HOW IT WORKS

Share your personal referral link in your bio, captions, Reels, Stories and other content. Customers who shop through your link receive 5% off eligible purchases, normally without entering a discount code. You earn commission on qualifying referral sales.

Referral tracking generally stays active for up to 90 days or until an attributed order is placed. After that order, the customer must use your link again for a future purchase to be attributed to you.

YOUR COMMISSION LEVELS

• Standard — 5%: your starting commission rate.
• Performer — 7%: after at least €250 in qualifying net subtotal revenue during the preceding rolling 30 days.
• Top Performer — 10%: after at least €750 in qualifying net subtotal revenue during the preceding rolling 30 days.

Your rate can rise or fall as your rolling 30-day results change. A higher rate applies to future qualifying sales once the target has been reached and the new rate is active; it does not apply retroactively.

MONTHLY PERFORMANCE BONUS

Earn a €2.50 cash bonus at €250 in qualifying net subtotal revenue, or a €7.50 cash bonus at €750. The assessment period generally runs from the 25th of one month through the 24th of the next, using the Europe/Amsterdam time zone.

Only the highest qualifying bonus is awarded. After validation, it is added to your affiliate balance; it is not an immediate PayPal payment.

YOUR PERSONAL INSIDER DISCOUNT

Approved Insiders can receive up to 10% off eligible regular products, 7% off the eligible Energy Drink 2×12-pack and 3% off the eligible Energy Drink 4×12-pack, subject to the conditions displayed in the store.

Visit banditosenergy.shop directly and sign in to the Store Account linked to your approved affiliate email address. Check your discount before checkout. Do not use your own or another participant’s referral link for personal purchases. If an incorrect referral connection remains active, clear the store’s cookies and website data, then visit the store directly and sign in again.

Personal purchases do not earn commission or count toward performance targets or bonuses.

WHAT COUNTS AS A QUALIFYING SALE?

Commission and bonus progress are based on eligible, paid, verified and approved referral sales. Calculations exclude VAT and other taxes, shipping, discounts, deposits such as statiegeld, refunds, cancellations, chargebacks, personal purchases, self-referrals, complimentary products and other non-qualifying amounts.

REQUESTING YOUR PAYOUT

When your approved payable balance reaches €25, request a payout at insiders@banditosenergy.shop using the email address connected to your approved affiliate account. Keep your PayPal details complete and up to date. Reaching €25 does not automatically trigger payment.

Valid requests are generally processed in the monthly payout cycle scheduled for the 25th. Your request, balance, account and payment details must be verified before processing begins. Late or incomplete requests may move to the next cycle. Weekends, public holidays or processing delays may move processing to the next reasonably practicable business day; receipt on the same day is not guaranteed.

Balances below €25 roll over. Approved balances of €25 or more remain credited until you submit a valid payout request. Commission hold periods and validation requirements still apply.

FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS

Your dashboard brings together marketing tools, product referral links, visits, attributed orders, provisional commissions, bonus progress, transactions and payments. Figures may be delayed or corrected and remain subject to validation.

This overview follows the explanation in the official Insiders dashboard. Eligibility, commissions, bonuses, personal discounts and payouts remain subject to the Affiliate Terms and the Earnings System Agreement below.

EARNINGS SYSTEM AGREEMENT

Last updated: September 17, 2026
Effective date: September 17, 2026

This Earnings System Agreement (“Earnings Agreement”) supplements the Banditos Insiders Affiliate Terms of Service and Affiliate Program Operating Agreement (“Affiliate Terms”) and describes the calculation, validation, and administration of commissions, performance levels, cash bonuses, and payouts within the Banditos Insiders Program (“Program”).

The Program is operated by Dutch Business Sales Company B.V., trading as Banditos Exclusive Beverage under the Banditos Energy brand (“Banditos”, “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).

This Earnings Agreement applies to every approved affiliate, insider, ambassador, creator, media partner, promotional partner, community representative, crew member, influencer, collaborator, or other participant eligible to generate earnings through the Program (“Participant”, “Affiliate”, “you”, or “your”).

The Affiliate Terms remain fully applicable. Capitalized terms not separately defined in this Earnings Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Affiliate Terms. If this Earnings Agreement conflicts with the Affiliate Terms, the Affiliate Terms prevail unless a separately signed or expressly accepted written arrangement states otherwise.

