1. Introduction and acceptance
Effective date: 20th September 2026. These Terms govern your use of xl.gl. “We” and “us” refer to the operator identified in section 14.
Account users accept these Terms by creating an account, using publisher tools, shortening URLs or using account-based functionality after these Terms are conspicuously presented. If acting for an organization, you must have authority to bind it. Account holders must be at least 18 and legally capable of contracting. Visitors aged 13–17 may visit links and use public reporting or contact functions where lawful. We do not knowingly serve links to Visitors under 13. Merely visiting a link does not signify acceptance of publisher obligations, arbitration or indemnity, or consent to data processing.
The Service is intended for global use, except where applicable law, sanctions or provider restrictions prevent provision, advertising, payments or transactions.
For these Terms:
- Service means xl.gl's link shortening, monetization, account features and related tools. User includes a Publisher, an individual or organization using an account or publisher tools, and a Visitor, a person visiting a link or public page.
- Short Link means a shortened URL created through the Service; Destination means its final target URL. Monetized Page means an intermediate page containing advertising or required monetization steps.
- Qualified Visit means a completed visit satisfying the monetization rules and frequency cap in section 5. Invalid Traffic means artificial, fraudulent or manipulated visits, not every non-payable visit.
- Earnings means publisher revenue and eligible referral commissions credited under sections 5–8. Balance means credited, unpaid Earnings subject only to authorized adjustments; available Balance excludes amounts already requested in pending payouts. Payout Rate means the applicable USD-based rate for Qualified Visits. Referral means a referred-user relationship qualifying under section 8.
- Business Day excludes Saturdays, Sundays and Marshall Islands public holidays. Advertising Partner includes an advertiser, advertising network or intermediary providing or arranging advertisements.
2. Accounts and security
Register using a username, email address and password, and keep your email current. Protect credentials and notify support promptly of suspected unauthorized access. Supported two-factor authentication is available as an additional security feature. We maintain reasonable technical safeguards; no security measure guarantees prevention of every breach.
Multiple accounts, authorized sharing, and account sales or transfers are permitted. Each account holder must meet section 1 and accept these Terms. You are responsible for people you authorize and account activity attributable to your actions or failures to protect access; this does not make you responsible for breaches caused by our failure to meet our own obligations. Section 8 prohibits self-referrals and manufactured referral arrangements.
On handover, the parties must agree which account, links, unpaid Balance and referral interests are included, settle authority to control them, securely transfer access, update contact and payment details, and revoke obsolete credentials. Our records continue to associate the links, Balance and referral relationships with the transferred account. A private allocation between holders does not require us to divide or reassign those items unless we agree to implement it. No prior approval is required for a transfer. Transfers do not erase existing violations, debts, attributable clawbacks or restrictions, or release an outgoing holder's accrued liabilities.
3. Short links and publisher tools
Publishers may create and edit Destinations, choose available custom aliases, view analytics, and use supported tools, including APIs, the bulk shortener, full-page script, bookmarklet and Quick API.
Links may expire as configured. We may also expire or remove a link after more than 180 days without visits. We may disable malicious, unlawful, abusive or unsuitable links, or temporarily restrict reported links while investigating, without advance individual notice. Reports and enforcement are governed by sections 10 and 11.
Aliases are subject to availability. We may reserve, remove, reclaim or reassign them for infringement, misleading use, impersonation, abuse, inactivity or operational reasons. Neither a Short Link nor an alias is guaranteed permanent availability.
Supported automation is allowed within applicable limits; contact support to request higher limits. Do not access accounts, systems or data without authorization, scrape without authorization, evade rate limits, generate abusive request volumes, interfere with infrastructure or conduct denial-of-service attacks. Reverse engineering is prohibited only to the extent legally restrictable. Do not bypass, automatically skip, suppress or iframe Monetized Pages or required steps to obtain the Destination. Unauthorized disruptive testing is prohibited; legitimate security research must follow a separate security program where available.
4. Advertising, privacy, and third parties
Short Links may route Visitors through one or more Monetized Pages containing advertisements supplied by us or programmatic Advertising Partners. Displaying an advertisement or redirecting to a Destination does not endorse third-party claims, products or content. Visit completion and Earnings qualification are governed by section 5.
Account information includes username and email. Visitor processing may include IP address, approximate geography, device and referrer information. Advertising Partners may use cookies and similar technologies. Advertising, analytics and fraud-prevention providers may process relevant information under applicable disclosures and legal requirements. The Privacy Policy explains processing and relevant rights. Using the Service is not blanket consent to all processing.
Standard publisher analytics provide aggregated click, device, geography and revenue information, without exposing Visitor IP addresses or other direct identifiers.
