We launched the TDS Author Payment Program back in February, and have since introduced a serious replace—with a much more inclusive incomes tier—just last month. In the present day we’re completely satisfied to share that the Program, which has already seen dozens of authors obtain their first payout, is now much more streamlined and user-friendly due to a brand new Stripe integration.
Beginning this week, each current and new authors can join their Stripe account to their creator profile on our Contributor Portal. It will guarantee funds are extra well timed, much less clunky, and visual in the identical place the place authors additionally draft articles, examine their stats, and talk with our crew. All different parts of the Program stay the identical—together with the circumstances for eligibility and the particular standards articles have to satisfy to earn on TDS (you’ll be able to all the time evaluation the small print we’ve shared in our announcement post).
We’ve already contacted all present individuals within the Writer Cost Program with directions on subsequent steps, and everybody becoming a member of TDS as a contributor (hey, that could be you!) going ahead may even be invited to attach their Stripe account. In case you’ve printed with us earlier than and joined the Writer Cost Program, you’ll be able to go forward and full the method in a couple of minutes — you’ll find detailed instructions in our FAQs.
Lastly, a be aware on the cost schedule: we’ll course of funds to our authors on the fifteenth of every month following their article’s 30-day incomes window. For instance, when you printed an article on April 18, 2025, your earnings window would final till Could 18, 2025. At that time you’ll already see the estimated payout in your analytics dashboard, and the cost shall be processed within the subsequent payout cycle beginning June 15, 2025. You possibly can study extra about our payout cycle here.
We stay up for increasingly more authors becoming a member of and having fun with the advantages of the Writer Cost Program; when you ever have any questions on it, be at liberty to succeed in out at [email protected].