By expressly accepting this Earnings Agreement during registration or continuing to participate in the Program on or after the effective date after receiving reasonable notice, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Earnings Agreement and agree to be bound by it, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE

This Earnings Agreement governs the financial operation of the Program, including:

• the calculation of qualifying revenue;
• standard and performance-based commission rates;
• monthly performance bonuses;
• transaction validation and commission status;
• refunds, cancellations, chargebacks, corrections, and reversals;
• minimum payout requirements and payout requests;
• payment methods and commission hold periods; and
• the treatment of personal purchases and other non-qualifying transactions.

This Earnings Agreement does not guarantee any minimum level of clicks, sales, orders, commissions, bonuses, income, or other financial results. Earnings depend on eligible customer purchases, valid referral attribution, Participant performance, product eligibility, transaction validation, refunds, cancellations, and the other requirements described in this Earnings Agreement and the Affiliate Terms.

2. QUALIFYING REVENUE AND CALCULATION BASIS

2.1 Qualifying net product subtotal

Unless a different written arrangement applies, commissions, performance thresholds, and monthly cash bonuses are calculated using the qualifying net product subtotal of eligible referral sales recorded and approved through the Program.

The qualifying net product subtotal generally consists of the eligible product value remaining after applicable product discounts and promotional deductions and excludes:

• VAT and other taxes;
• shipping and delivery charges;
• statiegeld and other deposit charges;
• discounts, coupons, credits, and promotional deductions;
• refunds, cancellations, chargebacks, and disputed amounts;
• test orders, duplicate orders, replacement shipments, complimentary products, and giveaways;
• ambassador-only products or other products expressly excluded from commission;
• reseller, wholesale, distributor, or commercial inventory purchases, unless expressly approved in writing;
• personal purchases, self-referrals, and affiliate-to-affiliate purchases;
• unauthorized, fraudulent, artificial, manipulated, or otherwise non-qualifying transactions; and
• any other amount that does not represent an eligible net product sale.

2.2 Partial adjustments

Where an order is partially refunded, partially cancelled, discounted after purchase, or otherwise adjusted, only the remaining eligible net product subtotal qualifies. The related commission, performance revenue, and bonus progress may be reduced or recalculated proportionately.

2.3 Currency and Program records

Thresholds and payouts stated in this Earnings Agreement are denominated in euros. Where a qualifying transaction is processed in another currency, the value recorded or converted by the Company’s e-commerce, affiliate, or payment systems may be used for the relevant calculation, subject to correction of an actual conversion or synchronization error.

The Company will calculate qualifying revenue using available order records, Program settings, tracking information, and reasonably available evidence. Dashboard figures may be delayed, estimated, duplicated, corrected, or revised and do not constitute final approval.

3. COMMISSION LEVELS

3.1 Standard commission

Unless a different commission arrangement applies to a specific Participant, affiliate group, product, product category, campaign, or separately agreed collaboration, the standard commission rate is five percent (5%) of the qualifying net product subtotal of an approved referral sale.

3.2 Performance-based commission rates

Participants may earn up to ten percent (10%) commission by meeting the following performance thresholds:

• Standard level — 5%: applicable where no higher performance threshold is currently satisfied.
• Performer level — 7%: applicable after the Participant has generated at least €250 in qualifying net subtotal revenue during the preceding rolling thirty (30) day period.
• Top Performer level — 10%: applicable after the Participant has generated at least €750 in qualifying net subtotal revenue during the preceding rolling thirty (30) day period.

Performance levels are assessed on a rolling basis using eligible and verifiable referral sales recorded by the Program. A Participant’s commission rate may automatically increase or decrease as their qualifying results change.

A higher commission rate applies only to qualifying referral sales made after the relevant threshold has been reached and the higher rate has become active within the Program. Higher rates do not apply retroactively to earlier sales.

If the Participant no longer satisfies the applicable rolling thirty (30) day threshold, the commission rate may automatically return to the level supported by the Participant’s then-current qualifying results.

3.3 Alternative commission arrangements

Specific Participants, affiliate groups, creators, media partners, promotional partners, campaigns, products, or product categories may be subject to different commission rates, fixed commissions, exclusions, incentives, or compensation structures.

