KuCoin Affiliate Program: Everything You Should Know (Overview)
25/07/2025 11:36:01
We’re excited to share a comprehensive overview of the KuCoin Affiliate Program to help you better understand the structure, commission rules, promotional requirements, and compliance guidelines. Whether you’re a new partner or a long-time contributor, this announcement covers everything you need to know to maximize your earnings and ensure a smooth collaboration with KuCoin.
What is the KuCoin affiliate Program?
The KuCoin affiliate is a partner with the same mission and values as KuCoin. Through the KuCoin affiliate Program, you can create unique referral links wherein anyone who clicks on the link and completes the registration will automatically be classified as your invitee. You will receive a commission upon completed trades by your invitee, including Spot, Futures, and Margin, excluding zero-fee trades and trades made by invitees of Level 3 or above.
How To Join the KuCoin affiliate Program?
To apply and start earning commissions, visit our Affiliate page for more information.
How To Earn Commissions?
Step 1: Join the KuCoin affiliate Program by clicking this link to apply: https://www.kucoin.com/en-au/affiliate-apply
Step 2: Promote your referral link
You can create and manage your exclusive referral link on the 'affiliate' page and share your link to different channels.
Step 3: Earn commission easily
Whenever a user signs up for a KuCoin account via your referral link, you will receive a commission of up to 60% from his completed trade; the commission will be automatically sent to your KuCoin Main account everyday.
How long will I receive affiliate commissions if I join the program?
Once you pass the quarterly review, it's for life. Lifetime commissions - no cap, no time limit- get higher commissions as you get more invitees.
KuCoin Affiliate Level and Commission Details
Assessment Requirements for 3 months
| Level | Commission Rate | Target Requirements 1: Number of Valid New Invitees |
Target Requirements 2: Trading Volume |
| Level3 | 60% | 100 | 200 BTC |
| Level2 | 50% | 20 | 20 BTC |
| Level1 | 40% | 5 | 5 BTC |
* KuCoin provides special high commission plans and other customized cooperation plans for partners with special resources and special contributions. please contact your KuCoin manager or email affiliate@kucoin.com
First-Month Assessment of New affiliate (Only Upgrade No Downgrade)
Affiliates who successfully sign up will get Level1 rights and start the assessment according to Level1 requirements. If the higher-level requirements are reached 30 days after registration, they can be adjusted directly.
| Level | Commission Rate | Target Requirements1: Number of New Invitees |
Target Requirements2: Trading Volume |
Assessment |
| Level3 | 60% | 34 | 66.66 BTC | Both Target achieved |
| Level2 | 50% | 7 | 6.66 BTC | Both Target achieved |
| Level1 | 40% | 2 | 1.66 BTC | any Target achieved |
*Definition of Valid New Invitees:
1. The statistical objects are the users you directly invite to register, not those invited by sub-Affiliates;
2. The invitees complete the first trade within the assessment period, the trade volume has not been assessed as required, and the trade types include spot (including Margin trades), Futures, etc.;
3. The invitees have made a deposit before the first trade. Deposit methods include OTC, third party, fiat currency recharge, and digital currency recharge, excluding recharge in KuCoin and vouchers.
* Definition of cumulative trading volume:
1. The statistical objects are the users you directly invite to register, not those invited by sub-affiliates;
2. BTC is calculated based on the daily average price of BTC during the assessment period 12:00 (UTC);
3. Trade types include spot (including Margin trades), Futures, etc., Futures, Spot, or Margin trades will enjoy the same commission rate.
*If the affiliate level has been adjusted, the commission rate for the affiliate will change accordingly. If a cashback rate is set up and the commission rate for the affiliate remains at 40% or higher after a level adjustment, the cashback rate for invitees will not change. When the commission rate for the affiliate becomes 0, the cashback rate for invitees will also be 0.
Quarterly Assessment
Quarterly assessment starts on January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st in the calendar year.
