Binance Affiliate Program: Rates, Tiers and Rules

Binance affiliate program in short: Referral Pro with quarterly tiers

Most people searching “Binance affiliate” expect a separate network with its own login. It isn’t one. The Binance affiliate program runs inside your regular Binance.com account through Referral Pro, an upgraded version of the referral tools every user has. Once approved, you get higher revenue-shareRevShare You earn a percentage of the revenue a platform makes from your referred users — on exchanges, usually a share of their trading fees. More rates, up to 50 custom links, the option to give referees a fee rebate, and access to the Co-Inviter sub-affiliate layer.

The catch is that nothing is permanent. Binance re-evaluates every affiliate’s tier each quarter, and the rate you earn depends on how your referrals traded in the last cycle. Understanding that loop is the difference between a 50% partner and one who drifts back to 20%.

Binance affiliate program commission rates by tier

Binance publishes separate tables for spot/margin and futuresFutures Contracts that let traders bet on a coin's price, often with leverage, without owning the coin. They create high volume and high risk. More. The current Referral Pro FAQ lists these rates:

A few points the rate card doesn’t make obvious:

• Tier 1 is the real starting line. Affiliate status requires Tier 1 in the Spot and/or Futures Commission Evaluation Program, or meeting the audience thresholds below. Tier 0 is where you land if your numbers slip.
• Spot and futures are scored separately. You can sit at tier 3 on futures and tier 1 on spot if your audience trades mostly perpetuals.
• Spot earnings have no stated time limit, but they stop once a referred user reaches VIP 3 or higher. Your biggest spot traders eventually stop paying you.

Older third-party reviews still quote “41% spot, 30% futures for 12 months”. That matches an earlier Binance blog description, which also mentioned 50% spot above 500 traders. The current FAQ lists futures up to 50%, with no time limit from tier 1.

The fine print that changes your real rate

Headline percentages hide three adjustments that affect every payout.

Net fees, not gross fees. Binance calculates commission on net trading feesTrading fees What an exchange charges per trade, usually a small percentage of the trade size. Most exchange affiliate commissions are a share of these fees. More after market-maker rebates, on both spot and futures. If your referrals include high-volume makers who earn rebates, your effective take is lower than the tier suggests.

Your rebate share comes out of your rate. Referral Pro lets you give referees up to 20% of spot/margin fees back as a rebateRebate A share of trading fees paid back to someone — to you as the referrer, or passed on to the user as a discount. Many exchanges call commission a rebate. More. At tier 1, sharing 10% leaves you 20%. It boosts conversion, but price it carefully.

Abuse resets you. Abusive referral activity can cut your rates to 20% spot and 10% futures, regardless of tier. The commission is also no longer linked to how much BNB you hold — the old BNB-holding boost has been discontinued.

Who qualifies: Binance affiliate audience thresholds

Binance offers two routes in. You either show an audience big enough to matter, or you prove performance through the Commission Evaluation Program.

Binance Square and Feed creators are also named as a fit. Some accounts are excluded from evaluation entirely: sub-accounts, brokers, Binance Wealth users and users in restricted regions. You need a verified Binance account to take part.

Eligibility is re-checked periodically, so meeting a threshold once doesn’t lock you in for good.

Binance affiliate program sign up, step by step

1. Open a Binance.com account and pass [[kyc|identity verification]]. US residents can't use Binance.com; they need Binance.US, which has no public affiliate program.
2. Check your entry route. 5,000+ followers, a 3,000+ member community, a 10,000+ user or daily-visit platform, or Tier 1 in the Commission Evaluation Program.
3. Apply. Go to binance.com/en/activity/affiliate, click "Become an affiliate" and submit the contact form with links to your channels.
4. Build your Referral Pro links. Create up to 50 links on the Referral Pro page and set the referee rebate share on each one.
5. Track and adjust. The Referral Pro dashboard shows stats per link. Watch which links drive futures volume — that is what moves your tier.

There’s no separate Binance affiliate login: you sign in to your normal Binance account and open the Referral Pro dashboard. Always type the domain yourself — Binance bans lookalike sites precisely because fake login pages are a phishing route.

Co-Inviter: Binance’s sub-affiliate layer

The Co-Inviter Program lets you recruit other promoters under you, a classic sub-affiliateSub-affiliate An affiliate you recruit into a program. You earn an extra commission on what they bring in, on top of your own direct referrals. More setup. It unlocks once your spot or futures rate reaches 30% or more.

How the split works:

• You can give a Co-Inviter up to 40% of fees.
• The Co-Inviter’s share plus any referee rebate is capped at 45% — and can never exceed your own rate.
• You can create up to 50 Co-Inviter links; your account manager can arrange more.

Take an affiliate at tier 3 (50%). You set a Co-Inviter at 40% with a 5% referee rebate — 45% in total, right at the cap. The remaining 5% of the fees those users pay is your margin. At tier 1 (30%), the Co-Inviter plus referee can’t exceed 30%, so the room for your own margin is thin.

