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Treasury

Every space has a treasury — the shared balance where the money a space takes in lands, sales above all. It's managed by the space's admins; regular members don't see it.

What's in it​

The treasury leads with Ready to pay out: money that has cleared and isn't set aside for a product's split. Funds clear about seven days after a sale (subscription renewals clear faster). Beside it:

  • Total balance — everything in the treasury, cleared or not.
  • Clearing soon — recent sales that haven't cleared yet.
  • Reserved for splits — sales on their way out through a product's split. It only shows when something is reserved.

When split payouts are waiting for money, the treasury says "Split payouts are waiting on balance." If the treasury owes its splits more than it holds, it shows how much it's short and that "split payouts resume as sales settle or funds are added."

Alongside the balance, admins can see every transaction, every purchase and order, and the space's current subscribers.

What lands per sale is the price paid minus DFOS's 10% platform fee and Stripe's processing fee — see How money works.

Treasury funds​

Money can also land in a treasury without a sale. DFOS can set up a treasury fund for a space — a one-time funding link with a title, a note about what it's for, and a maximum amount. Follow the link, pick an amount, pay, and the net lands in the space's treasury. Nothing is bought and nothing is unlocked.

  • The link is for the space's owners and admins. Nobody else can use it.
  • One contribution, once. A fund takes a single payment of at least $1 and no more than the maximum shown on the page. Once it's paid it stops accepting, and a fund can carry a deadline it closes at.
  • You see the breakdown before you pay. The page shows DFOS's fee, the card fee, and the net that will reach the treasury. The card fee is an estimate.
  • It lands in the transaction list right away under the fund's title, marked as treasury funding and naming the contributor — and it clears like a sale, about seven days.
  • It isn't a purchase. It doesn't appear in the contributor's wallet alongside things they've bought, and it isn't counted as a sale. If a contribution has to be returned, DFOS handles it, always for the full amount.

Paying members​

Admins pay members directly from the treasury: pick a member, an amount, and an optional note. The money moves instantly into that member's wallet, and they're notified by email. Payments come from what's ready to pay out and can't be undone, so the app confirms before sending.

Splits​

For paying several people at once, a space can set up splits — named lists of recipients, each with a share. Distributing an amount through a split divides it by share and pays everyone in one motion. Shares don't have to total 100%; money is divided by each recipient's relative share.

A split can include This space, so the space keeps a share in its own treasury. A split can also route a share to another space's treasury — useful for collaborations. That requires consent: the receiving space's admins have to accept a routing request first, and either side can revoke it later.

If a member in a split leaves the space, they're dropped from it and admins are alerted. A split attached to a product works differently (below).

Paying out a product's sales through a split​

A product in the shop can be set to pay out through a split (see The shop). Its one-time sales still land in the treasury and clear the usual seven days. Then each sale pays out through the split automatically, at the split's shares as they stand at payout time — say, an artist at 85% and This space at 15%. Subscriptions always stay in the treasury.

  • A payout waits for the money. A sale pays out once the treasury's cleared balance can cover it. If it can't, the sale waits, oldest sales first, and pays out on its own as new sales clear or funds are added.
  • Every payout is on the statement. Each shows in the transaction list as Sale split: followed by the split's name, and the row opens the order it came from.
  • Recipients see it in their wallet. Their share shows up in their wallet activity. They aren't emailed about it.
  • Refunds after a payout come from the treasury. The people in the split keep what they were paid. A sale refunded before it pays out pays out only what wasn't refunded.
  • Reserved money stays put. Money reserved for a split payout can't be used to pay members, distribute through a split, or transfer out, and a refund of another sale can't draw on it. A space with sales still waiting to pay out through a split can't be deleted until they do.

While a split is attached to a product:

  • It can't be archived. Detach it from its products and wait for any outstanding sales to pay out first.
  • It can pay only members and This space. Another space's treasury can't be added to it.
  • Someone who leaves the space stays on it. The editor marks them No longer a member, they keep receiving their share, and no alert goes out. Edit the split if that should change.

Subscribers​

Admins can see who's subscribed to the space's products and can cancel a subscription from their side — the subscriber keeps access through the period they've paid for.

When the balance goes negative​

A refund after funds have cleared pulls money back out of the treasury, and a refund the treasury can't cover is blocked. A lost payment dispute can't be blocked, so it can leave the treasury negative until new sales bring it back up. Admins are alerted by email when that happens. Automatic split payouts never take the treasury negative; they wait instead. Members who were already paid are never asked to give money back.