise once that first paid charge goes through. Premium has no trial.
6.3 Pending period. Commission on a payment stays "pending" until the Money-Back Window for that customer has closed, plus [additional holding period, if any — to be set by owner]. Only then does it become payable.
6.4 Reversals. If a payment is refunded (including under the 14-day money-back guarantee or a statutory right of withdrawal), charged back, disputed, or found to be fraudulent, the Commission on it is cancelled. If we have already paid it, we may deduct it from your future Commission or ask you to repay it.
6.5 Cancellations stop future Commission on that customer. Nothing is owed on payments that never happen.
7.1 Method. [Attribution method — to be confirmed]. Until we confirm it here, nothing is tracked for commission purposes.
7.2 Tracking window. A sale can only be attributed to you if the customer signs up within [tracking / cookie window — to be set by owner] of clicking your Affiliate Link.
7.3 Last click. If a customer clicked more than one affiliate's link, [attribution rule, e.g. last click — to be set by owner].
7.4 Limits of tracking. Tracking depends on the customer's browser and device. It can fail if they clear site data, block storage, use a private window, switch devices, or decline optional storage where consent is required. We are not liable for sales we could not attribute, and we do not pay Commission on sales we cannot attribute through our system. We will not use fingerprinting or other covert tracking to fill the gap.
7.5 Use only your Affiliate Link. Do not change, mask or redirect it in a way that hides where traffic comes from, unless we approve it.
8.1 You may not earn Commission on:
9.1 Method. [Payout method — to be set by owner].
9.2 Threshold. We pay once your payable Commission reaches [payout threshold — to be set by owner]. Below that, it rolls over to the next payout period.
9.3 Schedule. [Payout schedule, e.g. monthly, N days after month end — to be set by owner].
9.4 Fees. [Who bears transfer / currency-conversion fees — to be set by owner].
9.5 Holding payouts. We may hold a payout while we investigate a suspected breach, fraud, unusual refund or chargeback levels, or missing tax or identity information. We will tell you why, unless the law or an investigation stops us.
9.6 Unclaimed balances. If we cannot pay you because your payout or tax details are missing or wrong, and you do not fix them within [period for unclaimed balances — to be set by owner] after we ask, [treatment of unclaimed balances — to be set by counsel, subject to local law].
10.1 You are responsible for all taxes, social-security contributions and filings on the Commission you receive. Commission amounts are inclusive of any tax you owe on them, unless the law requires otherwise.
10.2 Before your first payout you must give us the tax information we reasonably ask for. Depending on where you are this may include:
10.3 If the law requires us to withhold tax from a payout, we will withhold it and pay it to the tax authority. That amount counts as paid to you.
11.1 You must clearly tell people that you earn money if they buy through your link. This is required by consumer-protection rules including the US FTC Endorsement Guides, the UK CAP Code and ASA guidance, and the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive as implemented in each EU country.
11.2 The disclosure must be:
11.3 Words like "#sp", "#collab", "#partner" alone, or "thanks NikaQuant", are not enough.
11.4 Your honest opinion is welcome. Do not say you use NikaQuant if you don't, and do not describe features you have not checked against our site.
12.1 No misleading claims. NikaQuant is analytics software for MetaTrader 5 traders. It grades strategies and reports. It does not trade for anyone, hold client money, or give advice. When you promote it, you must not:
12.2 Risk wording. Whenever you show or discuss trading results, backtests, strategy grades or account performance, including your own, you must include a clear risk warning in the same place, for example: "Trading involves substantial risk of loss. Backtests and past results do not predict future results. NikaQuant is analytics software, not financial advice." Link to our Risk Disclosure (nikaquant.com/risk-disclosure/) where the format allows.
12.3 Audience. Do not target people under 18. Follow any local rules on promoting trading-related products in the places your audience is.
12.4 Paid search and brand terms. You must not bid on "NikaQuant", "Nika Quant", "$NIKAQUANT", "nikaquant.com" or any misspelling or variation, alone or combined with other words, in Google Ads, Bing Ads or any other paid search, shopping or social ad auction. Do not use them in ad copy or display URLs, and do not direct-link paid search ads to our sites. Add them as negative keywords in broad campaigns.
12.5 Domains and handles. Do not register or use any domain, subdomain, app, page, social handle or username that contains "NikaQuant" or something confusingly similar.
12.6 No spam. Do not send unsolicited emails, DMs, SMS, WhatsApp or Telegram messages, comments or forum posts. Any email or message you send must comply with anti-spam law (including CAN-SPAM, the EU ePrivacy rules and the UK PECR), only go to people who have opted in to hear from you, and identify you as the sender, not NikaQuant.
12.7 Coupon and deal sites. Do not list your Affiliate Link, or any made-up "discount", "coupon" or "promo code", on coupon, voucher, cashback, deal or reward sites, unless we approve it in writing. Do not advertise discounts we do not offer.
12.8 Where you promote. Do not promote NikaQuant on, or next to, content that is illegal, hateful, sexually explicit, violent, defamatory, infringing, or that promotes scams, "get rich quick" schemes, signal-selling with profit promises, or unlicensed financial services.
12.9 Our requests. If we ask you to change or remove content about NikaQuant, do it within 2 business days (or straight away if we say it is unlawful or harmful).
12.10 You are responsible for your content and for following the law and platform rules where you publish.
13.1 The $NIKAQUANT token (coin.nikaquant.com) is not part of the Program. No Commission is paid on it, it is not part of any NikaQuant plan, and we do not pay you in it.
