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What is Rebill?

The first payment is the initial sale; every renewal after it is a rebill. Subscription businesses such as adult paysites, cam memberships, dating sites, VPNs and SaaS tools live from rebills, because keeping a customer is cheaper than finding a new one.

For affiliates, rebills matter when the program pays RevShare: you earn a share of each renewal for as long as the member stays. With PPS you are paid once for the signup and later rebills go to the merchant only. Some programs pay a lower percentage on rebills than on the first sale, so read the terms.

Rebill rate (the share of members who renew) shows traffic quality. Users who joined because of misleading promises cancel quickly or file chargebacks, which is why honest pre-sell pages earn more over time.

Related terms

RevShare · Revenue share
RevShare (revenue share) pays the affiliate a percentage of the revenue a referred customer generates over time, not a one-off fee.
PPS · Pay per sale / signup
PPS (pay per sale or pay per signup) pays a fixed amount for each new paying member, a model widely used by adult and subscription sites.
Recurring commission
A recurring commission pays the affiliate again every time a referred customer renews a subscription, not only on the first purchase.
Chargeback
A chargeback is a forced reversal of a card payment, started by the cardholder’s bank after the customer disputes the charge.