Referral guides · October 29, 2026 · 11 min read

micro1 Sub-Affiliate Program: How the Conditional 20% Bonus Works

micro1 publishes a conditional sub-affiliate bonus equal to 20% of an attributed direct referrer's qualifying paid referral reward. The direct referrer keeps their full standard reward; the additional bonus is payable only after that reward is paid and all applicable terms are met. Revlift does not guarantee acceptance or earnings. Only direct relationships qualify, with no MLM payout chain.

For marketers, agencies, and consultants, the opportunity is to introduce other capable referrers to micro1's company data partnerships. Those referrers then refer suitable companies using their own tracked links. Your contribution is the direct referrer introduction; their contribution is the company referral. The eventual payment depends on a successful qualifying company partnership, not merely on growing a contact list.

This invitation opens micro1's independent referrer registration. After joining, use your own portal link to invite others. If you already have an attributed referrer relationship, clicking a new invitation does not make that relationship transferable.

What is a micro1 sub-affiliate?

A sub-affiliate is an independent referrer attributed to an original referrer under micro1's direct relationship rules. They can refer companies to the company data partnership program just like another independent referrer. The term describes who invited or originally referred them, rather than giving them a reduced company-referral reward.

There are three roles to keep clear. The company is evaluating whether to license eligible operational data. The company referrer introduces that business through their own tracked company link. The original referrer introduced the company referrer and may qualify for the additional 20% bonus. The underlying company deal and the two referrer rewards are separate amounts.

micro1's official sub-affiliate page describes the additional bonus, the available tracking, and the attribution rules. Its company referral page explains the data partnership milestones that make an underlying referral payable. Both matter when deciding whether this suits your network.

How does the additional 20% bonus work?

Use this calculation: eligible paid company-referral reward multiplied by 20% equals the inviter's additional bonus. The base is the referrer's referral payout, not the value of the company's data-licensing contract. The company referrer receives their full standard reward while the inviter receives a separate amount.

For example, if an attributed referrer receives an eligible $50,000 referral payout, the illustrative inviter bonus is $10,000. The referrer still receives $50,000. You should not tell them their reward falls to $40,000, or describe your bonus as a share they must send you from their own bank account.

Where the underlying referral reward comes from

The published Enterprise reward is $50,000 for final licensing deals up to $700,000, or 7.5% of the deal value for deals above $700,000. The published Defunct reward is $75,000 for deals up to $1 million, or 7.5% of the deal value above $1 million. These thresholds describe deal values, not maximum referral checks.

At the exact threshold, the fixed amount applies. Above it, the percentage applies to the whole final deal value. Do not add the fixed reward to 7.5% of the excess. The examples below assume a qualifying, correctly attributed referral that reaches all required approval and payment milestones.

In the $800,000 Enterprise example, $800,000 multiplied by 7.5% is $60,000. The additional bonus is then $60,000 multiplied by 20%, or $12,000. Calculating 20% of $800,000 would use the wrong base. These are worked examples of the published formulas, not earnings reports, typical outcomes, or guaranteed opportunities.

When is the sub-affiliate bonus paid?

micro1 says your sub-affiliate bonus is paid only after the attributed sub-affiliate's referral bonus is paid. That underlying company referral must first progress through the relevant data partnership process. The company transfers the agreed data, micro1 approves it, and the referral payout goes through approval before payment.

This means a referrer signup is not income. A company profile is not income. A licensing discussion or signed agreement alone is not income. Keep each milestone visible when explaining the program so that an interested referrer understands what remains before any reward can become payable.

The official company referral page does not guarantee an application-to-payment timeframe. Do not turn an illustrative payout amount into a promise of money next week or a fixed monthly income. The Sub-affiliates tab distinguishes pending and paid amounts; use those status labels when following an actual opportunity.

How are sub-affiliates attributed?

micro1 describes two routes. A person can register as an independent referrer through your unique sub-affiliate invitation link. Alternatively, someone from a company you referred can later join as an independent referrer and be attributed to you. The first valid attribution applies when both routes could qualify.

Each sub-affiliate has one original independent referrer. Attribution is set at signup and cannot later be changed by either referrer. That makes the initial invitation meaningful, but it also limits what you can promise an existing user. Sending a new link after someone has already joined does not create a fresh claim to their activity.

The company referral has its own attribution requirement. The company must register through the direct referrer's unique company link. A correct inviter relationship does not repair a missing company registration attribution. Both relationships need to be established through the applicable process for the expected rewards to be eligible.

