On Pay After You Pass, the amount you pay at checkout comes back to you with your first reward. It is not returned when you pass, and it is not returned if you do not pass: it is paid together with the first reward on the funded account, once that first payout request meets every condition on the rules page.
Key takeaways
- The checkout share is €12.74 on the 10K size, €20.80 on the 25K, €78 on the 50K, €147 on the 100K and €274 on the 200K.
- It is refunded with the first reward, so it depends on a first payout request being approved.
- If you do not pass, nothing more is owed, and the checkout amount is what the evaluation cost you.
- Once it has come back, what you have paid in for the account is the rest of the fee you paid after passing.
Where the refund sits in the sequence
Pay After You Pass has four money moments, in this order.
- At checkout you pay a share of the 1-Step fee: 13% on the 10K size, 10% on the 25K, 20% from the 50K up.
- You trade the one-step evaluation. If you do not pass, the process ends here and nothing more is owed.
- If you pass, the rest of the fee is due, with no deadline. The funded account opens on the day it is paid, and its 14-day payout clock starts that day.
- On the funded account, your first approved payout request pays your reward, and the checkout amount is refunded with it.
The wording on the trading rules page is "The amount paid at checkout is refunded with your first reward." The home page says the same thing a different way: on Pay After You Pass, your first reward also returns what you paid at checkout. Neither page describes any other moment when the checkout amount is returned.
The numbers on every size
This table shows the full fee, the checkout share, the rest due after passing, and what you have paid in once the checkout amount has come back with the first reward. The last column is plain arithmetic: full fee minus the refunded checkout share.
| €10,000 | €12.74 | Full fee €98. Rest after passing €85.26. Paid in after the refund: €85.26. |
|---|---|---|
| €25,000 | €20.80 | Full fee €208. Rest after passing €187.20. Paid in after the refund: €187.20. |
| €50,000 | €78 | Full fee €390. Rest after passing €312. Paid in after the refund: €312. |
| €100,000 | €147 | Full fee €735. Rest after passing €588. Paid in after the refund: €588. |
| €200,000 | €274 | Full fee €1,370. Rest after passing €1,096. Paid in after the refund: €1,096. |
Read the last column with care. It only applies once a first reward is actually paid. Until then, you have paid the full fee for the size, in two parts.
A worked example on €50,000
You buy the €50,000 Pay After You Pass account and pay €78 at checkout. The evaluation is one step with a 5% target, so €2,500, under a 5% daily loss limit and a 12% overall limit.
You pass. The rest of the fee, €312, is now due. There is no deadline for it; the funded account opens on the day you pay it, and that is also the day its 14-day payout clock starts. From this point the funded limits apply: 3% daily, which is €1,500 on this size, and 6% overall, trailed from peak equity, which is €3,000.
For the first payout, the account needs at least 10% profit measured from activation. On €50,000 that is €5,000. Say you reach exactly €5,000 of simulated profit and every other condition is met. Your reward is 80% of that profit, so €4,000, and the €78 you paid at checkout is refunded with it.
That example uses round figures to show the mechanics. It is not a forecast. Results on a Simulated Demo Trading Account vary, and most traders do not achieve profits.
What a first payout request must meet
Because the refund travels with the first reward, it waits for the same conditions. The rules page lists them. For a first request on a Pay After You Pass account, all of these must be true:
- At least 14 days since the funded account opened, which on this program is the day you paid the rest of the fee.
- At least 10% profit on the account size, measured from activation.
- At least 5 trading days and 5 closed trades.
- No single day accounts for more than 50% of total profit. This one never fails the account; it only holds the request until profit is spread across more days.
- All positions closed when you make the request, and no open or pending rule violations.
- Identity verification (KYC) completed.
- The rest of the fee paid, which on this program you have already done to open the funded account.
Every request is reviewed against the trade history, and profit generated through prohibited strategies is deducted from the payable amount. Each of these conditions has its own article: payout conditions, KYC before the first payout and the 14-then-18-day cycle.
Once a request is approved, Eiger releases it immediately. There is no batch pay day. How long the money takes to arrive depends on your bank or the crypto network, and the site does not publish an arrival time.
What the refund does not cover
If you do not pass, there is no refund of the checkout amount. The home page says that on Pay After You Pass the most you can lose is what you paid at checkout, because the rest is only due once you pass. So a failed evaluation on the €50,000 size costs €78 and nothing else.
If you pass but the funded account breaches before a first payout is approved, there is no first reward, and the site ties the refund to the first reward. It does not describe a refund at any other point, so do not plan on one. If a situation is not covered on the site, ask support by ticket in the client portal before you act on an assumption.
The refund is also only for the checkout share. The rest of the fee, paid after passing, is not part of it. For the full picture of how the program works from checkout onwards, see Pay After You Pass explained.
Frequently asked questions
When exactly is the checkout amount refunded?
With your first reward on the funded account. The rules page says the amount paid at checkout is refunded with your first reward, and does not describe any other timing.
Do I get the checkout amount back if I fail the evaluation?
No. If you do not pass, nothing more is owed, and the checkout amount is the most you can lose on Pay After You Pass.
Is the rest of the fee refunded too?
No. Only the amount paid at checkout comes back with the first reward. The rest of the fee, paid after passing, is what opens the funded account.
Does the refund change how much profit I need for a first payout?
No. The first payout needs at least 10% profit on the account size, measured from activation, plus every other condition on the trading rules page.
Does this apply to the 1-Step or 2-Step Challenge?
No. Those programs have a one-time fee paid in full at checkout. The checkout refund is part of Pay After You Pass only.
Read the rules, then pick a program
Every rule that can fail an account is published in full before you pay. Three programs, five sizes, an 80% reward and no time limit on any step.