# Affiliate network payout schedule for vendors · Vendor Runbook > Source: https://vendorrunbook.com/compare/when-does-a-vendor-get-paid-payout-hold-and-reserve-timeline-by-affiliate-networ Calculator ## When does a vendor get paid? Payout, hold and reserve timeline by affiliate network Enter the day a sale came in and see when each network sends you the money from it, and when it releases the share it held back. By Vendor Runbook Editorial Desk. Updated 2026-10-23\. Rules taken from each network's own help and FAQ pages. Sale dateThe day the order was charged Sale priceSets Digistore24's 14 or 30 days at the €300 line Your earnings from the sale (optional)After fee and commission, shows each slice as an amount ClickBank pay frequencySet in your ClickBank account Weekly Every two weeks JVZoo payment pathWho takes the buyer's payment Your own Stripe or PayPal JVZoo payment processing CopeCart payout (EU)Fast Payout costs 0.5% of the gross sale Standard Fast Payout Hotmart scheduleFor creators outside Brazil Faster schedule Standard window Digistore24 payout dates set in your account 7th 14th 21st 28th Show my payout dates For a sale on Mon 2 Nov 2026 at 97: [ClickBank](/reviews/clickbank) Main share sent 90% on Fri 6 Nov 2026 Held-back share 10% back in your balance around Wed 27 Jan 2027 Paid once your balance passes the threshold and the account shows five sales from different customers. [Digistore24](/reviews/digistore24) Main share sent 90% on Sat 21 Nov 2026 Held-back share 10% on Thu 7 Jan 2027 The 90% is payable from Mon 16 Nov 2026\. Each transfer can take up to ten business days to reach your bank. [Hotmart](/reviews/hotmart) Main share sent 90% on Wed 4 Nov 2026 Held-back share 10% on Tue 17 Nov 2026 You turn this on in the Hotmart account. It is not the default window. [JVZoo](/reviews/jvzoo) Main share sent All of it from Wed 2 Dec 2026 Held-back share Nothing held after that A first payout needs the minimum balance listed in the rules below. [CopeCart](/reviews/copecart) Main share sent 80% on Sat 21 Nov 2026 Held-back share 20% on Mon 14 Dec 2026 The 80% is payable from Mon 16 Nov 2026 and the 20% from Sat 12 Dec 2026. [WarriorPlus](/reviews/warrior-plus-review) Main share sent All of it on Mon 2 Nov 2026, in your connected PayPal or Stripe Held-back share No reserve on that deposit A purchase funded from a WarriorPlus Wallet stays in your Wallet. [BuyGoods](/reviews/buygoods) Main share sent No public schedule Held-back share No public reserve rule BuyGoods does not publish when it pays vendors. An estimate built from each network's published payout rules. Bank processing, public holidays, an account review, refunds and chargebacks can all move the real date. ClickBank dates assume the sale was logged in Pacific time, the CopeCart dates follow its EU help centre, and Hotmart's faster dates skip Saturday and Sunday. ### Worked example: one launch-week sale on 2 November Say a launch opens on Monday 2 November 2026 and the first order is charged that day. ClickBank closes the pay period at midnight Pacific going into Wednesday 4 November and sends the money on Friday 6 November. That Friday payment carries nine tenths of the sale's revenue. The last tenth sits in the return allowance and comes back to your balance around Wednesday 27 January 2027. Digistore24 holds the money longer and pays it out on fixed days of the month. A sale at this price becomes payable after two weeks, on 16 November, and is paid out on the next date you selected, which is Saturday 21 November if you chose the 7th and 21st. The security deposit frees up on 1 January 2027 and goes out on 7 January. Even then, the money can take another two working weeks to show up in your bank. CopeCart's help centre works through its own case of €1,000 earned on 3 January, with €800 sent on the first payout date after day 14 and €200 on the first one after day 40\. The same rule puts the 2 November sale's larger share on 21 November and its remainder on 14 December. Pay the Fast Payout surcharge and the first share arrives within a week instead, by 9 November. When buyers pay through your own processor, JVZoo releases the revenue after its 30-day refund period, on 2 December. On a new account a single $97 order also sits below JVZoo's first-payout minimum, so it waits for the next sale. On Hotmart's activated schedule, the larger share of that Monday sale can be withdrawn on Wednesday 4 November, and the remainder on Tuesday 17 November. WarriorPlus sends the sale into your PayPal or Stripe that same