Affiliate Programme Terms

1. Eligibility & approval

• You must be at least 18, hold an InstaStudio account in good standing, and be able to receive payments in INR to an Indian UPI ID or bank account.
• The Programme is aimed at trainers, educators, agencies, creators and publishers. We approve applications at our discretion and may decline any application without giving reasons.
• You are an independent contractor. Nothing in these terms creates an employment, agency, partnership or franchise relationship, and you may not make commitments on our behalf.

2. Commission

• Unless we agree a different rate with you in writing (shown in your dashboard), you earn 20% of Net Revenue from each Referred Customer for 12 months from the date that customer signed up.
• Net Revenue means the amount we actually receive for a plan, plan renewal or credit pack, excluding GST and other taxes, and excluding refunded or charged-back amounts. Payments in USD are converted to INR at the rate we publish for the Programme at the time of payment.
• No commission is earned on free credits, promotional credits, offline or enterprise deals we negotiate directly, or payments made after the 12-month period.
• While you are an approved affiliate, your link earns cash commission instead of credit referral rewards; the two are never paid on the same payment.

3. Attribution

• A Referred Customer is a new user who creates an account within 30 days of clicking your affiliate link (/r/your-code) in the same browser. The most recent affiliate link clicked wins.
• Existing users, and users who signed up before clicking your link, cannot be attributed to you. Attribution is decided by our records, which are final save for manifest error.

4. Payouts

• Each commission is pending for 30 days after the payment (our refund window) and then becomes approved.
• You may request a payout when your approved balance is at least ₹1,000. We aim to pay requests within 30 days, by UPI or NEFT/IMPS to the details in your dashboard, after deducting TDS.
• Before the first bank transfer we will confirm your full account number directly with you from support@instadatahelp.com. We will never ask for an OTP, UPI PIN or password. You are responsible for keeping your payout details accurate; we are not liable for payments made to details you provided.
• Balances below the minimum carry forward. Approved balances that remain unclaimed for 24 months, or after termination for breach, may be forfeited.

5. TDS & GST

• Commission is subject to tax deduction at source under section 194H of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (currently 2%) where the applicable threshold is exceeded. If you do not provide a valid PAN, TDS is deducted at 20% under section 206AA. Rates follow the law in force at the time of payment.
• TDS is deposited against your PAN and reflected in Form 26AS; we issue Form 16A quarterly.
• You are responsible for your own income tax and, if you are GST-registered, for issuing us a valid GST invoice for your commission (GST is then paid in addition to the commission).

6. Refunds, chargebacks & reversals

If a Referred Customer’s payment is refunded, charged back, reversed or found fraudulent, the commission on that payment is reversed. If the commission has already been paid, we may deduct the amount from your future commissions or ask you to repay it.

7. No self-referral

• You may not earn commission on purchases by yourself, your own accounts, anyone who belongs to a workspace you are a member of, or accounts you control or create for others.
• Purchases by accounts that share a workspace with you, or that signed up from the same IP address as you, are automatically ineligible. We may also withhold commission where other signals indicate self-dealing.

8. Promotion rules

• No paid search on our brand: do not bid on “InstaStudio”, “Insta Studio”, “InstaDataHelp” or misspellings or close variants in Google, Bing or other search ads, and do not use them in ad display URLs or domain names.
• No spam: no unsolicited bulk email, SMS or WhatsApp messages, no comment or forum spam, and no automated or incentivised clicks or signups (for example cashback or “sign up and I’ll pay you”) unless agreed with us in writing.
• No misleading claims about pricing, features, earnings or our relationship; no coupon or discount codes we have not issued; do not impersonate us or present your site as official.
• Clearly disclose that you earn commission (for example “affiliate link”), as required by the ASCI guidelines for influencer advertising and applicable consumer-protection law.
• Do not promote InstaStudio alongside content that breaches our Acceptable Use Policy or the law.

9. Payout data & privacy

We store only the payout details needed to pay you: your UPI ID, or the account holder name, IFSC and the last 4 digits of the account, plus your PAN for TDS. We use them only to pay you and to meet tax and accounting obligations, as described in our Privacy Policy. Your dashboard shows aggregate figures about Referred Customers; we do not share their personal data with you.

10. Suspension & termination

• You may leave the Programme at any time by emailing support@instadatahelp.com. Approved commissions above the minimum will be paid out.
• We may suspend or terminate your participation, change commission rates or end the Programme on 30 days’ notice. Changes do not affect commission already approved.
• If you breach these terms (including self-referral, brand bidding, spam or fraud), we may terminate immediately, withhold and forfeit unpaid commission connected with the breach, and reverse commissions already paid.

11. General

Our liability under the Programme is limited to the unpaid commission properly due to you. These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts at our registered office have exclusive jurisdiction. We may update these terms; the date at the top shows the current version, and material changes are notified by email at least 7 days in advance. Questions: support@instadatahelp.com.