Third parties independently operate Destinations, advertisements, analytics services, payment services, wallets and blockchain networks. Their services may have separate terms and privacy practices.
5. Qualified visits
A visit can generate Earnings only when the Visitor completes the required Monetized Page steps and reaches the point where xl.gl redirects to the Destination. Ad clicks, purchases and other advertiser engagement are not required. Qualification also depends on geography, device, advertising eligibility, traffic validity and the frequency limit: no more than three otherwise qualifying visits from one IP address per rolling 24-hour window are payable across the entire xl.gl network. Additional visits may still reach their Destinations but generate no Earnings.
The 24-hour window starts with the first otherwise qualifying visit counted for that IP address. Later visits do not restart or extend it. After it expires, the next otherwise qualifying visit starts a new window.
Invalid Traffic and self-visits to links in accounts the Visitor owns or controls are non-payable. Visits through anonymizing VPNs or proxies or from datacenters are non-payable, as are visits from territories where applicable law, sanctions, advertising restrictions or commercial advertising availability prevent monetization. Shared IP addresses, privacy tools, unsupported territories and frequency limits do not, by themselves, establish Publisher fraud or other misconduct.
Publishers must not manufacture visits through self-clicks intended to earn, bots, scripts or other automated fake visits, traffic exchanges, autosurf, click farms, paid-to-click services, or direct compensation solely for completing Short Links. Forced redirects, invisible frames, automatic opening and popunders used to manufacture visits are prohibited. Legitimate campaigns through websites, social platforms, email, SMS, messaging or forums are allowed subject to applicable law and platform rules. Asking real people to visit a Short Link is not itself prohibited.
xl.gl may assess qualification using IP intelligence, fraud systems, CAPTCHAs, advertising reports and technical signals, and may request reasonable traffic-source information. Publishers must reasonably cooperate. Publishers may ask support@xl.gl for an explanation of a qualification determination and appeal it with relevant information. Financial adjustments are governed by section 6.
6. Rates, earnings, and balances
Payout Rates are expressed in USD. Where a rate is stated as CPM, it is the amount payable per 1,000 Qualified Visits, with smaller quantities (a minimum of 1 Qualified Visit) calculated proportionately. Rates may differ by country, device or account-specific arrangements, including multipliers, fixed rates or global CPMs that increase or decrease rates for traffic quality or risk. Published and account-specific rates may change prospectively at any time. xl.gl will apply the displayed or communicated rate applicable when the Qualified Visit occurred. No rate guarantees traffic, qualification, a minimum CPM or future Earnings.
Earnings are credited to the Balance in USD. Credited amounts do not expire and are final except for identifiable advertiser clawbacks or chargebacks attributable to the Publisher's traffic, attributable fraud adjustments, or genuine accounting errors. General advertiser nonpayment does not itself authorize reducing credited Earnings. xl.gl may not retroactively reprice valid credited Earnings or recover the same adjustment twice.
An adjustment must be limited to the affected amount and protect unrelated valid Earnings. xl.gl will explain its basis, amount and attribution; Publishers may challenge it through support@xl.gl. A passed-through advertiser adjustment may remain effective during an appeal without xl.gl independently reimbursing it. If that advertiser adjustment is reversed, xl.gl will restore the corresponding Earnings. Other adjustments will likewise be corrected where review establishes an error.
An authorized adjustment may correct the Balance even if the affected Earnings were previously paid. Any resulting repayment claim or offset against later Earnings is limited to the affected amount recoverable under these Terms and applicable law.
7. Withdrawals, payment methods, and taxes
Publishers may request withdrawals from their available Balance using the methods and minimums shown in the current payment interface. Methods and ordinary minimums may change prospectively. Final payments following closure, business termination or rejection of material changes, including exceptions to ordinary minimums, are governed by section 11.
xl.gl ordinarily processes a complete payout request within four Business Days. Processing represents initiating or submitting payment. If information is missing or a provider condition prevents processing, xl.gl will explain what is needed or the impediment.
xl.gl charges no withdrawal fee of its own, but may pass through actual network, blockchain, exchange or processor costs. Applicable costs will be shown or communicated before payment initiation. USD-pegged assets are treated as USD-equivalent for accounting, without a guarantee that their issuer or market will maintain the peg. Necessary currency or asset conversion uses the prevailing conversion rate at payment initiation.
Publishers are responsible for correct payment details, including wallet addresses and networks, and for ensuring they can receive the selected payment. Blockchain transfers can be irreversible. To the extent permitted by law, xl.gl is not responsible for loss caused by an incorrect wallet address, incompatible network or other incorrect blockchain instructions supplied by the Publisher. A failed, returned or reversed payment is restored to the Balance when the corresponding funds actually return to xl.gl.