Co-Inviters make sense if you run a network of smaller creators or regional Telegram admins who couldn’t qualify alone. Our sub-affiliate programs guide explains how to recruit and manage them.

Getting paid: hourly USDC with no minimum

Binance has one of the fastest payout cycles in the industry. Commissions are converted every hour and deposited in USDC to your Binance Spot account, within six hours. There’s no minimum payout and no request to submit.

Because the currency is a stablecoinStablecoin A crypto token pegged to a regular currency, usually the US dollar, so its price stays close to $1. More, your income doesn’t swing with BTC or BNB prices between trade and payout. From the Spot account you can hold USDC, trade it, or withdraw on-chain under Binance’s normal withdrawal rules. If you specifically want programs paying in crypto, see our list of affiliate programs that pay in crypto.

Bonuses you can offer your referees

Referral Pro gives you more to offer than a link:

• Fee rebate: up to 20% of spot/margin fees shared back with the referee.
• Affiliate-Boosted Welcome Bonus: Phase 1 offers up to $100 on registration; Phase 2 tasks offer up to $19,700 after KYC. Phase 2 is capped at the first 1,000 eligible new users per affiliate in each 30-day cycle.
• Fee rebate banner: Binance also advertises “up to 100 USDT in trading fee rebate” for verified users.

Describe these as “up to” and list the conditions, including KYC and task requirements. Readers who expect $19,700 and receive a small Phase 1 reward rarely become loyal traders.

Binance referral vs affiliate program

Every Binance user has standard Referral Mode, with a default 20% spot commission. The affiliate program upgrades you to Referral Pro: tiered rates up to 50% on spot and futures, quarterly evaluation, 50 custom links, a referee rebate, the welcome bonus and Co-Inviters. If you don’t meet an entry route, Referral Mode is what you have.

Binance.US is a separate program

Binance.com doesn’t serve the United States. Binance.US is a separate company with its own referral program: a flat $10 to both referrer and friend after the friend completes Advanced Verification and buys or trades $100+ within 30 days, with a 30-day hold before withdrawal. Binance.US has said select customers may get commission-based affiliate rewards, but no public Binance.US affiliate terms were found. For US audiences, compare options in our crypto referral programs overview.

Traffic rules and restricted regions

Binance’s referral rules ban:

• Referral links in search engine ads on Google, Bing or Baidu — no ppcPPC Paid ads where you pay each time someone clicks, like Google or Bing search ads. Crypto ads face strict platform rules. More with direct links.
• Lookalike or phishing sites, and social accounts impersonating Binance.
• Redirecting users from unofficial third-party sites.
• Bulk or fake account registration, and self-referralSelf-referral Signing yourself, or extra accounts you control, up through your own affiliate link to earn commission. Almost every program bans it. More.
• Promoting to users in restricted regions.

Restricted regions include the United States (served by Binance.US), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea and other jurisdictions on Binance’s List of Prohibited Countries. Promoting futures also carries extra regulatory weight in many countries. Our compliance guide covers disclosures and geo filtering, and the traffic sources guide covers what works without paid search.

Who the Binance affiliate program suits

Good fit:

• Creators and communities already past 5,000 followers or 3,000 members.
• Futures-focused channels that can hit tier 1 quickly and keep it — futures pays 30% or more from tier 1 with no time limit.
• Network builders who can recruit Co-Inviters.
• Affiliates who want daily cash flow: hourly USDC, no minimum.

Poor fit:

• New sites without an audience threshold. Start with an open program such as the CEX.IO affiliate program, which needs only Identity-level verification.
• US-centric audiences.
• Spot-only audiences of large traders, since spot commission stops at VIP 3.
• PPC-led affiliates: referral links in search ads are banned.

Conversion tips for Binance referrals

Binance’s brand does much of the selling, so focus on activation. Tutorials on a first futures trade, fee comparisons or how to use specific Binance products bring users who trade early. Use the rebate where your audience compares fees, and skip it where they don’t — every point you share is a point off your rate. Track links per channel and push content that sustains trading across the whole quarter.

Binance affiliate alternatives

• Bybit’s affiliate program negotiates rates per partner, pays daily and adds a 10% sub-affiliate override.
• Bitget’s affiliate program pays 40–50% for life once you clear its activation task.
• MEXC’s affiliate program advertises up to 70% with daily settlement.

For a direct comparison, read Binance vs Bybit affiliate, or browse all crypto exchange affiliate programs.

Verdict on the Binance affiliate program

The Binance affiliate program offers some of the best mechanics in the market: up to 50% on both spot and futures, futures earnings with no time limit from tier 1, hourly USDC payouts with no minimum, and a sub-affiliate layer. The price is constant pressure. Entry needs a real audience, tiers reset every quarter, commission is calculated on net fees, and spot income ends once a referee reaches VIP 3. If you have the audience and can keep referrals trading, it is hard to beat. If you’re still building, start elsewhere and apply once you qualify.