# Eligibility & Qualified Referrals ### 👤 Who Can Join the Affiliate Program? The Affiliate Program is intended for individuals and organizations that can help introduce new merchants to AllScale Checkout. This may include: * Existing AllScale users * Ecosystem partners * Communities and KOLs * Agencies and consultants * Business development partners * Operators with relevant merchant networks AllScale may approve, reject, suspend, or remove participation at its discretion. *** ### 🏪 What Is a Referred Merchant? A **referred merchant** is a merchant account that registers with AllScale through a valid affiliate referral link and is attributed to the affiliate under the applicable program rules. *** ### ⭐ What Is a Qualified Referral? A referral generally becomes **qualified** only when the referred merchant completes the required onboarding and successfully activates **AllScale Checkout**. This may include, where applicable: * Completing registration * Providing required onboarding or business information * Passing internal review or approval * Completing technical or operational setup * Becoming eligible to process live merchant transactions A merchant that only clicks a referral link or only creates an account is not necessarily a qualified referral. *** ### 💳 What Is a Qualified Transaction? A **qualified transaction** is a legitimate, completed, eligible transaction processed by a qualified referred merchant through AllScale Checkout and accepted by AllScale for commission calculation. AllScale may exclude transactions that are not considered valid for reward purposes. Examples of transactions that may be excluded include: * Test transactions * Refunded or reversed transactions * Failed or incomplete transactions * Fraudulent or suspicious transactions * Transactions associated with abuse, manipulation, or policy violations * Transactions otherwise determined by AllScale to be ineligible *** ### 🚫 What Is Not Allowed? The Affiliate Program is intended to reward genuine merchant referrals. The following are prohibited: * Self-referrals * Creating or using multiple accounts to generate artificial rewards * Referring merchants that are controlled by the same person or entity for the primary purpose of earning rewards * Fake, misleading, or fraudulent merchant acquisition * Any abusive activity designed to manipulate attribution, fees, or payout outcomes *** ### 🌍 Availability and Restrictions Participation may not be available in all regions, for all merchant categories, or for all use cases. Eligibility may depend on: * Merchant category * Jurisdiction * Compliance requirements * Product availability * Operational readiness AllScale may update the supported scope of the program at any time. *** ### 📌 Notes * AllScale determines whether a referral and transaction qualify under the program * Qualification may be subject to review, verification, and ongoing monitoring * Program participation does not guarantee commission on every referred account or every transaction --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.allscale.io/allscale-partner-program/affiliate-program/eligibility-and-qualified-referrals.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.