Invoicing and billing

How billing works

You get one invoice a month. We bill you 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 of that commission. No subscription, no setup fee, no commission bond.

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

For the full math and why we price this way, see how our fee works.

What is on the invoice

Each monthly invoice has two parts:

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

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

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

If sales were refunded inside the program's refund window, the reversed commission is netted out before the invoice is cut. Refunds are pro-rated, so a partial refund reverses a proportional part of the commission. See refund handling for the timing cases.

Why athletes are paid only after you pay

Your invoice clears first; then athletes are paid. We do not front commission. This keeps the money loop honest in both directions: you are billed for real attributed sales, and athletes are paid from commission you have settled.

Each commission moves through three states:

1. Eligible: the sale is attributed and out of the refund window, so it is ready to bill. It sits on your monthly invoice.
2. Funded: your invoice has cleared. The moment Stripe confirms payment (the invoice.payment_succeeded event), the eligible commission flips to funded.
3. Paid: funded commission is paid out to the athlete on the next daily payout sweep, with a $25 minimum.

So the trigger that releases athlete payouts is your invoice clearing. Nothing reaches an athlete before that.

The in-flight commission cap

Between invoices, unpaid commission builds up as athletes drive sales. The in-flight cap is a per-brand limit on how much unpaid commission can accrue before it is billed and clears. It bounds the platform's exposure to unsettled money on your account.

• It is a safety limit, not a sales cap. It does not limit how much your program can earn over time, only how much can sit unpaid at once.
• It clears as you do. When your monthly invoice clears, the commission on it funds and the in-flight balance comes back down.
• You will hear from us before it bites. If your account approaches the cap, we surface it rather than silently blocking sales.

Months with only refunds

If the only commission activity in a month is reversals (refunds, no new attributed sales that net positive), we skip the invoice for that month. We do not cut a $0 or negative invoice. The reversed amounts carry into your ledger and net against the next month that has positive commission.

This is the reversal-only-month skip. It means a quiet or refund-heavy month does not generate a confusing zero-dollar bill.

FAQ

When am I billed?

Once a month. We issue your invoice through Stripe Billing on the 1st of the following month, net-30. It covers the commission your athletes earned that month plus the 20% platform fee. There is no subscription, setup fee, or commission bond.

What is on my invoice?

Two things: the commission pool (the full commission your athletes earned on attributed sales that month) and the 20% platform fee on top of that pool. If sales were refunded inside the refund window, the reversed commission is netted out before the invoice is cut.

What happens if I do not pay?

The invoice is net-30, so you have 30 days from the 1st. Until it clears, the commission on it stays eligible and is not paid out to athletes. Athlete commission is only paid after your invoice clears, so an unpaid invoice holds athlete payouts rather than charging anyone early.

What is the in-flight cap?

A per-brand limit on unpaid commission accruing between invoices. It bounds how much commission can build up before you are billed and it clears. It is a safety limit on in-flight money, not a cap on how much you can earn through the program.