Treasury

Every space has a treasury — the shared balance where everything the space sells lands. 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.

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 so the split doesn't silently misroute.

Subscribers

Admins can see who's subscribed to the space's keys 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 or lost payment dispute after funds have cleared pulls money back out of the treasury. A voluntary refund is blocked if the treasury can't cover it — but a dispute can't be blocked, so it's possible for a treasury to go negative. Admins are alerted by email when that happens; new sales bring it back up. Members who were already paid are never asked to give money back.