Payout System
How Stripe Connect onboarding, pending-claim earnings, payout eligibility, and payout records work for Edgaze creators.
Overview
Edgaze supports a "sell now, onboard later" model where creators may publish and sell before completing payout onboarding. Payout release still requires Stripe Connect onboarding, verification, and eligibility.
This separates marketplace publishing from actual funds movement.
Core Model
Sell now, onboard later
Edgaze supports a "sell now, onboard later" model where creators may publish and sell before completing payout onboarding. Payout release still requires Stripe Connect onboarding, verification, and eligibility.
Publishing versus payout
This separates marketplace publishing from actual funds movement.
Stripe Connect
Onboarding and verification
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.
Payout readiness
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.
Pending-Claim Earnings
When pending-claim applies
If a buyer purchases a Product before the Creator has an eligible Stripe Connect account, Edgaze may record the Creator net amount as pending-claim earnings and hold eligible proceeds until onboarding is complete.
Cancellation and adjustment
Pending-claim earnings may have a claim deadline. If onboarding is not completed, if the transaction is refunded or disputed, or if the Creator violates policy, pending-claim earnings may be cancelled, reversed, held, or otherwise adjusted.
Available and Paid Status
Available earnings
When payout setup is complete and the transaction is eligible, Edgaze may mark earnings available. Stripe may then pay out connected account balances according to Stripe's payout schedule and restrictions.
Bank transfer responsibility
Edgaze records payout events for display and accounting, but Stripe performs the bank transfer.
Holds and Reviews
Edgaze may delay, hold, reserve, reverse, or adjust payout-related records for refunds, disputes, chargebacks, fraud, suspicious activity, sanctions, account restrictions, processor requirements, legal requests, or platform errors.
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
Related policies
Back to Legal & Trust CenterHow creator earnings are attributed, stored, adjusted, and distinguished from payout eligibility.
The terms that apply to creators who publish or monetize workflows, prompt products, templates, listings, and hosted product experiences on Edgaze.
How Edgaze marketplace fees are calculated, recorded, and applied to creator earnings.