We launched the TDS Author Payment Program back in February, and have since introduced a serious replace—with a much more inclusive incomes tier—just last month. At this time we’re completely happy to share that the Program, which has already seen dozens of authors obtain their first payout, is now much more streamlined and user-friendly due to a brand new Stripe integration.
Beginning this week, each current and new authors can join their Stripe account to their writer profile on our Contributor Portal. This may guarantee funds are extra well timed, much less clunky, and visual in the identical place the place authors additionally draft articles, test their stats, and talk with our workforce. All different parts of the Program stay the identical—together with the circumstances for eligibility and the precise standards articles have to satisfy to earn on TDS (you’ll be able to at all times assessment the main points we’ve shared in our announcement post).
We’ve already contacted all present contributors within the Creator Cost Program with directions on subsequent steps, and everybody becoming a member of TDS as a contributor (hey, that could be you!) going ahead may even be invited to attach their Stripe account. When you’ve printed with us earlier than and joined the Creator Cost Program, you’ll be able to go forward and full the method in a couple of minutes — you’ll find detailed instructions in our FAQs.
Lastly, a observe on the cost schedule: we’ll course of funds to our authors on the fifteenth of every month following their article’s 30-day incomes window. For instance, in the event you printed an article on April 18, 2025, your earnings window would final till Could 18, 2025. At that time you’ll already see the estimated payout in your analytics dashboard, and the cost will likely be processed within the subsequent payout cycle beginning June 15, 2025. You may study extra about our payout cycle here.
We stay up for an increasing number of authors becoming a member of and having fun with the advantages of the Creator Cost Program; in the event you ever have any questions on it, be happy to achieve out at [email protected].
