Paying and payouts¶
Not live
No real-money payment path is switched on. What exists today runs in test or sandbox modes, and final pricing is not yet published.
What's built¶
- Card checkout through Stripe, test mode only (it refuses to run with a live key).
- On-chain escrow for a deal, reported by
GET /deals/{id}/escrow— tested on a public testnet only;{ "onchain": false }when off. - Internal ledger. A double-entry sandbox ledger tracks gross, fee, holdback, seller net and refunds per hourly tranche. It is an internal record, not legal escrow.
- Holdback. Part of each tranche can be held back for a period after delivery before release.
- Seller-paid fee. Buyers pay the listed price; the platform fee is taken from the seller's side.
Draft fee schedule (2026-10-24.1), not final, subject to change¶
This is the implemented development schedule, not a final pricing commitment. Fees are seller-paid. The total contract value selects the band; the rate applies to each cycle's gross amount.
| Total contract value (USD) | Less than 30 days | 1–6 months | More than 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| $25 to < $2,500 | 15% | 12% | 10% |
| $2,500 to < $25,000 | 12% | 10% | 8% |
| $25,000 to < $250,000 | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| $250,000 to < $2,500,000 | 6% | 5% | 4% |
| $2,500,000 and above | 4% | 3% | 2.5% |
- Lower band boundaries are inclusive. No deals below $25 per cycle are accepted by the fee-quote function.
- When specified in days, exactly 30 through 183 days use the middle column; more than 183 days uses the last column. The 183-day interpretation of six months is an open assumption. When specified in months, 1 through 6 months use the middle column. If both are supplied, months takes precedence.
- Renewals through Omega use 75% of the band rate (a 25% rate discount), then a $5 minimum fee applies per cycle. The same $5 minimum applies to non-renewals. A cycle cannot exceed total contract value.
- The highest band returns
negotiated: true; the rates above are the code's default calculation, not a negotiated offer. - Calculation uses integer micro-USD and rounds half up. The internal sandbox rate-lock helper does not enforce the quote function's cycle floor or minimum fee; do not treat sandbox tranche behavior as a final commercial quote.
For example, a $5,000 contract lasting 60 days with a $1,000 cycle has a 10% rate: $100 fee and $900 seller net. A renewal at the same values has a 7.5% rate: $75 fee and $925 seller net.
The fee-quote route is GET /api/v1/fees/quote. See Deals, orders & fees for parameters. Final pricing is not yet published.