# Set Minimum Contract Requirements as a Partner

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You can set minimum contract requirements to include specific details or limitations when receiving invites from brands. Once a brand sends you an invitation that doesn’t meet your requirements, the invitation will be retracted, and they’ll have to create new terms.

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**Important:** Your contract requirements only apply to new invitations from brands and don’t consider term modifications for programs to which you are already joined.
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#### Contract requirements best practices

* Only create requirements for terms that are truly needed.
* Do not add a requirement if you intend to make exceptions to the requirement rule.

#### Create contract requirements

The following steps will guide you to add contract requirements to which brands have to adhere when they invite you to their program.

1. From the top navigation bar, select ![](https://347878556-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb2rE79d9UhOKZQLgzSqx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b527686787b925f477dff4feb9be3a63f51250a7%2Fdcf31aa89710c2f91d880b79ce8d8c18489cd8cad334e5cd91dd7ee0372a44fd.svg?alt=media) **\[User profile]** → **Settings**.
2. Under the *Profile* section, select **Contract Requirements**.
3. In the upper-right corner, select **Create Contract Requirement**.
4. Complete your contract requirement information in the following sections, then select **Save**.

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<summary>General Information</summary>

* **Name:** Give your contract requirements a descriptive name.

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<details>

<summary>Contract rules</summary>

* **Currency:** Choose a preferred currency for accepting any payments from brands.
* **Cost per action (CPA):** ![](https://347878556-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb2rE79d9UhOKZQLgzSqx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d0b6669ae76a7bef06a8d6940d7ad5c16bb8d018%2F7cb018d4face8d7cceb880eb5086c812e764fbcfe6f2a0377f88bc7576973070.svg?alt=media) **\[Toggle on]** to configure your *Minimum default payout* and *Payout details* for any actions you drove.
  * **Percentage minimum payout:** This is the minimum payout percentage that you will receive per action or click you drive.
  * **Fixed minimum payout:** This is the minimum fixed payout amount that you will receive per action or click you drive.
  * **Do not allow payout restrictions:** Don’t allow payout restrictions based on specific action characteristics.
  * **Do not allow payout adjustments:** Don’t allow payout adjustments to the default payout if an action you drove matches a certain event characteristic.
  * **Do not allow limits:** Don’t allow limits to the number of actions eligible for payout, or limits to the general payout you can receive in a given period.
  * **Do not allow payout groups if payout is under a fixed fee amount or percentage:** Don’t allow custom payout groups that will change the default payout if the payout amount or percentage is less than the amount or percentage specified in this field.
* **Minimum Earnings Per Click (EPC):** Enter a guaranteed minimum payout amount for each click.
* **Launch Fee:** ![](https://347878556-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb2rE79d9UhOKZQLgzSqx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d0b6669ae76a7bef06a8d6940d7ad5c16bb8d018%2F7cb018d4face8d7cceb880eb5086c812e764fbcfe6f2a0377f88bc7576973070.svg?alt=media) **\[Toggle on]** to apply a fee that a brand has to pay when a contract starts.
* **Change Notification Period:** ![](https://347878556-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb2rE79d9UhOKZQLgzSqx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d0b6669ae76a7bef06a8d6940d7ad5c16bb8d018%2F7cb018d4face8d7cceb880eb5086c812e764fbcfe6f2a0377f88bc7576973070.svg?alt=media) **\[Toggle on]** to set the default amount of time in days that you are notified before contract changes go into effect.
* **Referral window:** ![](https://347878556-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb2rE79d9UhOKZQLgzSqx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d0b6669ae76a7bef06a8d6940d7ad5c16bb8d018%2F7cb018d4face8d7cceb880eb5086c812e764fbcfe6f2a0377f88bc7576973070.svg?alt=media) **\[Toggle on]** to set the window of time in which you can still receive credit for an action that drove traffic to a site. For example, if you drove a click to a brand’s web store and the customer doesn't purchase anything, the referral window opens. If the customer returns to the site within the referral window and purchases something (i.e., completes an action or "converts"), you will receive credit for driving that action.
* **Reversal Policy:** ![](https://347878556-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb2rE79d9UhOKZQLgzSqx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d0b6669ae76a7bef06a8d6940d7ad5c16bb8d018%2F7cb018d4face8d7cceb880eb5086c812e764fbcfe6f2a0377f88bc7576973070.svg?alt=media) **\[Toggle on]** to define how [reversed actions](https://help.impact.com/partner/platform-features/action-management/reversed-actions-explained-for-partners) are handled.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Special terms</summary>

1. From the drop-down menu, select any additional terms and conditions brands are required to review and accept.
   * You’ll need to [create the special terms](https://help.impact.com/partner/platform-features/working-with-brands/contracts/create-and-edit-special-terms) to see them in this list.
2. Optionally, select the ![](https://347878556-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fb2rE79d9UhOKZQLgzSqx%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d2954616dc486c3e12c9211e20ff376bda0ab1af%2F7586e04e82e7c7203e5c82320dd417f8ac564cae5035024fdf0eb2ed017e6376.svg?alt=media) **\[Check box]** **Do not allow brands to add their own custom terms** to restrict brands from adding their own custom terms to contracts.

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