Short answer: J Tools runs a 5-tier affiliate structure — Starter (15%), Bronze (20%), Silver (25%), Gold (30%), Diamond (35%) — where the tier is determined by lifetime accumulated referred volume in SOL, not current balance. Minimum withdrawal is 0.5 SOL, processed within 48 hours.
A tier system built around lifetime volume, not current balance
Unlike affiliate programs where your rate resets or fluctuates with recent activity, J Tools’ tiers accumulate: once your referred volume crosses a threshold, you stay at that tier or higher — withdrawing your earned commission doesn’t demote you. This makes the incentive structure straightforward to reason about for anyone planning to refer consistent volume over time.
The five tiers are Starter (15%, 0-10 SOL), Bronze (20%, 10-20 SOL), Silver (25%, 20-50 SOL), Gold (30%, 50-150 SOL), and Diamond (35%, 150+ SOL) of accumulated referred volume.
What the commission is actually a share of
It’s important to be precise here: your commission is a percentage of the platform fee J Tools itself charges on a transaction — not a percentage of the Solana network fee, and not a percentage of the trade’s notional value. This distinction matters when estimating expected earnings from a given volume of referred activity.
Payouts require a minimum balance of 0.5 SOL and a verified social account before a withdrawal request can be submitted; an admin then reviews and processes it, typically within 48 hours.
Attribution: sticky, on-chain, permanent
When someone opens a referral link, the code is stored in their browser for 7 days. The first platform fee payment during that window binds that wallet permanently to the referrer — once bound, it stays that way regardless of future activity, which is a meaningfully different model from cookie-based web affiliate tracking that expires or resets.
Why lifetime-volume tiers change the calculus
For a content creator or tool builder referring a steady base of active traders, a lifetime-accumulation model means the commission rate only moves in one direction. That’s a meaningfully different incentive from tiers that reset monthly or that penalize withdrawals — worth factoring in when comparing this program against other Solana-ecosystem affiliate options.