Infrastructure for high-volume teams
From affiliate networks to media buyers and global partner teams, Altery helps high-volume teams manage payouts, cards, team spend and international transfers from one secure platform.
Why high-volume teams choose Altery
Scaling globally means juggling so much more. Altery gives high-volume businesses the infrastructure to move faster, with flexible cards, automated payouts, multi-currency accounts and real-time control over spend and transactions.
Virtual & physical business cards
Issue cards instantly in USD, EUR or GBP for ad spend, subscriptions, operational expenses or team purchases.
Multi-user access with spend controls
Give media buyers and operators controlled card access for campaign spend and tools.
Mass payouts
Send payouts to affiliates, contractors, creators, suppliers or partners quickly from one platform.
International money transfers
Move funds globally through SWIFT, SEPA and local payment rails with multi-currency support.
Multi-entity reporting
Run multiple brands or companies from one platform with separate balances and reporting.
Infrastructure for high-volume businesses
Altery helps growing businesses simplify complex financial operations, from global payouts to spend management and multi-currency transactions.
Open your accountAffiliate marketing finance guides
Practical answers to the money questions performance marketers run into, from funding ad spend to collecting commissions worldwide.
Tax and VAT on cross-border affiliate income: the basics
A plain-English introduction to how tax and VAT can apply to cross-border affiliate commissions, why treatment depends entirely on where you and the network are, and why to confirm with a qualified adviser.
Using virtual cards to run a fleet of ad accounts
One card per ad account turns a sprawl of platforms into a controllable fleet. Here is how to structure cards for clean limits, funding and reporting.
Choosing the right payout rails to receive affiliate income
Comparing consumer payment platforms, cross-border payout providers, bank transfer, e-wallets and prepaid cards for receiving affiliate income, and how to pick a primary hub on fees, speed, currency and freeze risk.
Bridging advertiser and agency payment terms of 90 to 180 days
Direct advertiser and agency deals can run net-90 to 180 days, often paid late even on that. How to scope, contract for and bridge the gap.
Daily payout myths and the reserves you still need
Daily payout sounds like cash on tap, but conversions still sit pending and the cadence is usually gated. Here is the reality and the reserve you still need.
Running mass payouts to sub-affiliates and publishers
How networks and agencies pay a downstream base of sub-affiliates, publishers and media buyers across regions on diverse rails, and why payout speed is a recruiting and retention lever.
Reconciling commissions across many networks and currencies
Matching payouts to qualified conversions across many networks, currencies and hold rules, while catching reversed, duplicate and fraudulent events.
Why affiliate marketing is high-risk and how to keep accounts stable
Why banks and PSPs treat affiliate and performance marketing as a high-risk business model, and the documentation and diversification habits that keep accounts stable.
Why consumer payment platforms freeze affiliate payouts and what to do about it
Why high-volume, spiky affiliate revenue triggers holds, rolling reserves and account freezes on consumer payment platforms, plus practical steps to keep cash flowing.
Receiving commissions from global affiliate networks
How the big affiliate networks pay differently on schedule, threshold and rail, and how to collect commissions across several currencies and country programmes at once.
Diagnosing and fixing card declines on high ad spend
A declined card can pause a winning campaign in minutes. Here is how to tell which of the five common causes is biting and how to fix each one.
How ad account billing works and how to plan cash for it
Large ad platforms bill in arrears against an accumulating balance, charging at your threshold or billing date. Here is how that rhythm works and how to fund it.
Commission clawbacks, reversals and shaving
Why commission that looked earned can be reversed later, what drives clawbacks, and how to budget and reconcile so a reversal does not catch you out.
Commission holds and validation periods explained
Your commission is not payable the moment a sale is recorded. A validation hold confirms it first, adding a second delay on top of net terms.
How affiliate network payout terms actually work
A network can quote NET-15 and still pay you on day 45. Here is how pay periods, net terms and thresholds combine into the date your commission really arrives.
Funding ad spend when commissions arrive months later
Your costs go out today and your commissions arrive next quarter. Here is how to size, fund and protect the float that gap forces you to carry.