Publishers are responsible for their applicable taxes. xl.gl's ordinary process does not require identity or tax documentation, except where applicable law or an external payment service requires it. External providers may impose verification or compliance conditions.
8. Referral program
An eligible Referral earns the referrer the account-level percentage displayed in the referrer's dashboard, currently 25% by default, of the referred Publisher's qualifying credited Earnings from Qualified Visits. The calculation excludes the referred Publisher's own referral commissions.
Referral entitlement lasts for the existence of the platform and the applicable referral relationship and program. Legitimate Referrals have no fixed numerical cap or ordinary time-based expiration. The dashboard percentage may change prospectively under section 6; the applicable percentage is the one in effect when the underlying referred Earnings arise.
Self-referrals, circular referrals between commonly controlled accounts, and arrangements principally designed to manufacture commission are excluded.
If underlying referred Earnings are validly adjusted under section 6, only the corresponding commission may be adjusted on that basis. Restoration of those Earnings restores the corresponding commission. Referral adjustments remain subject to section 6.
9. Acceptable use and prohibited destinations
Use the Service lawfully. Do not use it to commit unlawful acts, violate third-party rights, interfere with the Service, or deceive or circumvent fraud-prevention systems. Malware, phishing, credential theft, malicious downloads, illegal material and scams are prohibited. Traffic and payment qualification are governed by section 5.
Cryptocurrency, investment, gambling, sexually explicit content and other regulated categories are permitted where lawful. Child sexual abuse material, child sexual exploitation, grooming and their facilitation are categorically prohibited. Such conduct is subject to immediate enforcement under section 11; we may preserve relevant information and make lawful or required reports.
Unlawful threats or harassment, inciting or facilitating criminal violence, and prohibited terrorist activity are forbidden. Otherwise-lawful objectionable views are not categorically banned. Genuine security, advertising or operational risks may justify proportionate restrictions under section 11.
10. Intellectual property, reports, and takedowns
You retain your rights in submitted URLs, aliases and materials. You grant us only the license needed to receive, store, process, index, display and redirect them and operate the Service, including handling reports. Publishers represent that they have the legal right to submit and distribute their URLs and do not knowingly infringe rights or use them unlawfully.
xl.gl's software, source code, design, interfaces, graphics, logos, databases and documentation are protected by applicable intellectual-property rights whether registered or not. Do not knowingly facilitate infringement. Streaming, downloading and file hosting are not categorically prohibited merely because of their format.
Report suspected malware, phishing, spam, illegal content or copyright abuse through xl.gl/report or individual-link reporting controls. Our copyright procedures are described in the Copyright and DMCA Policy. We investigate relevant reports and may restrict or remove content upon a valid notice, substantiated knowledge or another appropriate basis. We consider applicable counter-notices and appeals; contact support to challenge a decision.
We normally warn the Publisher about a substantiated individual violation so it can be remedied. Duplicate or unsubstantiated complaints do not automatically count as strikes. Repeated substantiated, unremedied violations and serious conduct are handled under section 11.
11. Availability, suspension, and account closure
The Service is free to use. We may change, restrict or discontinue features or the Service, and do not promise uninterrupted access or permanent availability of any feature or Short Link. We may also terminate an account or discontinue the Service for legitimate business or operational reasons without advance notice; this does not cancel valid accrued Earnings.
We may restrict links, publisher tools or accounts while reasonably investigating suspected violations or addressing legal, security or advertising risks. An investigation alone does not suspend ordinary payouts. Payments may be affected only by an independent contractual or legal reason, including an authorized adjustment under section 6 or a legal prohibition on payment.
We may immediately suspend or terminate accounts for serious unlawful activity, deliberate Invalid Traffic or fraud, repeated substantiated violations left unremedied, applicable sanctions preventing provision, or other gross breaches of these Terms. Financial adjustments remain limited by section 6. Proven unlawful Earnings may be withheld or dealt with only as legally permitted; unrelated valid amounts are protected.
You may close your account by contacting support@xl.gl. On voluntary closure, business termination or rejection of material changes under section 13, valid accrued Balance remains payable under section 7 through an available or mutually agreed method. We will coordinate final payment, including below the ordinary payout minimum where commercially practicable and transaction costs will not consume the entire payment. Amounts remain owed if payment is currently impracticable, subject only to authorized adjustments and applicable law.
12. Disclaimers, liability, and indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. These disclaimers do not override our express rate, Balance or payment commitments, our responsibility for reasonable security safeguards, or rights the law does not allow us to exclude.
We do not warrant the accuracy, safety, availability or performance of third-party advertisements, claims, Destinations, content, payment services or networks. This does not exclude liability for our own conduct where applicable law makes us responsible.