No MLM and no multi-level commissions

Only direct sub-affiliate relationships are eligible. If you invite a consultant, and that consultant invites another referrer, you cannot earn a bonus from the second referrer simply because they are further down that chain. The program does not publish multi-level structures or downstream payout chains.

The direct company-referral reward remains tied to a qualifying company data partnership. Inviting someone does not itself generate a payable reward. micro1 also says self-referrals, duplicate accounts, and circular relationships are blocked. Do not frame additional accounts or reciprocal invitation loops as a way to multiply payouts.

For an agency explaining this to its community, the clear description is a single-level additional referrer bonus. Avoid recruitment ladders, rank-based income claims, or diagrams implying you receive commissions from every person invited by your contacts. Those descriptions would conflict with the published direct-only rule.

How to join and invite independent referrers

The useful sequence is to establish your own account, copy the correct invitation link, and help a relevant referrer understand the underlying company referral process. It does not require you to upload company records or submit applications on someone else's behalf.

1. Register as an independent referrer

Use the sponsored invitation link in this guide to open independent referrer registration. Complete micro1's signup and program consent. An existing referrer relationship cannot be reassigned by registering again.

2. Copy your own sub-affiliate invite link

Open the Sub-affiliates tab in your independent referrer portal and copy your unique invite link. This invites independent referrers; a company referral link instead routes a prospective company into its data partnership application.

3. Invite a relevant marketer, agency, or consultant

Explain the company data partnership opportunity, your potential additional 20% bonus, and the conditions for a paid referral. Ask interested contacts to register through your invite link before beginning their referrer signup.

4. Help the referrer use their own company referral link

The attributed referrer obtains their own company link. Before referring a company they own, control, are employed or engaged by, or have a financial or other beneficial interest in, they first disclose that relationship to micro1 in writing. Interested companies complete their own applications; micro1 decides fit.

5. Track the paid referral and your separate bonus

Follow attributed referrers, referred companies, and pending or paid bonuses in the Sub-affiliates tab. Company data must be transferred and approved, and the referral payout approved. Your sub-affiliate bonus is paid only after the direct referrer's referral bonus is paid.

The distinction between links is especially useful during onboarding. Your invitation link brings in a referrer. Their own company referral link brings in a company. A person who wants to refer businesses should understand both before approaching a prospective data-licensing participant.

A practical workflow for marketers, agencies, and consultants

Start with people who can discuss a business opportunity accurately and without pressure. An agency owner or marketer may know interested independent referrers. Before a referrer introduces a current client, employer, company they own or control, or a company in which they have a financial or other beneficial interest, they must first disclose that relationship to micro1 in writing. An invitation or disclosure does not establish eligibility.

Choose a small group of relevant contacts and explain the program individually before promoting it broadly. The goal is a referrer who understands the company fit and can make accurate introductions. A large signup count without eligible companies behind it does not establish a path to paid rewards.

Give a new referrer a useful briefing

Explain what micro1 is evaluating: operational data produced by real businesses. Its public materials emphasize established companies, historical operating records, and primarily English documentation. The official company referral page describes a preference for mature businesses with 30 or more full-time employees. micro1 makes the actual qualification decision.

Then explain the required company action and related-interest rule. An interested company representative completes its own application and data manifest through the proper link after any required written disclosure to micro1. Referrers must use their own identity, cannot act or speak for micro1, and cannot promise compensation, employment, project placement, hiring outcomes, interview success, acceptance rates, or future work. Access to a client's systems does not create authority to license its data.

Finally, explain the economics in plain language. Tell the referrer their standard reward is separate from the additional inviter bonus. Use one worked example and the full payment conditions together. A large illustrative number without the conditions makes the invitation harder to assess and creates avoidable expectations.

Track progress without confusing activity with earnings

micro1's Sub-affiliates tab lets you view attributed referrers, how they joined, join dates, referred companies, status, and pending or paid bonuses. Use the portal as the reference for program attribution rather than relying on a spreadsheet entry or a message claiming someone signed up.

For your own relationship management, record whom you invited, whether they wanted a follow-up, and what question remains unanswered. Keep the contact record distinct from a financial result. An invitation sent, a signup observed, and a bonus paid are different events and should not share one generic success label.

When a referrer asks about an uncertain deal or attribution issue, check the portal and micro1's current guidance. Do not invent a manual credit mechanism, a guaranteed payout date, or an exception to the single-level rule. Your value as an inviter comes partly from helping the referrer follow the real process.

