My CrakRevenue review in one paragraph: it’s the network I’d point most beginners to first. It’s one of the biggest and best-known adult CPA networks (it advertises 400+ offers across cams, dating, AI, fansites and gaming), it pays from $100 by MassPay, Paxum or PayPal ($500 by Bitcoin or wire), and its smartlinks work before you have any tracking of your own. Two drawbacks: the default payout term is Net 30, so your first money arrives about six weeks after you earn it, and going direct to the big cam brands usually pays more. It sits at the top of my adult CPA networks list; the details are below.
Disclosure: the CrakRevenue link on this page is my refer-a-friend link. The network pays me a cut from its side, it costs you nothing and doesn’t change your payouts.
What CrakRevenue is
CrakRevenue is an adult CPA network: it sits between you and a long list of advertisers. You join once and promote any of its offers from one account, with one tracking system and one payout, instead of joining a cam site, a dating offer and an AI site separately and running three dashboards. It was founded in Quebec City in 2010. I’ve had a CrakRevenue account since at least 2016.
CrakRevenue payout terms
From CrakRevenue’s payment FAQ and its terms of service (effective 1 January 2026), checked 29 September 2026:
| Term | What CrakRevenue publishes |
|---|---|
| Payout models | PPS, PPL (SOI or DOI), revshare and hybrid, set per offer |
| Minimum payout | $100 by MassPay, Paxum or PayPal; $500 by Bitcoin or wire. Below the minimum, earnings carry over to the next period. |
| Pay periods | Two a month: the 1st to the 15th, and the 16th to the last day |
| Default term | Net 30: paid 30 days after the end of the period in which you reach the minimum |
| Faster terms | Net 15, or Net 7 (paid on the 7th and 22nd, $500 minimum), once you show at least a month of quality traffic |
| Currency | USD only |
| Referral program | 5% of referred affiliates’ earnings, for life |
A worked example from CrakRevenue’s own FAQ: reach the minimum between 1 and 15 May and a Net 30 account is paid on 15 June, a Net 15 account on 31 May. If the payment date falls on a weekend, it goes out the Friday before. Change your billing details at least five business days before a period ends, or that payment moves to the next period. For faster terms, Crak says it looks at your clicks and conversions per offer, your traffic sources and whether “the leads must convert into spending in a reasonable proportion”.
Payment methods and fees
| Method | Minimum | Speed once sent | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| MassPay | $100 | Instant; up to 48 hours to withdraw | $1 per payout |
| Paxum | $100 | Up to 48 hours | Paxum charges $0.25 per payment received |
| PayPal | $100 | Same day | PayPal’s own fees |
| Bitcoin | $500 | Same day | Not published |
| Wire | $500 | 1 to 10 business days | Your bank’s fees; Crak says methods may carry “additional fees” |
Third-party listings are often out of date on payment methods. CrakRevenue stopped paying by check on 1 February 2023, but some still list checks, Firstchoice Pay and ePayService, and leave out MassPay and PayPal. Also, an ACH payment to a bank account linked to Payoneer is returned, per Crak’s FAQ, which fits Payoneer’s own ban on adult and dating business. I’d set up Paxum before your first payout (see my Paxum guide). How I’ve been paid since 2012, and what broke along the way, is in Payoneer vs Paxum.
The offer catalog
CrakRevenue’s own offer menu has five categories. The rates below are the ones Crak published in its “10 best adult affiliate programs 2026” post (20 March 2026) and on its offer pages; they change, so check the dashboard before you build a page around one.
- Live cams: the biggest category. Jerkmate ($50 PPS, $2 DOI or 30% lifetime), Stripchat ($168 PPS, $3.50 DOI, $2.10 SOI or 16.25% lifetime), MyFreeCams (18% lifetime, and the only way to get an MFC revshare; see my MyFreeCams affiliate review), plus Chaturbate, LiveJasmin, ImLive and others.
