--- title: "Glossary of ClubAffili terms" description: "Definitions of the words used across ClubAffili: sponsor, placement, leg, volume, points, weak leg, stake, lock term, payout and more." url: https://help.clubaffili.com/en/articles/6-glossary-of-clubaffili-terms collection: "Getting Started" updated: 2026-10-16 language: en --- # Glossary of ClubAffili terms Definitions of the words used across ClubAffili: sponsor, placement, leg, volume, points, weak leg, stake, lock term, payout and more. These are the terms used throughout ClubAffili and this help center. They are not interchangeable.

Term	Meaning
Member / Affiliate	A registered ClubAffili user with a referral code, network position and reward balance.
Program (Tenant)	An individual ClubAffili programme with its own partners, rules and members. Most people are in one program.
Partner	A brand (e.g. a travel or entertainment provider) whose purchases earn rewards in ClubAffili.
Referral link / code	Your personal link. Anyone registering through it joins your network with you as sponsor.
Sponsor	The member who introduced you. Also called your "personal" upline.
Personals / Personal enrollees	Members you personally referred.
Placement parent	The member directly above you in the binary tree. Can be different from your sponsor because of spillover.
Binary tree / Legs	The network structure. Every member has a left leg and a right leg beneath them.
Spillover	When a new member is placed under someone other than their sponsor because the sponsor's nearest position was taken.
Volume / Points	Value created by eligible purchases (and staked tokens) in a leg. Used to calculate Binary rewards.
Weak leg / Strong leg	In a cycle, the leg with less volume is the weak leg; the other is the strong leg. Binary pays on the weak leg.
Carry-over (roll-over)	Unmatched strong-leg volume that is kept for the next cycle.
Flush	Removal of carry-over volume that has not been matched within the flush period (one year).
Generation	In Team Rewards: your personals are generation 1, their personals are generation 2.
Rank	Your recognition level (Starter through Legend — 31 levels in six tiers), based on personals and weak-leg volume.
Club Token	ClubAffili's utility token: pay partners, stake, trade or provide liquidity.
Stake	Club Token you lock for a term to earn Staking rewards. Backed by a verified on-chain transfer to the staking vault.
Lock term / Weight	How long a stake is locked (1, 3, 6 or 12 months) and the multiplier it gets on rewards (1.0x to 2.0x).
Accrual	The daily calculation that adds staking rewards to your accrued balance.
Reward balance	Money you've earned from Direct, Binary, Team etc. that is available to withdraw.
Payout	A withdrawal request from your reward balance to your wallet. Reviewed and approved by the ClubAffili team.
Hold	Amount reserved from your balance while a payout request is pending.
Transaction hash (tx hash)	The unique ID of a blockchain transaction. Used to prove a token transfer.