An alternative arrangement must be displayed within the Program, communicated to the Participant, or established through a separately signed or expressly accepted written agreement. It applies only within the scope stated in that arrangement.

4. MONTHLY PERFORMANCE BONUSES

4.1 Bonus thresholds

In addition to sale commissions, Participants may qualify for the following monthly cash bonuses:

• €2.50 cash bonus: upon generating at least €250 in qualifying net subtotal revenue during the applicable monthly assessment period.
• €7.50 cash bonus: upon generating at least €750 in qualifying net subtotal revenue during the applicable monthly assessment period.

4.2 Highest qualifying bonus

Only the highest qualifying monthly cash bonus is awarded. The bonuses are not cumulative. A Participant who reaches the €750 threshold therefore receives a €7.50 cash bonus and not a combined bonus of €10.00.

4.3 Assessment period

The monthly bonus assessment period generally runs from the twenty-fifth (25th) day of one calendar month through the twenty-fourth (24th) day of the following calendar month. Unless expressly stated otherwise, dates and times are determined using the Europe/Amsterdam time zone.

Bonuses are assessed after the applicable period has ended. Once validated, a qualifying cash bonus is credited to the Participant’s affiliate balance.

A cash bonus is not an immediate PayPal payment. It remains subject to validation, the minimum payout threshold, submission of a valid payout request, and the other payment conditions described in this Earnings Agreement.

4.4 Bonus adjustments

If a transaction used to calculate bonus progress is subsequently refunded, cancelled, charged back, adjusted, or found not to qualify, the related bonus progress or awarded bonus may be recalculated, reduced, or reversed.

5. VALIDATION, CORRECTIONS, AND REVERSALS

5.1 Commission status

Referral transactions, commissions, and bonuses may be recorded as pending, approved, rejected, reversed, paid, or under review, depending on the status and eligibility of the underlying transaction.

Subject to successful synchronization between the Company’s e-commerce and affiliate systems, paid orders may be approved automatically. Pending, authorized, partially refunded, disputed, or otherwise incomplete orders may remain pending or under review. Voided, cancelled, fully refunded, fraudulent, or otherwise non-qualifying orders may be rejected or reversed.

Automatic approval or the appearance of a transaction, commission, or bonus in the affiliate dashboard does not prevent a later correction where the underlying order is refunded, cancelled, charged back, duplicated, incorrectly attributed, technically miscalculated, fraudulent, or otherwise found not to qualify.

5.2 Verification

Where reasonably necessary, validation may include verification of payment, order status, fulfilment, refunds, chargebacks, customer eligibility, referral attribution, traffic sources, promotional methods, account information, discount usage, and compliance with the Affiliate Terms.

The Company may place an affected transaction, commission, bonus, or payout on temporary hold while a reasonable and proportionate investigation is conducted.

5.3 Corrections and reversals

The Company may reject, reduce, reverse, offset, withhold, or reclaim a commission or bonus to the extent reasonably necessary where the related transaction:

• is cancelled, refunded, charged back, disputed, unpaid, duplicated, or unauthorized;
• was incorrectly calculated, recorded, converted, or attributed due to a technical, administrative, or synchronization error;
• involves fraud, manipulation, artificial traffic, fake engagement, a prohibited self-referral, discount abuse, or another non-qualifying transaction;
• results from misleading, unlawful, or unauthorized promotional activity; or
• otherwise materially violates the Affiliate Terms, this Earnings Agreement, or applicable law.

Where an affected amount has already been paid, the Company may deduct the corresponding amount from future amounts payable to the Participant or request repayment, subject to applicable law.

Decisions to reject, reverse, withhold, offset, or reclaim an amount will be based on reasonably available evidence and applied in good faith. A Participant may contact the Company to request clarification or provide relevant information concerning a disputed decision.

6. PAYOUT REQUESTS AND PAYMENT

6.1 Payable balance and commission hold period

Commissions and cash bonuses become eligible for payout only after they have been approved, the applicable cancellation, withdrawal, refund, chargeback, commission-hold, and verification periods have been taken into account, and all relevant Program requirements have been satisfied.

