Payouts

During the beta

Payout setup with Stripe is opening during the beta. Automatic monthly payouts start later: until then, PocketShare pays hosts’ payable earnings itself, and will tell you before automatic payouts begin. The holding period, minimum and schedule below can still change.

Set up payouts

In your dashboard, open Hosting › Earnings, then the Payouts tab (pocketshare.io/app/payouts), and choose Set up payouts with Stripe. If the page says payout setup isn’t open yet, your earnings are kept for you and PocketShare emails you when it opens. Stripe asks for your identity and bank details on its own pages; PocketShare never sees them. When you return, the page shows your status:

• Finish setting up: Stripe still needs something from you. Choose Continue setup.
• Being reviewed by Stripe: nothing to do; this usually takes minutes.
• Ready for payouts: you’re set.

Stripe also gives you an Express dashboard for your payouts and tax forms (for example a 1099-K in the US, where it applies).

What you earn

You receive your share of the phone-time and data charges on your phones (60% during the beta). Earnings appear as soon as a rental is charged. See Earnings.

When you are paid

• Holding period: earnings become payable 14 days after they are earned, to leave room for card disputes.
• Monthly: early each month, your payable earnings from the month before are paid if they reach the minimum ($10). Smaller amounts carry over. Once automatic payouts run, PocketShare transfers them to your Stripe account and Stripe pays your bank on its own schedule.

Earnings in your dashboard shows your earnings and payouts, with monthly statements to download as CSV or JSON for your records.

Adjustments

• If a rental ends because of your side (the hub loses its connection, or you stop hosting during a rental), the renter is refunded in full and that rental earns nothing.
• If the phone goes offline during a rental (unplugged, Wi-Fi off, a power cut), billing pauses until it’s back and the renter keeps the rental. The offline time earns nothing; the time before and after it earns as usual. A Wi-Fi phone offline for an hour ends the rental.
• If a renter’s card payment is charged back, earnings that the disputed money paid for are reversed. They are restored if the dispute is won.
• An adjustment after a payout is taken from your next earnings.

You’re responsible for taxes on your earnings. The host agreement has the full terms.