Clickade Creator Monetization Manual
Monetization on Clickade is dead-simple.
Make your game, upload it to Clickade, choose how players access it, set a price where applicable, and publish it. Players can use Clickade Tokens for 60-minute sessions or a one-time purchase that creates permanent ownership.
1. Choosing an Access Model
You choose how players access your game.
A game may be:
- Free
- Tokens per 60-minute session
- One-time Token purchase
For session pricing, you choose the Token price charged for each 60-minute paid session.
If you would like your game to use session pricing, Clickade recommends setting the price to at least 10 Tokens per session.
For many session-based games, a good balance between creator earnings and user expectations will be around 15 to 30 Tokens per session.
For one-time purchases, you choose the Token price charged once for permanent account-level ownership.
Because one-time ownership does not expire, creators should price it differently from temporary session access when appropriate.
It usually helps to:
- upload screenshots or videos of gameplay;
- make the game page look complete and trustworthy;
- clearly explain what the player is getting;
- make the access model obvious;
- avoid setting a price much higher than users would reasonably expect for the amount of content, replay value, and access being offered.
You can adjust your game's price or access model later, but completed one-time purchases remain permanent for existing owners.
2. Token Value
Each Clickade Token is worth:
1 Token = $0.10 USD
Clickade keeps 20% of creator income to support the platform's development, hosting, moderation, security, and continued operation.
Creators receive the remaining 80%.
This means that for every Token users spend on an eligible game:
The creator earns $0.08.
Examples:
| Player spends | Total value | Creator earns | Clickade keeps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Token | $0.10 | $0.08 | $0.02 |
| 10 Tokens | $1.00 | $0.80 | $0.20 |
| 15 Tokens | $1.50 | $1.20 | $0.30 |
| 20 Tokens | $2.00 | $1.60 | $0.40 |
| 30 Tokens | $3.00 | $2.40 | $0.60 |
3. What a Player Is Buying
Clickade supports two paid access models.
60-Minute Sessions
A session-based game's price is charged for 60 minutes of access.
Players should see the price and session length before starting the session.
Clickade should not charge the player again simply because they die, restart, or retry during the same active paid session.
Once that session ends, starting another paid session may require another Token payment.
One-Time Purchases
A one-time purchase charges the player exactly once and creates permanent account-level ownership of the game.
After purchase:
- ownership does not expire;
- the player does not need to buy the game again;
- later creator price changes do not affect that player's ownership;
- switching the game to session pricing later does not remove existing ownership;
- ownership remains separate from temporary access-session records.
The purchase is recorded through Clickade's immutable Token ledger.
Creator revenue from one-time purchases uses the same standard 80/20 split as eligible session revenue.
If the game is unverified, the creator share is still tracked but remains held until verification requirements are satisfied.
4. Verification and Held Earnings
Clickade may allow a monetized game to be published before it is verified.
However, Clickade will hold the creator's earnings until staff verifies the game.
Players may still spend Tokens on the game while verification is pending, and the creator's share is tracked, but those earnings are not available for payout yet.
Verification may take up to 48 hours, but usually takes less than a day.
Once the game is approved, eligible held creator earnings may become available under Clickade's payout rules.
For more information, see the Game Verification Manual.
5. Verification Applies to the Game
A creator account being trusted or previously verified does not automatically prove ownership of every future upload.
Clickade may verify games individually.
This prevents a trusted account from becoming a shortcut for monetizing unauthorized reuploads.
6. Free Games
Creators are never required to charge Tokens.
A game may be completely free.
Free games may still be verified and may still receive a Verified badge if they meet Clickade's verification requirements.
A creator may choose to monetize an eligible game later.
7. Pricing Responsibly
Clickade does not need every game to cost the same amount or use the same access model.
A short experiment, a highly replayable session game, and a polished game sold as a one-time purchase may reasonably use different pricing.
Creators should consider:
- length;
- replay value;
- quality;
- uniqueness;
- whether access is temporary or permanent;
- how often session-based players are expected to start a new session;
- what similar Clickade games cost.
A one-time purchase should be priced with permanent ownership in mind.
A higher price does not automatically produce more revenue. If users do not believe the access offered is worth the cost, they may simply choose another game.
8. Revenue Tracking
Creator revenue should remain auditable.
Clickade records the game and Token spending that produced creator income rather than treating creator balances as unexplained totals.
This allows Clickade to correctly handle:
- held earnings;
- refunds;
- disputes;
- fraud;
- verification changes;
- payout calculations.
9. Suspended Monetization
Clickade may hold, freeze, or disable monetization when a game or account is under review.
Reasons may include:
- ownership disputes;
- suspected reuploads;
- fraudulent Token activity;
- malicious behavior;
- misleading monetization;
- other violations of Clickade policy.
Historical transaction records remain available for auditing even when monetization is suspended.
10. The Short Version
Make a game → Upload it → Choose Free, 60-minute sessions, or one-time purchase → Set a price where applicable → Publish → Players spend Tokens → You receive an 80% creator share → Get verified → Receive eligible earnings.
One-time purchases create permanent account-level ownership. Session purchases provide 60 minutes of access.
No ad-network maze and no mysterious revenue-per-thousand-impressions calculation.
You make something people want to play. When they choose to spend Tokens on it, you earn.