The 500 Euro Threshold: Inside 1xBet’s 2-Tier Sub-Affiliate Program
Affiliate programs rarely advertise the conditions attached to their headline rates, and 1xBet Partners is no exception. The sub-affiliate tier pays 5% of revenue generated by partners you recruit, but that 5% only lands if each sub-affiliate clears 500 EUR per month. Fall short and the commission is not reduced, it is forfeited entirely. That single threshold changes how you should build a referral network, and most public write-ups either miss it or bury it.
How the 2-tier sub-affiliate structure actually pays
1xBet Partners runs a standard revenue-share model for direct affiliates, typically negotiated between 20% and 40% of net revenue depending on volume and traffic quality. The sub-affiliate layer sits on top of that. When someone you referred signs up as an affiliate themselves, you earn 5% of what that sub-affiliate generates, paid from the operator’s share, not deducted from your sub-affiliate’s cut. On paper this is passive income with no downside for either party. In practice, the 500 EUR monthly floor decides whether you get paid at all.
Here is the mechanic that trips people up. The threshold applies per sub-affiliate, not to your network in aggregate. If you recruit four sub-affiliates and three produce 450 EUR each while one produces 2,000 EUR, you collect 5% on the 2,000 EUR and nothing on the other three. There is no pooling, no rolling balance carried into the next month, no partial credit. The sub-affiliate either crosses the line in a given calendar month or the commission for that month simply does not exist.
That design tells you something about intent. 1xBet, which was founded in 2017 and is operated by 1xCorp N.V. under a Curaçao eGaming licence cited as OGL/2024/1262/0493, is not trying to attract hobbyist recruiters with a token percentage. The 500 EUR gate filters for sub-affiliates who already run real traffic: active tipsters, mid-size Telegram channels, comparison sites with organic search presence. A sub-affiliate sending two or three depositors a month will never clear the bar, and the program is structured so that recruiting them costs you administrative effort for zero return.
What 500 EUR of sub-affiliate revenue looks like in practice
Translate the threshold into traffic and the picture sharpens. A sub-affiliate on a 25% revenue share needs to generate roughly 2,000 EUR in net gaming revenue for you to see your 5% of 500 EUR, which is 25 EUR. Net revenue is what remains after winnings, bonuses and payment costs, so the gross handle behind that figure is considerably larger. For a sportsbook-heavy audience, that usually means a few dozen active depositors placing regular wagers, or a smaller group with meaningful stakes on live odds.
Casino traffic behaves differently. Slots players churn faster but deposit more frequently, so a sub-affiliate with 15 to 20 active casino depositors can plausibly clear 500 EUR monthly net revenue. Esports betting sits somewhere between the two: smaller player pools, but concentrated volume around major tournament windows, which creates month-to-month volatility that can push a sub-affiliate over the line in March and under it in April.
This is where the myth breaks down. Advice circulating in affiliate forums suggests that a large sub-affiliate network compounds automatically. It does not. Ten sub-affiliates each producing 400 EUR monthly generate 4,000 EUR in combined revenue and 0 EUR in commission for you. 1xbet original offers additional context worth reviewing. The same 4,000 EUR concentrated in a single sub-affiliate pays 200 EUR. Concentration beats breadth under this structure, which is the opposite of how most affiliate networks are pitched.
Recruiting strategy should follow from that. Instead of signing up anyone with a referral link, target operators who already monetise gambling traffic and can plausibly hit the floor within their first two or three months. Check whether they run their own site, how they source traffic, and whether their audience geography matches markets where 1xBet accepts players. A sub-affiliate with 300 monthly visitors from a tier-one country is worth more to you here than one with 3,000 visitors from a market the bookmaker does not serve well.
Where the sub-affiliate tier fits alongside the rest of the program
Context matters when judging whether the 5% is worth chasing. The direct affiliate deal is where the real money sits: 1xBet offers a welcome package up to 1500 EUR plus 150 free spins to players, and affiliates earn on the deposit and wagering activity that follows. A 30% cashback bonus and over 50 other promotions keep players active, which feeds revenue share month after month. Sub-affiliate commission is a secondary stream layered on top of that core business, not a replacement for it.
The brand backing helps recruitment. 1xBet is a partner of Barcelona and of Serie A, which gives sub-affiliates something concrete to reference when they pitch betting content to their own audiences. Recognition shortens the conversion path, and a sub-affiliate converting traffic efficiently is more likely to clear the 500 EUR floor. The same logic applies to the app: mobile betting drives a large share of deposits in most markets, and sub-affiliates promoting the 1xBet app tend to see better retention than those pushing desktop-only signups.
Operationally, sub-affiliate earnings are tracked inside the same 1xBet Partners dashboard as your direct revenue, with a breakdown per referred affiliate. Payment runs on the standard cycle, and the minimum withdrawal thresholds apply to the combined balance rather than per stream. If a sub-affiliate misses the 500 EUR mark in a given month, you will see the line item at zero rather than a reduced figure, which makes auditing straightforward once you know what to look for.
One warning worth stating plainly: 1xbets.bet is not the official 1xBet website, and affiliate links pointing there waste traffic and risk your sub-affiliates’ accounts. Verify every destination URL against the official 1xBet domain before you promote it, and make sure your sub-affiliates do the same. Registration, deposit and withdrawal flows all run through 1xBet payment systems on the official site, and the 1xBet support service will not help players or partners who signed up through a clone.
Treat the sub-affiliate tier as a concentration play, not a numbers game. Recruit fewer partners, vet them for existing traffic and realistic monthly revenue, and give them the tools to clear 500 EUR: current odds context, market coverage across sports and esports, and clear guidance on the welcome package and ongoing 1xBet bonuses. Two sub-affiliates clearing the threshold every month beat twenty that never do, and the maths behind that claim is not close.