- Dating: Crak’s dating page claims 350+ dating offers, including SexMessenger ($98 PPS), AdultFriendFinder (up to $90 PPS in 24 geos), Victoria Milan ($75 PPS) and Ashley Madison (up to $65 PPS).
- AI companions: Candy AI ($36 to $40 PPS or 40% lifetime), OurDream AI ($36 or 30%) and Swipey AI ($28 or 35%). In March 2026 Crak called AI companionship one of its fastest-growing segments.
- Fansite and gaming offers: creator platforms such as MYM and SextPanther, and adult games, the other two categories on CrakRevenue’s own offer menu.
A wide catalog lets you test several offers on the same traffic and keep the one that converts. It also means one advertiser leaving doesn’t take your income with it. When MyFreeCams ended its CrakRevenue revshare in 2016, new revshare signups stopped overnight, and affiliates who only promoted MFC had to rebuild.
The CrakRevenue smartlink and tracking
- Smartlinks: one link that sends each visitor to the offer most likely to convert, based on location, device, language and traffic type. Crak says it covers up to 251 geos and 300+ offers, runs for cam and dating, and has paid affiliates more than $10 million; those are its own figures. You don’t have to match offers to traffic by hand, which is most of the work a beginner can’t do yet. When a smartlink beats a direct offer and when it doesn’t is in smartlinks vs direct offers.
- Sub-IDs and S2S postbacks: sub-IDs show which page or campaign drove each conversion, and server-to-server postbacks keep reporting clean once you buy traffic and can’t rely on cookies.
- Support: live chat from 8 to 16 EST on weekdays and 9 to 12:30 EST on weekends, per Crak’s site.
Put your own link cloaker on top (Pretty Links on WordPress is the usual pick) so your public URLs stay clean and you can swap offers without editing pages. The setup is in link cloaking, and my CPA networks guide covers how the tracking fits together.
The CrakRevenue referral program
Refer another affiliate and CrakRevenue pays you 5% of their earnings for life, from its own side. The terms add a condition that is easy to miss: you must stay active yourself. If you go more than 90 days with no login, no hits and no leads, you forfeit the referral commissions, and Crak owes you no future share (section 4.13).
Rules that cost affiliates money
From the terms of service effective 1 January 2026:
- Fraud holds (4.10): if Crak suspects fraud, it deactivates the account and holds payouts, and you have seven days to prove your traffic is clean. The burden of proof is yours.
- Inactivity (5.8): an account inactive for 12 months in a row can be closed and its balance forfeited.
- Small balances (4.7): close your account with $20 or less in it and you lose that amount.
- Chargebacks and targeting (4.9, 4.11): chargebacks come off your balance, and leads from the wrong geo or device targeting aren’t paid.
- Brand names (5.9): no domains or trademarks containing “CrakRevenue” or misspellings of it.
- No public commission figures (4.3): your individual payout amounts are confidential under the terms.
- Banned traffic: spam (email, forums, comments, messengers), content locking, blind leading, direct-to-form promotion and altered landing pages. New and existing affiliates also go through identity validation.
Is CrakRevenue legit? What affiliates report
Yes, it pays, and it has since 2010. The public reviews are mostly positive with a steady minority of complaints about accounts closed for fraud. Both sides, as I found them on 29 September 2026:
- Affpaying: 225 reviews, 213 of them “Excellent”, 4 “Very good”, 3 “Average”, 1 “Poor” and 4 “Terrible”. A typical recent one (13 August 2026): “Still my go-to network after all these years. Fast payments never miss!”
- Trustpilot: 4.2 out of 5 from 541 reviews, 83% five-star and 12% one-star. The one-star reviews are mostly accounts blocked for “fraudulent activity” without proof being shared, for example on 30 July 2024 and 21 July 2025 (“blocked my account after $630 in clean traffic”). A two-star review from 1 September 2026 calls the payment dashboard “extremely confusing”. A five-star review from 19 July 2026 says “they pay timely without any single day delay”.
