Developers · Getting paid
Getting paid
WhizzyCommerce sells your theme to the merchant as merchant of record and adds tax at checkout. You earn 70% of the price before tax, and we pay the card fee. You can check every share against the price on your listing without any other arithmetic.
A €100 theme
Who keeps what
A theme listed at €100, bought by a merchant in Portugal. The VAT rate follows the merchant's country, and a business with a valid EU VAT number pays none under the reverse charge. Your share is the same either way.
| Line | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant pays | €123.00 | €100.00 price plus 23% Portuguese VAT. |
| VAT to the authority | −€23.00 | Never revenue for either of us. |
| Card fee | −€2.10 | Paid by us, never taken from your share. |
| Your share | €70.00 | 70% of €100.00. One ledger line, pending. |
| WhizzyCommerce keeps | €27.90 | Hosting, demos, review, checkout, tax filings, support routing. |
Early
Founding developers
Developers who join while the programme is invite-only earn 80% instead of 70% for their first 12 months. On the same €100 sale that is €80.00.
The rate applies to sales made during those months, by the date of the sale. Your Earnings screen shows the share each line was paid at.
Timing
When earnings become payable
Earnings are rolled up twice a month, from the 1st to the 15th and from the 16th to the end of the month. A sale becomes payable when its period closes, and payouts are sent 5 business days later.
| Rule | What it means |
|---|---|
| Twice a month | From the 1st to the 15th, and from the 16th to the end of the month. Until its period closes a line is pending. |
| 5 business days | 5 business days after a period closes, every available balance of at least €25.00 is sent. |
| Minimum | €25.00. A smaller balance carries over to the next period. |
| Or ask | Once your available balance reaches €25.00, press Request payout on the Earnings screen instead of waiting for the next payout day. |
| First payouts | Until you have been paid €5,000.00 in total, a person approves each payout before it is sent. |
A payout needs an approved account, the accepted agreement, your tax details and a payout method. The Payouts screen lists anything missing.
Where you look
DevelopersEarnings
One line per sale: date, theme, version, the buyer's country, price, share and status. At the top: pending, available, and paid this year.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pending | Its period has not closed yet. |
| available | Its period has closed. Counts toward your next payout. |
| in payout | Part of a payout that has been requested or approved, and not yet sent. |
| paid | Sent. The line belongs to a payout with a statement. |
| void | Charged back while still pending, so never paid. |
Each payout opens its own page with the lines it settled and a statement you can download.
No refunds
Sales are final
A merchant cannot get a refund for a theme: once it is on their shop, the licence and the code cannot be taken back. Instead they can try any paid theme free on their own shop before buying, and the licence moves with them if they close a shop and open another. A card holder can still dispute the charge with their bank, a chargeback, and then your share is settled like this.
- If the line is still unpaid, the chargeback cancels it. Nothing was paid, so nothing is owed.
- If it was already paid, a negative line of the same amount is added and comes off your future earnings.
- Your own purchases earn nothing. A theme bought by the owner of your developer account writes a line at 0%, so there is nothing to pay out.
- A pattern of chargebacks on one theme or one buyer is looked at by a person, and payouts can be held while that happens. You are told why.
Where the money goes
Payout methods
Set the method under Developer > Payouts. Only the account owner or a member with the finance role can see or change it.
Available now
Bank transfer (SEPA)
In euros to an IBAN in the SEPA area. We check the IBAN when you save it, and show only its first and last four characters afterwards.
When enabled
Stripe
Stripe checks your identity and bank details in its own onboarding, and pays out in your currency. We never see your bank details. It appears on the Payouts screen once it is switched on for your country.
Paperwork
Tax details and self-billing statements
We write the invoice for you. Each payout comes with a self-billing statement: a numbered document, issued by us in your name, listing every line the payout settled.
- Under Developer > Payouts, give your legal name, address, country, and a VAT or tax number if you have one.
- Accepting the developer agreement includes agreeing to self-billing. If your country does not allow it, tell us before your first payout.
- Statements are numbered in sequence per year, so you and your accountant can see if one is missing.
- Prices are set before tax. Theme prices are free, or from €49.00 to €400.00.