Approved commissions become payable after expiration of the commission hold period configured within the Program. The hold period is intended to account for cancellations, withdrawals, refunds, chargebacks, order adjustments, and internal verification. The applicable hold period may be displayed in the affiliate dashboard or communicated through another reasonable Program channel.

A longer period may apply where an order has not been completed or fulfilled, a cancellation, withdrawal, refund, or chargeback period remains open, required information is incomplete, or the transaction is reasonably subject to investigation or review.

Pending, disputed, frozen, rejected, reversed, unverified, or otherwise non-payable amounts do not count toward the minimum payout threshold.

6.2 Minimum payout threshold and payout requests

The minimum payout threshold is twenty-five euros (€25) in approved payable balance. Once this threshold has been reached, the Participant must submit a payout request by emailing insiders@banditosenergy.shop.

The payout request must be sent from the email address connected to the Participant’s approved affiliate account and must include sufficient information to identify that account. The Participant’s PayPal payment details must be complete, accurate, and current.

Reaching the minimum payout threshold does not automatically initiate payment. A payout will only be processed after a valid email request has been received and the payable balance, affiliate account, and payment information have been verified.

Balances below €25 automatically roll over into future payout periods. Approved payable balances of €25 or more for which no valid payout request has been submitted will remain credited to the Participant’s Program account and roll over, subject to the Affiliate Terms, this Earnings Agreement, and applicable law.

6.3 Payout schedule

Valid payout requests are generally reviewed and processed once per calendar month, with the monthly payout cycle scheduled for the twenty-fifth (25th) day of each calendar month.

To be included in a monthly payout cycle, the payout request must have been received and the Participant’s payable balance, affiliate account, and PayPal payment details must have been successfully verified before processing for that cycle begins.

A payout request that is received or completed too late for the current monthly payout cycle may be processed during the following monthly payout cycle.

If the twenty-fifth (25th) day falls on a weekend or public holiday, or if processing cannot reasonably be completed on that date because of PayPal processing times, validation procedures, technical availability, or circumstances outside the Company’s reasonable control, processing may take place on the next reasonably practicable business day.

Processing on the twenty-fifth (25th) day does not guarantee that payment will be received on that same day. Receipt times may depend on PayPal and other circumstances outside the Company’s reasonable control.

The Company may temporarily delay or place a payout on hold where reasonably necessary to investigate refunds, chargebacks, fraud indicators, account security, incomplete information, payment discrepancies, legal or tax requirements, technical errors, sanctions compliance, or a suspected material breach of the Affiliate Terms or this Earnings Agreement.

6.4 Payment method

Unless the Company expressly offers or agrees to another payment method, payouts are processed in euros through PayPal using the payment details supplied by the Participant.

Participants are responsible for providing and maintaining complete, accurate, and current payment information and an active PayPal account capable of receiving the payout. A payout may be delayed until missing, invalid, outdated, or inconsistent information has been corrected.

If a payment is returned, rejected, blocked, or sent incorrectly because the Participant supplied inaccurate or outdated payment information, the Company may deduct reasonable and documented third-party costs incurred in reprocessing the payment from the affected payout, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

6.5 Taxes, invoices, and payment costs

Participants are responsible for determining and fulfilling their own income tax, VAT, invoicing, registration, reporting, social contribution, and other fiscal obligations applicable to their participation and earnings.

The Company may request information or documentation reasonably required to satisfy its own accounting, tax, payment, or legal obligations before processing a payout. The Company does not provide personal tax, accounting, legal, investment, or financial advice to Participants.

Any PayPal receiving fees, currency conversion charges, banking charges, or similar third-party costs charged directly in connection with the Participant’s receipt or conversion of a payout are borne by the Participant, unless mandatory law or an express written agreement provides otherwise.

6.6 Payment limitations

The Company is not responsible for delays, restrictions, frozen accounts, currency conversion differences, or failed transfers caused by inaccurate Participant information, PayPal restrictions, banking systems, sanctions, payment-provider outages, or other circumstances outside the Company’s reasonable control. Nothing in this provision excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Failure to request a payout does not by itself cause a valid approved balance to expire or be forfeited. Treatment of balances following account closure, prolonged inactivity, termination, death, dissolution, or legal restriction is governed by the Affiliate Terms and applicable law.

