Call Default Limits (per minute) Standard API Limits (Per minute)
PlaceOrdersNoReceipt 100 800
PlaceOrdersWithReceipt 20 800
ChangeOrderNoReceipt 100 800
GetEventSubTreeNoSelections 25 50
GetEventSubTreeWithSelections 25 50
ListBootstrapOrders 50 50
GetPrices 130 2000
ListOrdersChangedSince 130 600
Combined 300 3000
Any 100 1000

Scalable commission structure: whereby the greater the proportions of offers you make that are taken by others, the lower your rate will be. Commission will continue to be charged on your market winnings from any single market.

The standard commission rate is 5 per cent, but you will be able to bring that down to as low as 2 per cent depending on your activity Take/Make % over a rolling 7 weeks period.

API Commission Scheme Information

How it works:

  1. Each week your Take/Make % over the previous seven weeks will be calculated and your commission rate will be updated on the scale shown below.
  2. Matched stake is calculated from Monday 00:00 to Sunday 23:59, and your implied commission rate updated on Wednesdays at 04:00
  3. Users with no activity over a 7 week period will be deemed to be 100% Take for their next active week.

Past 7 Weeks Take% = TakeMatchedStake /Matched Stake x 100/1

Scalable Commission Table

Take% Comm Rate
94-100 5%
87-93 4.50%
80-86 4%
71-79 3.50%
61-70 3%
51-60 2.50%
50-0 2%

Additional Information

  1. New customers will able to apply for a fixed commission rate of 3% for a testing period of 7 weeks.
  2. Promotional commission offers are not available to API customers.
  3. TakeMatchedStake and TotalMatchedStake figures are returned by the API and details of the calls and information returned are in the Terminology section.
  4. Further Information on API Specification and Calls is available here!

All customers who wish to use BETDAQ via an API must accept the new commission structure and the amended terms and conditions.

Terminology & API Calls

Make & Take

  1. Make Bet, should the customer place a back bet of €1,000 on Slovenia @ 2.60 the customers bet would go up as an Offer. Should this offer later be matched by another user this bet will be a make bet.
  2. Take Bet, should the customer place a back bet of €1,000 on Slovenia @ 2.58 the customers bet would be matched immediately. This would qualify as a take bet.
  3. Partially Matched Bets, Should the user place a back bet of €2,000 on Slovenia @ 2.58. €1,000 of the customers bet would be “Take” and if the remaining sum of €1,000 is latter matched this part would be “Make”. Thus in this case the customer bet is 50% Take and 50% Make.

MatchedStake is the Backerstake of a bet when you are a backer or the Backerstake of the backer when you are the layer of a matched bet.

TotalMatchedStake = TakeMatchedstake & MakeMatchedstake or TotalForSideTakeStake & TotalForSideMakeStake.

TakeMatchedstake = totalForSideTakeStake Is the equivalent API returned figure for the Take volume of each matched bet and is returned from both the ListBootstapOrders and ListOrdersChangedSince API calls.

MakeMatchedstake = totalForSideMakeStake Is the equivalent API returned figure for the Make volume of each matched bet and is returned from both the ListBootstapOrders and ListOrdersChangedSince API calls.

We recognise that the move to a scalable market winnings commission structure will impact on those users who predominantly ‘Take’ offers to trade, but this impact can be reduced by adjusting the trading methodology to increase the proportion of ‘Make’ offers. We are determined to restructure the way we charge to motivate users to align their activities with the best interests of our business.