How money works
Some spaces handle money. A space can sell digital goods in its shop, charge for access to its groups, and hold what it earns in a shared treasury. From there, admins pay members, and members withdraw to their own bank.
The path money takes:
- Someone buys — a product from a space's shop, or one that unlocks a paid group. They don't need an account or a membership first: a product's public page signs them up as part of checkout. Payment happens on a secure Stripe checkout page.
- The sale lands in the space's treasury — the shared balance the space's admins manage.
- Admins pay members — directly, or through splits that divide an amount across several people at once. A product can also be set to pay out through a split, so its sales reach the people in it automatically once they clear (see The shop). Payments arrive in each member's personal wallet.
- Members withdraw — from their wallet to a connected bank account.
Each part has its own page:
- Paid membership & unlocks — buying and selling access to a group
- The shop — digital goods, downloads, and public product pages
- Your wallet — your balance, your bank, withdrawals
- Treasury — the space's money, for admins
- Refunds & disputes — what happens when money goes back
The basics
- Everything is in US dollars. Prices are set and paid in USD.
- Stripe processes payments. DFOS never sees or stores your card number. Cards, invoices, and subscription billing are managed through Stripe.
- You always get a receipt. Purchases and refunds are confirmed by email, even if you've turned other email off.
- Sales take about a week to clear. A new sale shows up right away as pending, then becomes available about seven days later (subscription renewals clear sooner).
What it costs
Buyers pay the listed price. On the space's side, DFOS takes a 10% platform fee on each sale, and Stripe's payment processing fee also comes out of the sale: 2.9% + 30¢ on a US-issued card, 4.4% + 30¢ on a card issued outside the US. What remains lands in the space's treasury.
Who sees what
Your wallet, purchases, and bank details are yours alone — no space admin can see them. A space's treasury, sales, and subscriber list are visible to that space's admins only.