Getting paid
When the money lands, methods, and what to do if a payout fails.
/a/payouts is your payout history. Every batch a brand has run that included you shows up here, with the status, the method, and the amount.
What you see
Commission payouts and deal releases both land here; a deal release is a normal payout row with the deal's name in it.
Columns in the payout table:
- Date: when the brand initiated the payout.
- Period: the date range of conversions included (e.g., "Apr 1 - Apr 30").
- Method: Stripe Express or PayPal, determined by your payout country (see Supported countries).
- Status: In transit (created or on its way), Paid, or Failed.
- Amount: what lands in your account for this batch, shown net of the withdrawal fee (see below), in the currency the brand pays in.
Rows are not expandable and there is no per-payout detail view; everything you need is on the row itself. The one exception is a failed payout, which shows its failure reason inline under the row.
The table shows 25 rows per page and covers your 200 most recent payouts.
Withdrawal fee
You keep 100% of your commission. The one deduction is a small standard withdrawal fee. For Stripe payouts, that fee is a flat $2.25 plus 0.25% of the payout. It covers the conventional cost of moving money to you (Stripe's per-account and per-payout charges) and handling the tax paperwork, and Rekomi takes no margin on it. So a $500 payout arrives as $500 minus ($2.25 + $1.25) = $496.50.
For PayPal payouts, the withdrawal fee is 2% of the amount sent, capped at $20, charged by Rekomi (exactly PayPal's own sending cost). PayPal deducts nothing on arrival: the amount you see is the amount that lands in your PayPal balance.
The flat $2.25 is charged just once per calendar month, mirroring Stripe's once-a-month account charge. If you're paid more than once in the same month, every payout after the first carries only the 0.25% and no $2.25, so getting paid more often never costs you extra.
The fee is the affiliate's standard pass-through cost; it is separate from the platform fee the brand pays Rekomi (3% of the payout, 2.5% on Enterprise), which never comes out of your earnings beyond this withdrawal fee. Your dashboard shows pending and paid balances; the amount that reaches your account is always net of the withdrawal fee.
How payouts work
Brands run payouts from their dashboard, either on demand or on an automatic daily, weekly, or monthly schedule they configure. For an on-demand batch, the brand picks which conversions to include (typically every payable balance for affiliates they want to pay) and runs it; automatic runs pay every eligible balance on the schedule. Either way, payouts settle to your connected Stripe Express account or your PayPal account, depending on your payout method.
Each batch creates one payout record per affiliate and currency. Yours appears in /a/payouts immediately with the status In transit.
Payout terms
Near the top of /a/payouts, each brand's payout terms are stated in one plain line: how often they pay (on demand, daily, weekly, or monthly and on which day), how long after a sale a commission becomes available (the brand's refund-hold window), and any minimum payout. When one brand runs campaigns with different terms, each campaign gets its own labeled line. The same terms also appear on each campaign's page, and they are the same terms the brand sees stated on their own payouts page, so both sides read the same rules.
Status flow
- In transit: the payout has been created or the transfer is on its way, waiting for settlement on the payment provider's side.
- Paid: settled. The money is in your account.
- Failed: error. Check the failure reason shown under the row.
For Stripe Express: settlement is typically 1-3 business days for U.S. domestic, 3-7 days for international.
What if a payout fails
Common causes:
- Your Stripe Connect account got suspended (account-level issue).
- A dispute or KYC hold on your side.
- A bank-level reject (closed account, fraud flag).
When a payout fails, the brand is alerted by email, and the failure reason appears on your /a/payouts page under the failed row.
To resolve:
- Read the failure reason shown under the failed row. It usually tells you what to fix.
- Fix the underlying issue. Reactivate your Stripe Connect account, contact your bank, etc.
- Ask the brand to retry. They click Retry in their Failed tab. The payout goes back to In transit.
One payout method
You have one payout method per account, determined by your country and locked once you connect. That method is Stripe Express in the 42 countries Stripe supports (including the US), and PayPal in 116 more. The method is selected automatically from your country; you do not choose it by hand. It applies to every campaign you join, so there is nothing to pick per brand and no default to set. If your country's payout method ever changes, contact support. See Supported countries for which method covers your country.
Across multiple brands
If you are an affiliate for multiple brands, each brand runs their own payout batches independently. You see one row per batch and currency in /a/payouts; the rows do not name the brand today, so match them by date and amount. Every batch pays to your single account-level payout method.
Currency
Rekomi assumes your earnings are in the brand's currency (their Stripe account's default currency, usually USD). Payouts settle in that currency. If you want to receive in a different currency, configure your Stripe account to do automatic conversion on receipt.
Withdrawal
For Stripe Express: by default, Stripe handles auto-payout to your bank on a 2-day rolling schedule. You can change this to manual payout from your Stripe Express dashboard.
For PayPal: funds land in your PayPal balance, and you withdraw to your bank through whatever options PayPal offers in your country.
Tax reporting
For U.S. residents earning over $600 in a calendar year: the brand that pays you is the payer of record (the entity that reports and files your tax form) and issues your 1099-NEC; Rekomi gives brands the report they need to do it. Your W-9 was collected through Stripe Express onboarding. See Tax forms.
For non-U.S. residents: your W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E is the relevant document. Without it, your payout is held until you provide one; Rekomi never deducts withholding from a payout.
Export
There is no CSV export button on /a/payouts today. For tax reporting, you can ask the brand to pull payout data via their API. Or, for end-of-year totals, your 1099-NEC will reflect the year's earnings.