# Benefits **A Leader earnings:** * Earn 40% of the trading fee whenever * A Member trades * A Member’s Referee **A Member earnings:** * Members will receive exclusive perks from their Leader (their Referees). * Members can still enjoy any platform-wide promos/benefits like any other user. **Important coexistence rule (Referral ↔ Affiliate)** If a referrer invites another user to trade on Whales Market through their referral link, and the referrer later joins an Affiliate Team: * The original referrer continues to receive their referral share from that user’s own trades (per Referral Program rules). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.whales.market/affiliate-program/benefits.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.