How to keep this complementary to client services

An AEO engagement aims to improve a brand's presence in answers from AI systems. A company data partnership concerns licensing eligible operational information. An independent referrer invitation concerns introducing someone who may refer those companies. These are distinct activities even when the same marketer or consultant discusses all three.

Keep each conversation tied to its actual objective. A client seeking AI visibility should evaluate the scope and deliverables of its marketing work. A company considering data licensing should evaluate the proposed data partnership. A potential referrer should evaluate attribution, qualification, and payment conditions. Success in one does not automatically improve the economics of the others.

For the underlying company-referral process, read the micro1 referral program guide. It focuses on company fit, the two reward tiers, and the progression from tracked application to data approval. This page focuses on inviting direct referrers and understanding the additional bonus.

micro1 sub-affiliate FAQ

Can I refer my employer, a client, or a company I own?

Before referring any company you own, control, are employed or engaged by, or have a financial or other beneficial interest in, first disclose that relationship to micro1 in writing. A website affiliate disclosure is not a substitute. Disclosure does not guarantee eligibility, acceptance, or payment.

Does Revlift represent micro1?

No. Revlift publishes independent referral information and has no authority to act for micro1. We do not speak as a micro1 employee, contractor, agent, recruiter, representative, business partner, or authorized spokesperson. Published program figures are conditional information, not promises from Revlift.

What is the micro1 sub-affiliate program?

It lets an eligible independent referrer earn an additional bonus equal to 20% of an attributed direct sub-affiliate's qualifying paid referral reward. The sub-affiliate refers companies using their own link and keeps their full standard referral payout.

Is the 20% bonus taken from the referrer's earnings?

No. micro1 describes the inviter's 20% as an additional, separate bonus. For example, an eligible $50,000 paid referral reward remains $50,000 for the direct referrer, while the inviter's illustrative bonus is $10,000.

Is 20% calculated on the company licensing deal?

No. It is calculated on the eligible independent referrer payout. If a qualifying $800,000 Enterprise deal produces a $60,000 paid referral reward, the illustrative sub-affiliate bonus is 20% of $60,000, or $12,000.

When does micro1 pay a sub-affiliate bonus?

Only after the direct sub-affiliate's referral bonus is paid. A signup, referrer invitation, company registration, or signed agreement alone is not a payable sub-affiliate outcome.

Do I have to refer companies myself?

No. micro1 says you may build a network of sub-affiliates without directly referring companies, or do both. An invitation alone does not produce a bonus; the attributed referrer needs an eligible paid referral.

Is this an MLM or a multi-level payout chain?

No. The published program allows only direct relationships. You cannot earn from your sub-affiliate's sub-affiliates. Self-referrals, duplicate accounts, and circular relationships are blocked.

Can I change a sub-affiliate's attribution later?

No. Attribution is set at signup. Each sub-affiliate has one original independent referrer. If both an invite link and a prior company referral could establish attribution, micro1 says the first valid attribution applies.

Does joining replace an agency's AEO services?

No. The program concerns referring companies to a data-licensing opportunity. AEO concerns improving a brand's presence in AI answers. They can be complementary activities with separate deliverables, agreements, and economics.

Independent conduct and program terms

Participation must be voluntary. Do not pressure candidates or company representatives, mischaracterize micro1's business, use misleading statements, or imply that registration guarantees any outcome. Do not use referral links for candidate self-referrals, duplicate-account workarounds, or circular attribution. Follow applicable law and micro1's referral terms, and do not use links in ways that harm or could reasonably harm micro1's reputation, goodwill, or relationships.

These guides concern company data referrals and direct sub-affiliate invitations. They are not employment or recruiting offers. The referral terms govern participation; the public explanations and hypothetical calculations here do not create an entitlement to a payment.

Sources and next step

The additional 20%, separate full referrer payout, attribution restrictions, and payment order are documented on micro1's official sub-affiliate page. The underlying company-referral rewards and transfer-and-approval conditions are documented on its company referral page. Its data partnership overview supplies company-fit context. Review the current terms in your account before relying on any particular opportunity.

If this matches the relationships you already have, start by completing referrer registration and learning the portal. Invite another referrer only after you can explain the direct-only bonus and the conditions that make it payable.

Revlift provides AEO services for brands that want better visibility in AI answers. A data-referral opportunity is a separate product with its own qualification and payout process; it can complement an agency's services without replacing them. If your priority is understanding the marketing investment, our guide to how much AEO costs covers that decision separately.