Parent: Finance Brain
Destination: mwmsbrain.site
Page Type: Operational Control Page
Source of Truth: MCR
Purpose
Test Budget And Capital Control Specification defines how MWMS approves, limits, and controls money used for affiliate testing.
This page prevents uncontrolled spend and protects capital during early testing.
When To Use This Page
Use this page before any paid test begins.
Use it when:
- Affiliate Brain has approved an opportunity
- Experimentation Brain has defined the test
- Ads Brain is preparing campaign setup
- budget is required
- financial risk needs approval
Budget Request
Record:
- offer name
- traffic source
- test objective
- requested test budget
- expected review point
- maximum acceptable loss
- expected conversion action
Budget Check
Confirm:
- test budget is small and controlled
- payout supports the test economics
- tracking is ready
- stop rules are clear
- campaign review point is defined
- spend limit is realistic
Approval Options
Choose one:
- Approved For Test Budget
- Approved With Lower Budget
- Needs More Information
- Hold Budget
- Reject Budget
Spend Control Rules
- no open-ended spending
- no scaling during test phase
- no budget increase without review
- stop if tracking breaks
- stop if spend limit is reached
- stop if risk becomes unacceptable
Finance Decision Notes
Record:
- approved amount
- reason for approval or rejection
- main financial risk
- stop point
- review date
Next Step
If approved:
→ Ads Brain Campaign Runbook
If rejected or held:
→ Affiliate Brain Velocity Decision Engine
Rule
No paid test begins without defined budget control.
Finance Brain protects capital before growth.