<b>High minimum payouts quietly tax small affiliates by 4-9% in trapped balance</b>

<b>High minimum payouts quietly tax small affiliates by 4-9% in trapped balance</b>
Minimum payout = balance you must reach before a withdrawal releases.

— $50 minimum: ~1.2% of monthly volume sits trapped ▏
— $100: 3.0% ▏▏▏
— $250: 6.5% ▏▏▏▏▏▏
— $500: 9.1% ▏▏▏▏▏▏▏▏▏

Trapped share is highest for affiliates whose monthly net is close to the threshold; doubling the minimum roughly doubles the carry for that cohort. n=modeled on 1,100 sub-$2k/mo accounts.

Read: for low-volume testing, a $50 threshold network beats a higher-EPC one with a $500 floor.