Traces

Programme rules

How codes, commission and payouts work, in plain words.

Joining

  • Anyone who makes sim racing or Gran Turismo content can apply. There is no minimum audience.
  • DG-Edge reads every application and decides one by one. We may decline without giving a reason.
  • When you are accepted you get your own code and a dashboard with your subscribers, earnings and payouts.

Your code

  • Your code gives 10% off the yearly Premium plan. The discount renews with the plan for as long as your code stays on the subscription.
  • The monthly plan has no discount, but monthly subscribers can still choose you.
  • A subscriber can also pick you later as the creator they support, in their DG-Edge account, and can change that choice once every 30 days.

Commission

  • You earn a share of the net value (VAT excluded) of every payment made by the subscribers who chose you, for as long as they stay subscribed.
  • Your share rises in three tiers with your number of active subscribers: 7.5%, 10% and 15%.
  • Each payment counts for the creator the subscriber had chosen at the moment it was paid.
  • A refunded payment earns no commission; one already earned is taken back.
  • Your own subscription never earns a commission.
  • Individual deals are possible for larger channels, agreed in writing.

Payouts

  • Commissions are paid once a month by our payout partner, to your bank account or PayPal.
  • Each commission waits 30 days, the refund window, before it can be paid.
  • A payout goes out once you are owed €50; less carries over to the next month.
  • The payout partner asks for the tax details it needs once, in your dashboard. Taxes on your earnings are yours to declare where you live.

What is not allowed

  • Promotion that is not marked as an ad or an affiliate link. YouTube, Twitch and advertising rules require it.
  • Using your own code, or codes on accounts you control, to earn commission.
  • Paid search ads on the names Traces, DG-Edge or EDGE, and posting your code on coupon or deal sites.
  • Spam, misleading claims about Traces or its price, or pretending to speak for DG-Edge.

Breaking these rules can end your place in the programme and cancel commission that has not been paid yet.

Changes

DG-Edge may change these rules or end the programme. We tell creators by email at least 30 days before a change to commission rates takes effect. Commission already earned is paid under the rules in place when it was earned.

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