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Campaign Types

Acquisition vs. Retention Models

📖 Campaign Types: Acquisition vs. Retention Models

CULTD provides the infrastructure for two distinct growth strategies. Depending on the partner brand’s goals, creators may participate in Fixed-Action Bounties or Long-Term Asset Referrals.

Strategic Asset Referrals

Best For: Sustainable ecosystem growth and long-term protocol health.

How it Works: Creators earn Performance Commissions based on the Average Daily Balance (ADB) and Time-Weighted TVL of the assets their audience brings to a platform. This is often referred to as "Sticky TVL."

The Technology: Powered by Oracle Snapshots. CULTD’s engine verifies that the attributed capital remains within the ecosystem over time, rather than exiting immediately after a deposit.

Objective: Moves away from "mercenary capital" by aligning the creator’s incentives with the long-term retention and fee-generation of the platform.

2. Performance Bounties

Best For: Rapid user acquisition and viral growth for mobile applications.

How it Works: Creators are attributed a fixed Success Fee for specific, verified user milestones. Common milestones include verified app installs or the completion of a first-tier subscription.

The Technology: Uses CULTD’s Probabilistic or Deterministic Matching, which bridges the gap between a web click and an app store installation with high precision, even without a native SDK.

Objective: Designed for high-velocity campaigns where the goal is expanding the user base quickly.

The 48-Hour Settlement Floor (Security Layer)

All attributed actions—whether a bounty or a referral—are subject to a 48-hour verification period. During this time, the status will appear as "Pending" in your dashboard.

Why this exists:

  • Data Integrity: To filter out automated bot traffic and ensure "Proof of Personhood."
  • Anti-Gaming: To prevent "flash-loan" manipulation in DeFi environments where capital is cycled rapidly just to trigger rewards.
  • Audit Trail: Provides a legally defensible record for the brand’s compliance and treasury teams.

Once the 48-hour floor is passed and the user action is verified as "Settled," the performance fee moves to "Claimable" status.