MaxBounty review

The network lists CPA, CPS and CPL offers, covering cost per action, sale, lead and install payouts. A publisher can mix several models inside one account instead of running a second network for each format, which keeps the reporting in one place.

The minimum payout is $100, and payouts run weekly. Clearing the bar and waiting for the schedule are two separate things, so a publisher who fills the threshold late in a cycle waits longer than one who fills it early. Below the bar, the balance rolls forward.

Cookie length follows the offer being promoted rather than a single network setting, and the median window across the networks tracked here is 30. The Advertiser Tracking Platform handles attribution, so check the window on the specific offer before committing budget to it.

MaxBounty lists 30,000 publishers, which places it between the 5,000 lower quartile and the 117,000 upper quartile for affiliate networks. Mid-sized rather than the largest pool on the site, with plenty of peers chasing the same offers.

The network has been running since 2004 and is based in Canada. Age matters in this category because publishers sign up for a platform that has to keep paying on schedule, so a long record is at least a starting signal.

Conversions are tracked on an in-house Advertiser Tracking Platform, so clicks, approvals and conversions sit in the network's own system. Combined with the weekly schedule, that shortens the loop between a converting click and a cleared balance, which matters when testing offers on tight budgets.

Admitad runs cpa, cpl and cps, adding revenue share to CPA, CPL and CPS, while A8.net offers cpa on its own. MaxBounty's CPA, CPS and CPL sit in between, giving more payout types than a single-model network.