# Levels

What each level keeps, and what moves you up.

## Quick answers

- **Why am I a Rookie, and how do I level up?** Everyone starts as Rookie, keeping 60% of every ad a shop buys. Your level grows with what you've earned in a year once it's yours for good (past the shop's refund window), and each level keeps a bigger share. Next: Your level, https://cracked.app/home/access

Keep up to 80% of every ad you sell. Start at 60% with a person reviewing every ad. Every level pays more.

Your level counts the money you've earned and that has cleared, over the last 365 days. Test money never counts. Earn more and you move up at once; a level drops at most one step a year.

| Level | From | You keep | Bringing | Shops | Credits / mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rookie | $0 | 60% | 10% | 15 · 15 | 0 |
| Pro | $50 | 65% | 10% | 15 · 15 | 40 |
| Closer | $500 | 70% | 10% | 15 · 15 | 100 |
| Legend | $2,500 | 75% | 10% | 15 · 15 | 200 |
| Cracked | $10,000 | 80% | 10% | 15 · 15 | 400 |

“You keep” is your making share: what you keep of what a shop pays for your ad ([how you earn](https://cracked.app/help/earning.md)). The bringing share is what you get when the shop is one you brought. “Shops” is how many you can hold at once: the first number before proof, the second after it. Proof is a Strong mark or a shop's reply: see [Your first ad](https://cracked.app/help/first-ad.md).

Each payment is locked at the level you held when the shop paid, so moving up never changes what you were already paid.

In the app: Your level, https://cracked.app/home/access

Related:
- [How you earn: a shop buys your ad](https://cracked.app/help/earning.md): What you get when a shop buys your ad (a “keep”).
- [Finding, claiming and messaging shops](https://cracked.app/help/shops.md): How you find a shop, hold it, and send its owner your ad.
- [Credits](https://cracked.app/help/credits.md): What credits are, what costs them, and where they come from.
- [Clipping: paid for views](https://cracked.app/help/clipping.md): Getting paid for views: posting Cracked's own ads, or a shop's campaign.
- [Affiliate links](https://cracked.app/help/affiliate.md): Sharing a shop's link and code. Practice only for now.

All help: https://cracked.app/help.md