<b>Hot reminder: your commission isn't yours until the clawback window closes</b>

<b>Hot reminder: your commission isn't yours until the clawback window closes</b>

Most SaaS programs reserve the right to reverse a payout if the customer refunds, chargebacks, or cancels inside 30 to 60 days. Some go 90.

So the dashboard number is fiction. It's "pending" money dressed up as "earned" money. What you actually own is whatever survives the reversal window — and on cold, high-intent paid traffic that gap can be 15 to 25%.

Three things people miss:

— Clawbacks hit hardest on annual plans, where one cancel erases twelve months of credited commission at once.
— Chargebacks can claw back months later, long after you've spent it.
— Some networks net clawbacks against future earnings, so a bad month puts you in the negative.

Verdict: don't celebrate a sale you can't keep.