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Discovery Credits

Understand how discovery and email credits work in the Affiliate Finder

Silvestro
Written by Silvestro
Updated more than a week ago

The Affiliate Finder uses two types of credits: discovery credits for searching and email credits for looking up contact information.

Discovery Credits

Discovery credits are used when you run a search. Each keyword or competitor you select costs 1 discovery credit.

PlanDiscovery Credits / Month
Free5
Launch15
Growth35
Elite50

Email Credits

Email credits are used when you look up an email address for a website. A lookup that returns at least one email costs 1 email credit. If we don't find an email, or the lookup fails, the credit is refunded — you only pay for a result.

PlanEmail Credits / Month
Free
Launch
Growth50
Elite250

Yearly plans

On a yearly plan, you receive all 12 months of credits upfront. For example, Elite yearly gives you 600 discovery credits and 3,000 email credits from day one — so you can run larger campaigns right away without worrying about monthly limits.

Good to know

  • Credits reset monthly on monthly plans — your allocation refreshes at the start of each billing cycle
  • Cached results are free — If you look up the same website again within 30 days, it won't cost a credit, even if the previous lookup found no email
  • Misses don't consume a credit — Completed lookups with no emails, and failed lookups, are refunded automatically
  • Use credits wisely — Shortlist first, then use email lookup only on your top candidates

Checking your balance

Your remaining discovery and email credits sit in the header on Discovery. Click that chip to open Credit usage.

See credit usage

Credit usage lists charges and refunds for the current billing period.

  1. Open Discovery.
  2. Click the credits in the header.
  3. Filter with All, Discovery, or Email.

Each row shows Date, What for, Type, Status (Used or Refunded), and Amount. Failed searches that never started are refunded automatically and show as Refunded. This page is history only. It does not sell extra credits.

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