How our fee works

What the fee is

The platform fee is 20% of the commission, billed to you on top of it. It is never deducted from the athlete. You set the commission; the athlete receives that amount in full.

This is the whole model in one line: athlete keeps the full commission, 20% platform fee on top is yours, and the fee is charged only when an athlete drives a real attributed sale.

The math on one sale

Here is how a single $50-per-sale program reads:

$50athlete keeps in full $10platform fee on top $60your total cost

The number you set is always the athlete's commission. The fee is added on top; you never net it out of the athlete's amount. For how you choose that number, see setting your commission.

Why we bill it this way

Two reasons, both about keeping the model honest:

• The athlete sees one true number. The commission you publish is exactly what they earn. Nothing is shaved off after the fact, so the rate they apply to is the rate they keep. That is the net commission the athlete receives.
• You see your real cost up front. Your cost per sale is the commission plus 20%, every time. No hidden deduction, no separate billing surprise.

There is no subscription, no setup fee, and no commission bond. The fee is performance-based: you pay it only on sales an athlete drove that were attributed to their tracking link.

What appears on your monthly invoice

We invoice you once a month through Stripe Billing, on the 1st of the following month, net-30. Each invoice has two parts:

• Commission pool: the full commission your athletes earned on attributed sales that month.
• Platform fee: 20% of that commission pool, on top.

So a month with one $50 attributed sale invoices at $60: $50 commission plus the $10 fee. If sales were refunded inside the program's refund window, the reversed commission is netted out before the invoice is cut, and the fee is reduced in proportion. Refunds are pro-rated, so a partial refund reverses a proportional part of both the commission and the fee.

For the full billing cadence and the in-flight cap, see invoicing and billing.

Ledger parity: what you pay equals what gets paid out

Your invoice and the athlete payout are the same money, tracked on one ledger. The fee never changes the athlete's number.

• You are billed the commission pool plus the 20% fee.
• Athletes are paid the commission pool, in full, once your invoice clears.
• We keep the 20% fee.

The commission on every sale moves through the same three states, in order:

1. Eligible: the sale is attributed and out of the refund window, so it sits on your monthly invoice.
2. Funded: your invoice has cleared. The commission flips to funded the moment Stripe confirms payment.
3. Paid: funded commission is paid out to the athlete on the next daily payout sweep. Balances under $25 roll forward, except on December 15, when every funded balance pays out regardless of the floor.

Athletes are paid only after your invoice clears. We do not front commission, so nothing reaches an athlete before the money that funds it has settled.

FAQ

Is the fee taken from the athlete?

No. The 20% platform fee is billed to you on top of the commission. It is never deducted from the athlete. The number you set as the commission is what the athlete receives, in full.

What do I pay per sale?

The commission you set, plus 20% of that commission on top. On a $50 commission you pay $60: the athlete keeps the full $50, and the $10 fee is yours. The fee is charged only when an athlete drives a real attributed sale.

How is it billed?

On your monthly invoice through Stripe Billing, on the 1st of the following month, net-30. The invoice is the commission your athletes earned that month plus the 20% platform fee on top. No subscription, no setup fee, no commission bond.