Understanding your earnings
Your earnings are rolled up per brand: which brand, how much, and when paid. You keep the full commission the brand sets; the 20% platform fee is billed to the brand.
You earn the commission the brand sets, in full. The 20% platform fee is billed to the brand, so it is never taken out of your payout. Your earnings are organized by brand, not by post, so you see which brand, how much, and when paid at a glance.
The short version
- Rolled up per brand. Each brand you back has its own earnings total: which brand, how much, and when it gets paid.
- You keep the full commission. Your earnings equal the commission the brand sets. The 20% platform fee is billed to the brand, on top, never deducted from you.
- Each commission has a status. A sale moves from pending to eligible to funded to paid, so you always know where your money is.
- The wallet shows it all in one place. Your balance, what is on the way, and what has already been paid.
Earnings are grouped by brand, not by post
Your dashboard rolls earnings up by brand. For each brand you back, you see three things:
- Which brand. The brand whose program you joined and whose tracking link you share.
- How much. Everything you have earned from that brand's program, in dollars.
- When paid. Where each commission is in the path from sale to payout.
We group by brand on purpose. A brand is what you choose to back, and a brand is what pays. Each brand sets its own commission and gets its own monthly invoice, and your payout follows that invoice. So the brand is the unit that matters for your money.
Why not per-post earnings
We do not break your earnings down per post or per video. Your payout does not depend on any single post; it depends on real attributed sales for a brand and on that brand's invoice clearing. Per-brand clarity tells you what you will actually be paid and when, which is the thing you care about.
You keep the full commission, the fee is on top
You set nothing about the fee, and the fee never touches your payout. The brand sets the commission per program, as a flat dollar amount or a flat percentage. You receive that commission in full. The 20% platform fee is billed to the brand, on top.
Here is the math with a $50 commission:
| Amount | |
|---|---|
| Commission the brand sets | $50 |
| Your earnings (paid to you in full) | $50 |
| 20% platform fee (billed to the brand) | $10 |
| Brand's total cost | $60 |
The number you see on your dashboard is the commission. It is not the commission minus a cut. Net commission means exactly that here: the full amount the brand set, with nothing deducted from your side.
The ledger: where each commission sits
Every commission you earn is a single line in your ledger, and each line has a status that tells you exactly where your money is. The status changes on its own as the sale settles and the brand pays.
| Status | What it means | What happens next |
|---|---|---|
| Pending | The sale is counted, but still inside the refund window. | Once the refund window passes, it becomes eligible. |
| Eligible | The refund window has passed, so the amount is locked in. | Waits for the brand's monthly invoice. |
| Funded | The brand's invoice cleared, so the money is ready to pay. | Goes out on the next daily payout if your balance is $25 or more. |
| Paid | The payout went to your bank through Stripe Connect. | Done. It shows in your paid history. |
| Reversed | A refund happened during the refund window. | That portion is removed, pro-rated to the amount refunded. |
A commission starts as pending the moment your tracking link drives an attributed sale. This first recording of the commission is the accrual. From there it moves forward on its own; you never have to claim or trigger anything.
A reversal only affects the refunded portion
If a customer gets a partial refund during the refund window, only that share of your commission is reversed, pro-rated to the amount refunded. The rest stands. The refund window is set per program and is separate from the attribution window that decides whether a sale counts in the first place.
The wallet: your earnings in one place
The wallet view pulls your whole money picture into one screen: what is cleared, what is on the way, and what has already been paid.
- Available balance. Cleared earnings that are funded and waiting on the next daily payout.
- On the way. Earnings that are pending or eligible but not yet funded by a cleared invoice.
- Paid out. Your history of completed payouts, with dates and amounts.
Your balance becomes payable once your brand's invoice clears. From then on, any balance of $25 or more goes out on the next daily payout through Stripe Connect. Balances under $25 roll forward until they cross it, and on December 15 we pay out any remaining balance regardless of the minimum.
For the full timeline from sale to bank, see the getting paid timeline. For how your year-end form works, see taxes and your 1099-NEC.
FAQ
Does the platform fee come out of my commission?
No. You earn the commission the brand sets, in full. The 20% platform fee is billed to the brand, on top, so it is never taken out of your payout. If a brand sets $50 per sale, you receive the full $50. The brand pays $60 in total: your $50 plus the $10 fee. Your earnings number is the commission, not the commission minus anything.
Why are earnings grouped by brand?
Because a brand is what you decide to back, and a brand is what pays. Each brand sets its own commission and gets its own monthly invoice, and your payout follows that invoice. Grouping by brand shows you the three things that actually matter: which brand, how much you earned, and when it gets paid. We do not break earnings down per post, because your payout does not depend on any single post.
What do the statuses mean?
Each commission moves through a few states. Pending means the sale is counted but still inside the refund window. Eligible means the refund window has passed and the amount is locked in, waiting on the brand's invoice. Funded means the brand's invoice cleared, so the money is ready to pay. Paid means it went out to your bank through Stripe Connect. Reversed means a refund happened during the refund window and that portion was removed, pro-rated to the amount refunded.