How does your publisher payout work?

Updated on August 20, 2026

Contents
  1. 01.The 4-status journey
  2. 02.The alternative: enhanced cashback credit
  3. 03.Before you can request a payment

As a publisher, you get paid for the backlink orders sold on the marketplace. Everything is tracked from the "My earnings" page of your publisher space, which shows your pending, to-request, in-progress, and paid amounts.

The 4-status journey

Each order goes through four stages after it's published:

  1. Pending: the order is published, but payment is only unlocked after 30 days of monitored activity on your site — see handling a received order.
  2. To request: once that period has passed, you can request payment, either alone or by grouping several orders on a single invoice. A compliant invoice is mandatory.
  3. In progress: your request is validated by the SEO Jungle team and then forwarded to accounting, a process that can take up to 7 days. Payments are made only on the 15th and 30th of each month.
  4. Paid: requests already validated and paid.

If a request is rejected (a non-compliant invoice, for example), you're given the reason and can resubmit after correcting it. A built-in messaging feature lets you communicate directly with accounting about a request in progress.

The alternative: enhanced cashback credit

Instead of a bank transfer, you can convert the amount of your finalized orders into cashback credit, with a bonus, instantly and with no invoice required. This choice is final: this credit cannot be withdrawn by bank transfer, it can only be used to fund your own backlink purchases on the platform.

Before you can request a payment

Your earnings profile must be complete (company, bank account, supporting documents, legal representative). See the details in requesting payment of your earnings.

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