To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary or consequential losses, or lost profits, revenue or data, or business interruption. Subject to the exceptions below, our aggregate direct liability arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms is limited to the greater of US$100 or the Publisher's Earnings credited during the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim. For a Visitor or other person without credited Earnings, the limit is US$100.
Valid payment debts for accrued Earnings are outside both the liability cap and loss exclusions. Nothing limits or excludes liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any other liability or remedy that applicable law does not permit us to limit or exclude.
An account holder must indemnify us against third-party claims and reasonable resulting damages, liabilities and defense costs to the extent caused by that holder's unlawful Destinations or activity, infringement, fraud, abuse, breach of these Terms, or misuse of another person's identity or rights. This obligation is subject to mandatory law and does not cover our own wrongdoing.
We must promptly notify the account holder of a covered claim and provide reasonable cooperation. Delay reduces the obligation to the extent it materially prejudices the defense. The account holder may control the defense through reasonably suitable counsel; we may participate at our own expense. Neither party may settle a covered claim in a way that admits the other's liability or imposes obligations on the other without that other's consent, which must not be unreasonably withheld.
13. Changes to these Terms
We may amend these Terms prospectively. For material changes, we will provide notice through the dashboard and/or account email at least 15 days before effectiveness, explaining the changes and the effective date. During that period you may reject the changes by stopping account-based use and requesting closure.
A shorter notice period is permitted only where reasonably necessary to comply with law or address an urgent security threat. We will give as much notice as reasonably practicable and explain the reason. In that case you may reject the changes and request closure within 15 days after notice.
Continued account-based use after notified changes take effect constitutes acceptance as described in section 1. Changes do not alter validly credited Earnings. If you reject material changes and close your account, valid amounts accrued before effectiveness remain payable under the prior payout terms, including the final-payment arrangements in section 11. Prospective Payout Rate and referral-percentage changes allowed by sections 6 and 8 do not themselves amend these Terms; amendments to those sections remain subject to this section.
14. Disputes, governing law, and general provisions
Operator and contact details. xl.gl is operated by Wef Development, Seed Series, Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, MH 96960. Contact: support@xl.gl.
Before starting a dispute proceeding, an account holder and we will attempt good-faith resolution for 30 days after receipt of a sufficiently detailed notice identifying the dispute and requested remedy. Notices to us go to support@xl.gl; we will use your account email. This process does not prevent urgent protective relief, access to a mandatory forum, or action needed to preserve a legal deadline.
Marshall Islands law governs the substance of these Terms and related disputes, without depriving consumers of non-waivable protections under otherwise applicable law. The arbitration agreement in this section is separately governed by English law. The legal seat of arbitration is London, England, with the applicable English arbitration legislation governing the procedure.
Subject to the exceptions below, disputes between us and an account holder who accepted these Terms will be finally resolved by one arbitrator under the Ciarb Arbitration Rules dated 1 December 2015, as modified here. Either party starts arbitration by sending the other a notice under those Rules. If the parties cannot agree on the arbitrator within 30 days after the respondent receives that notice, either may request appointment by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators through its Dispute Appointment Service. The emergency-arbitrator appendix is excluded; competent courts remain available for urgent relief.
The language is English. The arbitrator will use a proportionate procedure, ordinarily documents or remote hearings where suitable, while giving both parties a fair opportunity to present their case. We will advance appointment fees and arbitrator fees and expenses, including for requests initiated by account holders. Each party initially bears its own representation costs; the arbitrator may allocate reasonable costs under the Rules and applicable law, but may not require a consumer to reimburse our advanced fees.
Consumers may bring disputes in any court available under mandatory law and are not required by these Terms to arbitrate. Either party may also bring an individual claim within the jurisdiction of an available small-claims court. For other enforceably arbitrable disputes, proceedings must be individual, without class, representative or consolidated claims, only where that restriction is lawful. Mandatory collective remedies remain available.
If appointment procedures fail, either party may seek appointment from the competent English court. Where arbitration is invalid, inapplicable or legally unavailable, disputes may be brought before a court of competent jurisdiction, preserving mandatory consumer forums.
These Terms control conflicting supplementary policies. An expressly agreed account arrangement may override identified commercial terms; the Privacy Policy governs privacy disclosures without waiving rights. These Terms and expressly agreed arrangements form the agreement on their subject matter.
Invalid provisions are severable so far as lawful; failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. We may assign these Terms with the associated obligations, without reducing accrued rights. Account transfers remain governed by section 2. Neither party becomes the other's agent or partner; no third party receives contractual enforcement rights.
Electronic notices use the dashboard or account email, subject to required legal service rules. Payment, accrued liabilities and provisions needed to resolve disputes survive closure. Events beyond reasonable control may excuse affected performance to the extent legally permitted, but do not extinguish valid accrued payment debts.