Payout System
How Stripe Connect onboarding, the pending to available 7-day clearing, held-until-onboard balances, the weekly $25 payout, and refund clawback work for Edgaze creators.
Overview#
Edgaze supports a "sell now, onboard later" model where creators may publish and sell before completing payout onboarding. Earnings from successful per-run sales accrue at 80% of creator margin. Payout release still requires Stripe Connect onboarding, verification, and eligibility.
Read Creator Earnings Guide and Creator Earnings for how earnings are recorded and paid out.
Stripe Connect#
Stripe Connect is used for creator onboarding, verification, connected account status, and payout rails. Stripe may require identity, tax, bank, country, sanctions, and compliance information.
Edgaze may use Stripe account status, payout readiness, details submitted, restrictions, and live account verification to determine whether creator funds can be routed or released.
Earnings Lifecycle#
Each successful run sale moves through:
pending, then 7-day clearing, then available, then payout
Pending (clearing)#
When a buyer's run settles successfully, your margin share is recorded immediately as pending. Pending earnings clear automatically after a 7-day clearing period, which covers the window in which a payment can still be refunded or disputed.
Available#
Once a sale has cleared the 7-day window, its amount becomes available, eligible to be paid out on the next weekly payout run, subject to onboarding and the minimum payout threshold below.
Payout#
Available balances are paid out on a weekly payout run. A payout is sent when your available balance is at least the $25 minimum. If your available balance is below $25, it carries forward and is paid on a later run once it reaches the threshold.
Held Until Onboarding#
You can earn before connecting a Stripe account. Earnings still accrue and still clear from pending to available on the normal 7-day schedule, but they are held and cannot be paid out until you complete Stripe Connect onboarding.
Held balances are durable: they stay on your account, are never lost, and are never forfeited. When you finish onboarding and your connected account is payout-ready, your accumulated available balance is released and paid on the next weekly payout run.
After 90 days from your first sale, if payouts are not ready and your held balance is at least the $25 floor, unpaid listings pause until onboarding is complete. The pause stops new paid sales. It does not cancel earnings.
In short, "no connected account" means "hold reliably, release on onboard," not "forfeit earnings."
Refunds and Clawback#
Refunds of runs are handled by Edgaze support. Buyers ask support, and each request is reviewed case by case under the Refund Policy. A run is never refunded automatically.
- Per-run sales: when support approves a refund for a run, your still-pending earnings from that sale are reversed. Earnings from that sale that have already cleared or been paid out are not reduced.
- Legacy unlock purchases: a full refund or a lost dispute of the Stripe payment deducts your net amount for that purchase from your balance. A partial refund deducts your share of the refunded amount. For a purchase still awaiting your claim, the pending earning is reduced or cancelled instead.
The Creator Terms and Chargeback Policy govern any other adjustment.
Available and Paid Status#
When payout setup is complete and a sale has cleared, Edgaze marks the amount available. It is then paid out on the next weekly run via a Stripe Connect transfer to your connected account.
Edgaze protects payout processing against duplicate transfers.
Edgaze records payout events for display and accounting, but Stripe performs the actual movement of funds to your bank.
Holds and Reviews#
Ordinary refund adjustments are applied to matching pending earnings. The Creator Terms and Chargeback Policy explain the rights that may apply in exceptional cases.
No Stored Value Account#
Creator balances shown in Edgaze are dashboard and accounting records. They are not a deposit account, bank account, stored value facility, wallet, or money transmission account provided by Edgaze.
Creator Responsibilities#
Creators should complete payout onboarding promptly, keep Stripe information accurate, monitor disputes, avoid misleading products, and maintain compliance with Edgaze and Stripe policies.
Related Policies#
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