I can’t check who is right in any single dispute. The pattern fits the terms: a fraud flag freezes the balance and the affiliate carries the burden of proof, so if you buy traffic, keep your source records and your tracker logs from day one.
Pros and cons
Pros
- In business since 2010, with its payment terms and schedule published in its support pages.
- A wide catalog, so you don’t depend on one advertiser.
- Smartlinks and sub-ID tracking make it easy to start.
- Faster Net 15 and Net 7 terms once your traffic proves itself.
- Covers cams, AI companions and dating from one account, and it’s the only route to a MyFreeCams revshare.
Cons
- Going direct usually pays more on the big cam brands, sometimes a lot more: Chaturbate pays 20% direct against about 15% through CrakRevenue, and LiveJasmin pays up to 45% direct, while CrakRevenue’s offer page advertises LiveJasmin at “$130 PPS plus 10.24% lifetime Revshare”. A few offers run the other way (ImLive pays more through Crak), so check each one.
- Net 30 is the default, so new accounts wait about six weeks for money.
- The $500 minimum on wire and Bitcoin hurts if those are the only rails you can use. A Paxum account gets you the $100 tier.
- Fraud holds put the burden of proof on you, and the referral share disappears after 90 days of inactivity.
- The dashboard takes time to learn and the number of offers can overwhelm a first-timer. Start with one smartlink.
- Approval can ask about your traffic source. Have a specific answer ready, even if it’s “a niche review blog”.
CrakRevenue alternatives
- AWEmpire for LiveJasmin traffic: 35% to 45% revshare direct, against the 10.24% revshare (plus $130 PPS) on Crak’s LiveJasmin offer page. Compared in AWEmpire vs CrakRevenue.
- AdultForce for Aylo’s paysite brands (Brazzers, Reality Kings, MyDirtyHobby), paid 15 days after each period. Compared in CrakRevenue vs AdultForce, full terms in my AdultForce review.
- Chaturbate direct for free-cam traffic: 20% lifetime and a $50 minimum.
- Dating specialists (AdsEmpire, iMonetizeIt, Traforce) if dating is all you send: see the dating CPA networks section.
Who it suits
CrakRevenue is the right first network if you want a catalog instead of a single bet and you don’t have your own optimization setup yet. That covers most beginners.
Skip it for a brand you already send real volume to. Go direct there (for example, straight to Chaturbate’s program) and keep CrakRevenue for everything else. Plenty of affiliates run both. If your traffic leans toward premium cam viewers, compare it with AWE in AWEmpire vs CrakRevenue. For paysite brands, see CrakRevenue vs AdultForce.
How to sign up
Signing up is free. Create the account, complete the identity validation, add Paxum (or another payout method), and start with one cam smartlink so you see conversions before you add anything else. Create your CrakRevenue account here.
That’s my refer-a-friend link: CrakRevenue pays me 5% of your earnings from its own side, for life, and it costs you nothing and doesn’t change your payouts.
FAQ
When will I get my first CrakRevenue payout?
On default Net 30 terms, 30 days after the end of the half-month period in which your balance passes $100. Earn it in early May and you’re paid on 15 June.
What happens if I earn less than $100?
Nothing is lost: the balance carries over each period until it reaches the minimum. Just keep the account active, since 12 months of inactivity can forfeit it.
Does CrakRevenue pay to Payoneer?
No. Payoneer isn’t one of its five methods, and Crak’s FAQ says ACH transfers to accounts linked to Payoneer are returned. Use Paxum, MassPay or PayPal for the $100 tier.
Update log
- 29 September 2026: checked everything against CrakRevenue’s payment FAQ, offer pages and terms. Corrected the payout terms (Net 30 is the default; Net 15 and Net 7 need a month of proven traffic, and Net 7 needs $500) and the offer categories, cut claims I couldn’t source, and added the payout and payment-method tables, per-offer rates, the referral and account rules, dated Affpaying and Trustpilot feedback, alternatives and an FAQ.
Where the facts in this review come from: methodology.