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How it works

Set up your payout account

Updated August 6, 2026

Getting paid means connecting a bank account, once. You can keep earning before you do it - your balance waits in US dollars and never expires - and set this up whenever you are ready.

your countrywhere your bank is, fixed when the account is created
your bankthe account your money lands in
your tax formconfirms your tax status; required before any withdrawal
ready to withdraw
Setting up collects three things: your country, your bank, and a tax form. For US accounts, Stripe's secure onboarding does all three in one pass. Once connected, you withdraw whenever your balance has cleared.

How connecting works

  1. Pick the country your bank is in

    This is fixed when your account is created, so choose the country your bank is really in, not one you want to try out. Changing it later means setting the account up again.

  2. Verify your identity and bank

    For US accounts this happens on Stripe's secure onboarding: a government ID, your bank account, and your tax form, in one pass. For Indian accounts it runs through Awaitful's own form instead, with your tax form and Wise transfer details collected in three short steps; see Payouts to India, via Wise for exactly how. Either way, your bank details go only to the provider that pays you, so we never hold your full account number.

  3. You are connected

    Your Payouts page shows the account once the provider confirms it. From then on you can withdraw whenever your balance has cleared.

The tax form

A tax form confirms your tax status, so no tax is held back that you do not owe. A withdrawal cannot run until it is on file. For US accounts, Stripe collects the right form (a W-9 or a W-8) during onboarding, so there is nothing extra to do.

When you can withdraw

Your cleared balance, above the minimum. Earnings clear a few days after you earn them; the exact holdback, the minimum, and the three states your balance moves through are in Payouts and your balance.

Changing your account

You can replace your payout account any time, unless a withdrawal is on the way - to get paid into a different bank, for example. The change never touches your balance, and every past payout keeps a record of the account it went to.

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