Payments Overview
How customers pay, what they buy, how creator shares are attributed, and how Stripe supports Edgaze marketplace payments.
Overview
Edgaze uses Stripe for customer checkout and Stripe Connect for creator payout onboarding and payout rails. Customers pay the listed price for a Product. Edgaze records the purchase, grants access when payment succeeds, and attributes the Creator share according to the fee rules in effect for that creator.
Customers buy access to hosted Edgaze product experiences. They do not buy ownership of creator prompts, workflow logic, source code, model access, or Edgaze infrastructure.
Payment Model
Stripe checkout and Connect
Edgaze uses Stripe for customer checkout and Stripe Connect for creator payout onboarding and payout rails. Customers pay the listed price for a Product. Edgaze records the purchase, grants access when payment succeeds, and attributes the Creator share according to the fee rules in effect for that creator.
What customers do not buy
Customers buy access to hosted Edgaze product experiences. They do not buy ownership of creator prompts, workflow logic, source code, model access, or Edgaze infrastructure.
What Customers Buy
Workflow products
For workflow products, a purchase provides access to the hosted workflow experience and, where applicable, included hosted runs for that purchase.
Prompt products
For prompt products, a purchase provides access to the prompt product experience packaged and delivered through Edgaze.
Access limitations
Access can be affected by payment status, refund status, dispute status, account status, run limits, BYOK requirements, product availability, safety review, or policy enforcement.
Money Flow
| Step | What Happens |
|---|---|
| Customer checkout | Stripe processes the payment for the listed USD price. |
| Purchase record | Edgaze records the payment, product, buyer, creator, amount, and Stripe identifiers. |
| Fee attribution | Edgaze records gross amount, platform fee amount, and Creator net amount. |
| Access | Edgaze grants platform access when payment succeeds. |
| Payout path | Stripe Connect onboarding and eligibility control creator payout release. |
Creator Share
Default split
Unless a separate written agreement applies, the default marketplace split is 80% to the Creator and 20% to Edgaze.
Stripe processing fees
The current code records the platform fee and creator net amount separately. Stripe processing fees are handled from Edgaze's platform-side economics under the current model and are not deducted from the Creator share.
Stripe's Role
Payment processing
Stripe handles card processing, checkout sessions, payment intents, refunds, disputes, and parts of tax or payment compliance where configured. Stripe Connect handles creator onboarding, verification, and payout rails.
Processor dependencies
Stripe's availability, terms, fees, verification decisions, dispute process, account restrictions, and payout timing may affect transactions.
Taxes
Stripe tax handling
Taxes, VAT, GST, sales tax, and similar obligations may be calculated, collected, or displayed by Stripe where configured. Edgaze does not guarantee that every tax obligation is automatically handled for every transaction, creator, or jurisdiction.
User responsibility
Creators and customers remain responsible for their own tax obligations unless applicable law states otherwise.
Refunds and Chargebacks
Refunds and disputes can reverse purchase status, revoke access, reduce Creator net amounts, or adjust balances. Chargebacks are handled through Stripe and card networks.
Read Refund Policy and Chargeback Policy before buying or selling.
Related Policies
Related policies
Back to Legal & Trust CenterHow Edgaze marketplace fees are calculated, recorded, and applied to creator earnings.
How creator earnings are attributed, stored, adjusted, and distinguished from payout eligibility.
How refund requests are reviewed and how refunds affect purchase access and creator earnings.
How Edgaze handles card disputes, Stripe dispute records, purchase status changes, and creator earning reversals.