Level adjustments are made based on the completion of affiliates target in the previous quarter, and specific target assessment requirements are as follows:
| Level | Commission Rate | Target Requirements 1: Number of New Invitees |
Target Requirements2: Trading Volume |
Assessment |
| Level3 | 60% | 100 | 200 BTC | Both Target achieved |
| Level2 | 50% | 20 | 20 BTC | Both Target achieved |
| Level1 | 40% | 5 | 5 BTC | any Target achieved |
| Level0 | 0% | - | - | Failed to complete Level 1 target for 2 quarters |
*Definition of Valid New Invitees:
1. The statistical objects are the users you directly invite to register, not those invited by sub-Affiliates;
2. The invitees complete the first trade within the assessment period, the trade volume has not been assessed as required, and the trade types include spot (including Margin trades), Futures, etc.;
3. The invitees have made a deposit before the first trade. Deposit methods include OTC, third party, fiat currency recharge, and digital currency recharge, excluding recharge in KuCoin and vouchers.
* Definition of cumulative trading volume:
1. The statistical objects are the users you directly invite to register, not those invited by sub-affiliates;
2. BTC is calculated based on the daily average price of BTC during the assessment period 12:00 (UTC);
3. Trade types include spot (including Margin trades), Futures, etc., Futures, Spot, or Margin trades will enjoy the same commission rate.
*If the affiliate level has been adjusted, the commission rate for the affiliate will change accordingly. If a cashback rate is set up and the commission rate for the affiliate remains at 40% or higher after a level adjustment, the cashback rate for invitees will not change. When the commission rate for the affiliate becomes 0, the cashback rate for invitees will also be 0.
*Example of Upgraded and Downgraded:
Upgraded: if you were a Level 1 affiliate before the quarterly assessment and had reached both Targets of Level2 (Trading Volume of 20 BTC or above and Number of Valid Invitees of 20 or above), your new affiliate level after the assessment will be adjusted to Level2 accordingly.
Downgraded: if you were a Level3 affiliate before the quarterly assessment and had reached only one of the standards of your current level (Any one of the requirements: Trading Volume or Number of Valid Invitees), your new affiliate level after the assessment will be adjusted to a lower level accordingly. If you fail to meet both requirements of your current level in the first assessment period, you will receive an email reminder. Suppose you fail to meet the Lvl1 assessment requirements for two consecutive cycles (both requirements: Trading Volume or Number of Valid Invitees), in that case, the rebate rate will be temporarily adjusted to 0% and automatically resume when the assessment requirements are met.
Other Benefits
If you need to activate the secondary rebate, please contact your KuCoin manager or email affiliate@kucoin.com
Terms and Conditions
1. Commission will be automatically sent to the affiliate’s KuCoin Main account everyday ;
2. The trade fee of the inviter's sub-account is merged into the main account, and the commission amount is calculated;
3. Hijacking official traffic or jeopardizing KuCoin clients' account security will lead to the cancellation of the affiliate membership immediately, and any commission receivables will be revoked. (Including but not limited to using content similar to KuCoin's official social media accounts, website content, or domain names for redirects, or placing KuCoin ads through search engines, etc.)
4. The historical Affiliate version will be automatically upgraded to this version, except for some exceptional cases;
5. All new invitees registered after September 22, 2022 will have a lifetime commission period. All previous registered invitees will keep the original commission period;
6. We do not credit commissions for Zero-fee trades, LV5 or above invitees
*Invitee Level description: https://www.kucoin.com/en-au/vip/privilege
7. KuCoin reserves the right to disqualify users from participating in affiliate programs and revoke any commissions from users who engage in dishonest or abusive activities to earn commissions. This includes bulk-account registrations to obtain additional bonuses, inviting yourself to trade for commissions, using “phishing” websites containing referral links, posting referral links as advertisements on search engines, and any other activity concerning unlawful, fraudulent, or harmful purposes.
8. The KuCoin Affiliate Program is not available to residents of Belgium, Turkey, France, or the Netherlands.
9. KuCoin reserves the final right to interpret this program, subject to modification without prior notice.
10. If you have any questions, please contact: affiliate@kucoin.com
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Thanks for your understanding and support!
The KuCoin Team