2026-05-17
CLARIFY
Site-wide · 24 files · 73 instances
Disclosure wording rewrite. We replaced phrases like "we may earn a commission" with "we earn an affiliate commission" and removed the user-facing rel="sponsored" technical jargon from inline copy (the HTML attribute is still present, so Google's crawl signal is unaffected).
Rationale, in line with industry best practice: "commission" can carry a middleman / kickback connotation in some contexts; "affiliate commission" is the standard industry term and more accurately describes the business relationship without putting readers on the defensive.
Compliance posture is unchanged — FTC and Google's disclosure rules require "clear, conspicuous, and understandable" and don't mandate any specific word; OKX's Affiliate ToS also doesn't require the word "commission."
Contains OKX referral links (marked rel="sponsored") · we may earn a commission · at no extra cost to you
This page contains OKX affiliate links · when you sign up through this site we earn an affiliate commission · at no extra cost to you
This is a wording-level compliance improvement, not a mechanism change. The rel="sponsored noopener noreferrer" attributes remain in place for Google's algorithmic identification. The disclaimer.html section 8 still notes "also known as referral commission" as a synonym.
2026-05-17
FACT
5 pages (index / referral / fee-calculator / glossary / corrections)
Factual error about how OKX rebates settle. Our original copy said the rebate "settles automatically each month", but OKX's Affiliate system actually pays in real time — each hour, OKX aggregates the prior hour's qualifying trades and credits the rebate to the affiliate's "Affiliate Center." It is not a monthly settlement.
The error described OKX's real advantage (real-time crediting) as if it were industry-average (monthly), which actually understates OKX. All 9 affected mentions across the site have been corrected.
Rebates settle automatically each month to your OKX "Affiliate Center"
Rebates settle in real time — OKX aggregates each hour and credits to your OKX "Affiliate Center"
Thanks to the reader who flagged this. This is exactly why we keep a public Corrections Log — even when the error happens to favor us (OKX's real mechanism is actually better than we described), the error is still an error and gets corrected publicly.
On the referral code page, the "Your potential benefit" cell originally read "varies (depends on current OKX promotions)". A reader noted the wording was vague and asked us to spell out the 20% fee rebate mechanism directly.
Your potential benefit: varies (depends on current OKX promotions)
What you get: 20% fee rebate* (worked example: $500 in monthly trading fees → OKX credits roughly $100 back to you, settled in real time each hour in the "Affiliate Center")
Thanks to the reader who flagged this (named with permission, kept anonymous on request).
The original referral page title "OKX Referral Code 2026 — How to use it + how to enter it + caveats" was easy to misread as "referral code = 2026." We rewrote the title to put the year and the actual referral string up front.
OKX Referral Code 2026 — How to use it + how to enter it + caveats | CryptoDesk
2026 OKX Referral Code OK18866 — Sign up for a 20% Fee Rebate | CryptoDesk
Thanks to the reader who flagged this (named with permission, kept anonymous on request).
The OKX referral-link click-time injection script originally appended ?invitecode= to every OKX URL, but several OKX tool / product pages (/recurring-buy, /trading-bot/grid, /proof-of-reserves) return 404 with that parameter attached. We restricted the injection to signup entry paths (/join, /account/register).
All okx.com links → append invitecode parameter
Only /join and /account/register paths get the parameter; other tool pages remain unchanged
Caught during in-house QA — no external reader report.