AEBN review: the affiliate side of the VOD pioneer

How much AEBN pays affiliates

AEBN pays Traffic Partners 50% of all sales from the traffic they send, and calls it the highest rate it can offer while still covering content costs. The share is calculated on net sales, meaning gross sales minus processing fees, refunds and chargebacks. Your own tier table sits in the private affiliate panel.

Revenue share is the whole model. There is no pay per click and no pay per signup, so volume-driven traffic that rarely converts earns little here.

Payouts start at $100 and usually go out by the 20th of each month for the previous month, always in US dollars. Outside the US, you choose between a paper check, an expedited check, PayPal, or a bank wire through TransferMate or MassPay. AEBN charges nothing on paper checks, while PayPal, TransferMate and MassPay may take a fee.

How the AEBN 60-day cookie works

Every visitor who arrives through your link gets a 60-day cookie, and the clock restarts each time your code shows up in a new session. A purchase inside that window counts for you even if the visitor comes back by typing the address, unless another affiliate's link brought them back in between.

No readable cookie means no sale: blocked cookies, a refused banner or a purchase on a different device all fall through. Blind links and paid search traffic are not counted either.

The sixty countries AEBN excludes

AEBN bans promotion to people in sixty countries and pays nothing on their sales. The list includes India, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, South Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and most of Central and Eastern Europe. The US, Canada, the UK, Australia, France and Spain are not on it.

A second list bars access to the program's sites and tools altogether, and it names Japan and Germany alongside several Gulf and Middle Eastern states. An affiliate based in one of them is not allowed to use the program from there.

Visitors from a US state or a country with an age verification law must verify their age on AEBN, through PrivateAV or Yoti, before they can browse.

What US affiliates need to know

US affiliates get ACH and paper checks with no AEBN fee, plus PayPal. Only US citizens and resident aliens can join from inside the US, and the tax ID or Social Security number you give must exactly match the payee name. Failing to supply it is grounds for closing the account and forfeiting commissions. Above $600 a year, your earnings are reported to the IRS and you receive a 1099, so keep your W-9 current.

Referral pay and the 3% origination fee

Bring in another webmaster and AEBN pays you 5% of their first $2,500 in sales each month for two years: up to $125 a month and $3,000 per referral.

The customer origination fee covers buyers. If a customer you brought in later buys through another affiliate's link after your cookie has expired, you still get 3% of their spending for as long as they stay active.

Deep links, campaigns and auto-updating banners

AEBN deep links reach a single movie, star, studio, director, series or category: add your refid to the page URL. Campaigns are unlimited, attach to any sales tool, and report over 7, 30, 60 or 90 days. Banners refresh on their own with the content of the day, the week's top stars and the most-watched titles by category.

White label theaters closed to new partners in February 2021. Theaters built before then still earn 30% to 50% depending on volume. Studios can also sell their own movies through the separate Content Partner program, at 20% to 25% per sale, and earn both shares when their visitors watch their own titles.

Is AEBN legit?

Yes. AEBN, short for Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network, has operated since 1999 from Charlotte, North Carolina, with satellite offices in California. WMM Holdings, LLC runs the affiliate program. Its minimum, payout date, payment methods and their fees are all published, and US partners get tax forms. The ScamAdviser and MyWOT scores that rank for the name are about the consumer site.

Strengths and limits of AEBN