# Payments Policy

**Identifier:** `AV-POL-0001`  
**URI:** `av:PaymentsPolicy`  
**Type:** Policy  
**Status:** Active  
**Assurance:** owner-confirmed  
**Owning role:** AV-ROLE-0003  
**Canonical page:** https://affvector.com/trust/payments  
**Record version:** 1.0 (updated 2026-09-04)

How commissions are validated, when they are paid and what can hold a payout.

## OCOM terms

- ocom:Policy (https://ocom.uno/vocabulary/policy)

## Relationships

- member_of -> Trust Center (`AV-REG-0001`)
- applies_to -> AffVector Affiliate Program (`AV-PRG-0001`)
- governs -> CPA (`AV-PLN-0001`)
- governs -> Revenue Share (`AV-PLN-0002`)
- governs -> Hybrid (`AV-PLN-0003`)

## Metadata

```json
{
  "descriptive": {
    "type": "Policy",
    "languages": [
      "en",
      "uk",
      "ro",
      "es",
      "fr",
      "ru"
    ]
  },
  "administrative": {
    "record_version": "1.0",
    "last_updated": "2026-09-04"
  },
  "operational": {
    "status": "Active",
    "assurance": "owner-confirmed"
  },
  "technical": {
    "record": "https://affvector.com/ocom/records/AV-POL-0001.json",
    "canonical": "https://affvector.com/trust/payments"
  },
  "identity": {
    "id": "AV-POL-0001",
    "uri": "av:PaymentsPolicy",
    "canonical": "https://affvector.com/trust/payments"
  },
  "governance": {
    "owning_role": "AV-ROLE-0003",
    "governed_by": "AV-POL-0005",
    "assurance": "owner-confirmed"
  }
}
```

## Lifecycle

```json
{
  "states": [
    "Draft",
    "Under Review",
    "Approved",
    "Active",
    "Superseded",
    "Archived"
  ],
  "state": "Active"
}
```

## Supersedes

```json
{
  "version": "1.1",
  "effective": "2026-08-03",
  "change": "Removed the statement that the default payout schedule is weekly. The payout schedule is set per account and deal."
}
```

## Legal review

```json
{
  "status": "re-review pending for the v1.2 change",
  "basis": "owner statement for v1.1 (2026-08-11)"
}
```

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Projection of the AffVector operating record, built 2026-09-04. Canonical record: https://affvector.com/ocom/records/AV-POL-0001.json