<b>Why your payout and the company's MRR aren't the same number</b>

<b>Why your payout and the company's MRR aren't the same number</b>

New to recurring? Here's a gotcha that trips up beginners. MRR means Monthly Recurring Revenue — the total a company collects each month from subscriptions. Your commission is only a slice of that, and only on the customers <i>you</i> brought.

1. The company has $50,000 MRR across all customers. That's their number, not yours.
2. You personally referred 20 people paying $30/month. That's $600/month flowing through you.
3. At 25% recurring, you earn $150/month — on your $600 slice, not their $50,000.

<i>In plain English:</i> you get paid on the sliver you sent, like a waiter's tip on your table, not the whole restaurant's bill.

Today's tiny action: open your affiliate dashboard and find the field labeled "active subscriptions" or "recurring revenue." That number times your rate is your real monthly check.