6.7 Final account settlement

Following termination, the Company will complete any reasonably necessary validation of eligible pre-termination transactions. After applicable deductions, reversals, validation procedures, and legal requirements have been addressed, the Company will process any remaining approved payable balance through the available payment method, including a final balance below the ordinary €25 payout threshold.

Final payment remains conditional upon the Participant supplying complete and valid identity, tax, verification, and payment information. If payment cannot be completed because the Participant has not supplied valid information or cannot receive the payment, the Company may retain the balance pending correction and may contact the Participant.

7. PERSONAL PURCHASES AND NON-QUALIFYING EARNINGS

7.1 Personal purchases

Personal purchases made by a Participant do not generate affiliate commission, qualifying performance revenue, or monthly bonus progress, even if referral tracking is present or the transaction temporarily appears in the affiliate dashboard.

A Participant must not make a personal purchase through their own referral link or deliberately use another Participant’s referral link for the purpose of circumventing this restriction.

Personal purchases made using a Banditos customer account, personal Insider discount, or another Participant benefit remain separate from the referral earnings system.

7.2 Personal Insider purchase benefits

Approved Participants may receive personal Insider purchase benefits in accordance with the Affiliate Terms and the eligibility conditions displayed in the online store.

To receive an available personal Insider discount, the Participant must be signed in to the Banditos Energy customer account connected to the same email address as their approved affiliate account.

Subject to product eligibility and the conditions displayed in the online store, the current personal Insider discount structure is:

• up to 10% discount on eligible regular products;
• 7% discount on the eligible Banditos Energy Drink 2×12-pack; and
• 3% discount on the eligible Banditos Energy Drink 4×12-pack.

Statiegeld or other deposit charges, shipping and delivery charges, taxes, excluded products, and other non-eligible amounts are not discounted unless expressly stated otherwise.

Participants must access the online store directly when making a personal purchase. An active referral cookie may affect attribution or discount application. Where an incorrect referral connection remains active, the Participant may need to remove the relevant website cookies or site data before returning directly to the online store.

Personal Insider discounts may not be combined with another discount, promotion, referral benefit, or offer unless the online store expressly permits that combination.

7.3 Other non-qualifying transactions

Transactions involving self-referrals, affiliate-to-affiliate purchases, artificial transactions, coordinated purchases, reseller or wholesale activity, unauthorized discount sharing, fraudulent conduct, fake accounts, manipulated tracking, test orders, complimentary products, refunds, cancellations, chargebacks, or other non-qualifying activity described in the Affiliate Terms do not generate commission, qualifying performance revenue, or bonus progress.

8. CHANGES TO THE EARNINGS SYSTEM

8.1 Prospective changes

The Company may prospectively modify commission rates, performance thresholds, monthly bonus arrangements, eligible products, calculation methods, commission hold periods, payout procedures, or other elements of the earnings system where reasonably necessary for legitimate commercial, operational, legal, regulatory, security, fraud-prevention, or technical reasons.

Material changes will be communicated through the affiliate dashboard, the email address registered to the Participant’s account, a prominent Program notice, or another reasonable communication channel in accordance with Article 22 of the Affiliate Terms.

8.2 Immediate changes

A shorter or immediate implementation period may apply where reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, address fraud or abuse, correct an actual calculation or technical error, respond to an urgent change imposed by an essential service provider, prevent material harm, or implement a prospective change without reducing commissions or bonuses already validly earned and approved.

8.3 Non-retroactivity

Unless required by law or resulting from fraud, abuse, refunds, chargebacks, non-qualifying transactions, or correction of an actual calculation or attribution error, a change will not retroactively reduce commissions or bonuses that were validly earned and approved before the effective date of that change.

Transactions completed before the effective date of a change will generally be assessed under the version of the commission and eligibility rules applicable when the transaction occurred. Transactions completed on or after the effective date will be assessed under the revised rules.

8.4 Acceptance or discontinuation

Continued participation in the Program on or after the effective date of a notified revised Earnings Agreement constitutes acceptance of the revised terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

If a Participant does not agree to a material change, the Participant may discontinue participation and request account closure. Eligible transactions and balances generated before termination remain subject to validation and final settlement under the rules applicable to those transactions.

Where applicable law requires express consent to a particular change, continued participation alone will not replace that required consent.