13.2 You must not promote the token as part of your affiliate activity, place your Affiliate Link alongside token promotion, or describe the token as an investment, as having returns, utility, buybacks, holder benefits or a price target, or as linked to a NikaQuant subscription. The token is highly speculative and its roadmap items are planned, not live. See the Token Disclaimer (coin.nikaquant.com/disclaimer/).
14.1 While you are an Affiliate, we give you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the NikaQuant name, logo and the materials we provide to you, only to promote the Service under these Affiliate Terms and in line with our brand guidelines: [brand guidelines and logo files — to be provided by owner]. Logo files are available on request at [email protected] until then.
14.2 Do not alter the logo, combine it with your own marks, or use it in a way that suggests we sponsor or endorse you beyond being an affiliate.
14.3 Screenshots of the app must be real and current. Do not show a customer's data, or anyone else's account, without their permission.
14.4 We own all rights in our names, logos, software and content. You get no rights except the licence in 14.1, which ends automatically when you leave the Program. You then have [period to remove materials — to be set by owner] to remove our marks and Affiliate Links from your content, unless we agree otherwise.
14.5 You let us mention that you are a NikaQuant affiliate, and link to your public content, unless you tell us not to.
15.1 What you get. You will only receive aggregated reports, such as numbers of clicks, sign-ups, Qualifying Sales and Commission. We will not give you Referred Customers' names, email addresses, payment details, trading data or other personal data.
15.2 No collecting on our behalf. Do not ask people for their NikaQuant login, one-time sign-in codes, MT5 reports, account numbers or payment details, and do not sign people up on their behalf.
15.3 Your own data. If you collect personal data yourself (for example your own mailing list or analytics), you are its controller and responsible for complying with data-protection law (including the EU and UK GDPR and, where relevant, US state privacy laws such as the CCPA), and for any cookie or tracking consent your own site needs.
15.4 Your data. We process your personal data as an Affiliate (contact, payout, tax and performance data) to run the Program, pay you, meet legal and tax duties, and prevent fraud, as described in our Privacy Policy (nikaquant.com/privacy/). We keep payout and tax records for as long as tax law requires.
16.1 If we reasonably believe you have committed fraud, generated invalid sales, or materially breached these Affiliate Terms (including sections 8, 11, 12 or 13), we may:
16.2 Where we end your participation for fraud or a serious breach, all unpaid Commission is forfeited, except Commission earned on Qualifying Sales that clearly had nothing to do with the breach, which we will pay where the law requires it.
16.3 You agree to give us reasonable information we ask for to check your traffic and sales, such as where it came from and copies of your promotions.
17.1 We may change these Affiliate Terms, including the commission rate, duration, tracking window, payout terms and which products are included. We will give you at least [notice period, e.g. 30 days — to be set by owner] notice by email before a change that reduces what you earn takes effect, except where the change is needed urgently to comply with law or stop fraud.
17.2 Changes apply only to Qualifying Sales made after the change takes effect. If you do not agree, you can leave the Program before then. Staying in after that date means you accept the change.
17.3 We may change, pause or close the Program at any time, with the same notice as in 17.1 where reasonably possible.
18.1 These Affiliate Terms start when we approve you and continue until ended.
18.2 You can leave at any time by emailing [email protected] (subject: Affiliate).
18.3 We can end your participation for any reason with [termination notice period — to be set by owner] notice, or immediately for breach, fraud, inactivity of [inactivity period — to be set by owner], or if continuing would expose us to legal or reputational risk.
18.4 After termination. Your Affiliate Links stop working for commission. Unless section 16 applies, we pay Commission on Qualifying Sales made before termination once they clear the pending period in section 6.3 [and the payout threshold, or regardless of threshold — to be set by owner]. Sections 3, 6.4, 10, 13, 14.4, 15, 16, 19 to 22 survive.
19.1 We do not promise that the Program will earn you any amount, that tracking will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that the Service will be available at all times. Apart from what these Affiliate Terms expressly say, the Program is provided "as is" to the extent the law allows.
19.2 Each of us confirms that it has the right to enter into these Affiliate Terms.
20.1 Nothing in these Affiliate Terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or anything else that cannot be limited by law.
20.2 Subject to 20.1, neither of us is liable for loss of profits, revenue, business, goodwill or data, or for indirect or consequential loss, arising from the Program.
20.3 Subject to 20.1, our total liability to you arising from the Program in any 12-month period is limited to the total Commission we paid or owe you in that period.
20.4 This section does not limit our right to recover Commission under sections 6.4 and 16, or your obligations under section 21.
You will cover our reasonable losses, costs and fines (including reasonable legal fees) arising from third-party claims or regulator action caused by your promotions, your breach of sections 8, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15, or your breach of law. We will tell you promptly about any such claim and let you take part in defending it.
22.1 Governing law and courts: [Governing law and courts — to be set by counsel]. If you are a consumer, this does not take away protections you have under the law of the country where you live.
22.2 Confidentiality. Keep non-public information we share with you about the Program (for example commission terms agreed with you individually, unreleased features, or reports) confidential, unless we say it can be shared or the law requires it.
22.3 Assignment. You may not transfer your rights under these Affiliate Terms without our written consent. We may transfer them as part of a reorganisation or sale of our business.
22.4 Whole agreement. These Affiliate Terms, plus any written approval or individual terms we send you, are the whole agreement about the Program. If part of them is unenforceable, the rest still applies. If we do not enforce a right straight away, we can still enforce it later.
22.5 Notices. We send notices to the email address in your affiliate account. You send notices to [email protected] (subject: Affiliate).
22.6 Language. These Affiliate Terms are written in English. Any translation is for convenience only.
Operator: [Legal entity name], [Registered address], [Company registration number]. [EU representative, if required].
Contact: [email protected] (subject: Affiliate)