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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 shows what's ready to pay out and what's still clearing. Funds clear about seven days after a sale (subscription renewals clear faster). 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. Anyone else who opens it is told the fund can't be found — a link that reaches the wrong person gives nothing away, not even that the fund exists.
  • 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 split before you pay. The page breaks out DFOS's fee, the card processing fee, and the net that will reach the treasury. On funds priced with standard card processing those figures are close estimates — the exact processing fee depends on the card.
  • 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 the cleared balance 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 weight. Distributing an amount through a split divides it by weight and pays everyone in one motion.

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, admins are alerted.

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. Members who were already paid are never asked to give money back.