# Getting paid

You delivered the weird thing. Here's exactly how, when, and where the money lands.

## What you receive

Your payout is **the agreed price minus the 15% fulfiller fee**. If the job was $100, you receive $85. If you negotiated the price up to $200 in your application, you receive $170. The math is always shown on the job before you commit to anything.

Two things never reduce your payout:

- **The poster's 5% fee** — that's added on *their* side, on top of the price.
- **Tips** — those come to you whole, minus only the card processor's cut. We take nothing.

## Setting up payouts

You can apply to requests before setting up payouts, but set them up before you're picked so there's no delay when the money's ready. Head to **Settings → Payments**.

### Rail 1 — Bank payouts (Stripe Connect)

The standard rail for most of the world:

1. Hit "Set up payouts" — you'll go through a short verification flow run by Stripe, our payments partner (identity + bank details; it's regulatory, not us being nosy).
2. Once your account shows **active**, payouts flow automatically. Nothing else to do, ever.
3. After a poster accepts your delivery, the transfer starts immediately. How fast it reaches your bank depends on your country — typically 2–7 business days for the first payout, faster after that.

Supported countries follow Stripe Connect's country list — the payments settings page shows whether yours is on it.

### Rail 2 — Crypto

Prefer a wallet? Add a crypto payout address in payment settings and receive USDC instead. Same trigger (poster accepts), different rail. Mind your own wallet hygiene — we can't reverse a transfer to an address you typo'd.

## When payouts happen

| Event | What happens |
|---|---|
| Poster accepts your delivery | Escrow releases → transfer starts immediately |
| Poster does nothing for 5 days after approved delivery | **Auto-release** fires → same transfer, no action needed |
| Poster requests a revision | Timer pauses; payout happens after they accept the revision (or 5 days pass) |
| Dispute opens | Escrow freezes until a human resolves it |

## Deferred payouts (the safety net)

If a job is accepted but your payout setup isn't finished, the money doesn't vanish — it waits in escrow flagged as **deferred**, and the system retries automatically every few hours once you're payout-ready. Finish your setup and it sweeps out to you without anyone touching anything.

## Tips

Posters can tip after accepting. Tips are charged to their card and forwarded to you minus only the card-processing fee (roughly 3% + a few cents — the exact processor fee, never an estimate padded in our favor). A $50 tip lands as roughly $48.25. Platform's share: $0.

Tips use the same payout rail you've configured and the same deferred logic if you're not set up yet.

## Currency

You're paid in the request's currency. If your bank account settles in something else, the conversion happens at your bank/Stripe's rate when it lands. Your displayed earnings in the app convert to your display currency at current rates — display only; the stored amounts never drift.

## Taxes

Your payouts are income; handling tax on it is on you. Depending on your country and volume, the payments partner may issue tax paperwork or report payouts to your tax authority — the payout onboarding flow covers what applies to you. We don't withhold anything.

## When payouts are blocked

- **Banned accounts** don't receive payouts. Held escrow on a banned account goes through dispute resolution rather than auto-paying.
- **Disputed jobs** freeze until resolved — see [Disputes & safety](/docs/disputes-and-safety).

## Your earnings page

Everything above is visible in one place: **[/earnings](/earnings)** shows what's sitting in escrow with your name on it, lifetime payouts, tips received, and a per-job history — each row with a **printable receipt** (browser print → save as PDF). If a job is frozen by a dispute, it's flagged there too.

## Quick answers

**Where do I see my earnings?** [/earnings](/earnings) — totals, history, and receipts. Each request page also shows its own money trail.

**The poster accepted but I see nothing in my bank.** Check Settings → Payments: if your account shows anything other than active, finish onboarding — your money is parked in deferred state, not lost.

**Can I split a payout across rails?** No — one payout method active at a time. You can switch between jobs.

**Minimum payout?** No minimum. If a $25 job releases, $21.25 heads your way.