Monday. My take: for a Q4 launch I would fund ad spend and contest prizes from the shares that clear in the first week, and I would leave ClickBank's allowance and Digistore24's deposit out of the December budget. Hotmart's held tenth, once that schedule is on, is back inside November. ### Payout rules side by side The table answers the question without the calculator. Every line comes from the network's own seller help pages or FAQ, linked in the sections below. [ClickBank](/reviews/clickbank) What is held back 10% of each pay period (the return allowance), released after about 12 weeks Main share payable The pay period that closes the next Wednesday at 12:00 AM Pacific When money is sent Fridays, two days after the period closes, weekly or every two weeks Minimum $100 by default, and five sales from different customers before anything is paid [Digistore24](/reviews/digistore24) What is held back 10% security deposit, kept for 60 days Main share payable 90% after 14 days, or after 30 days on sales above €300 When money is sent Vendor transfers on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th. Affiliates: up to 3 times a week Minimum €50 on the 7th, €200 on the other dates [Hotmart](/reviews/hotmart) What is held back 10% for 15 calendar days on the activated schedule Main share payable 90% of net revenue two business days later, once you activate it outside Brazil When money is sent A wallet withdrawal after each share is released Minimum Not stated in the two-day article [JVZoo](/reviews/jvzoo) What is held back The whole sale, through the 30-day refund period, on your own processor Main share payable Day 30 on your own processor. JVZoo processing uses the dashboard after that same refund period When money is sent You manage the deposit on your own processor. Processed sales: dashboard dates only Minimum $100 for the first payout [CopeCart](/reviews/copecart) What is held back 20% for 40 days (EU help centre) Main share payable 80% after 14 days, or within 7 days with Fast Payout When money is sent The 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th Minimum Not given in the payout article [WarriorPlus](/reviews/warrior-plus-review) What is held back No reserve on a PayPal or Stripe charge. A Wallet-funded purchase stays in your Wallet Main share payable The full price at checkout, into your PayPal or Stripe When money is sent At the sale, except a Wallet-funded order Minimum Not stated for a vendor deposit [BuyGoods](/reviews/buygoods) What is held back No public reserve rule Main share payable No public schedule When money is sent Not on its public pages Minimum Not published #### ClickBank: a Wednesday cut-off and a Friday payment ClickBank's ["When do I get paid?" article](https://support.clickbank.com/en/articles/10535125-when-do-i-get-paid) says pay periods end every Wednesday at 12:00 AM Pacific and that payments go out on Fridays. Its [accounting policy](https://support.clickbank.com/en/articles/10535345-clickbank-accounting-policy) adds that money is distributed two days after the period ends and that 10% of each period's revenue is kept as a return allowance, released after about 84 days. Nothing is paid until the account shows five sales from unique customers, and a balance under the default payment threshold waits for a later Friday. If you are paid every two weeks, the calculator shows the first eligible Friday and the one after it, because ClickBank's own two-week calendar decides which of the two you get. The [ClickBank review for vendors](/reviews/clickbank) covers the rest of the seller terms. #### Digistore24: a 60-day deposit and four dates a month Under Digistore24's [security deposit rule](https://help.digistore24.com/hc/en-us/articles/23541782156433-About-the-security-deposit), 10% of your earnings stays in the account for 60 days. Its help centre states that the other 90% is payable after 14 days on smaller sales and after 30 days on larger ones, using the price line in the rules above. The [payout dates article](https://help.digistore24.com/hc/en-us/articles/23548523136529-Payout-Set-dates-and-thresholds) limits transfers to the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th, sets a lower minimum for the 7th than for the other three, and warns that a transfer can take up to ten business days to arrive. The comparison table on the [pricing page](https://www.digistore24.com/pricing/) still lists that vendor cadence as weekly, up to four times a month, with $2.50 for an ACH transfer and $40 for an international wire. The affiliate FAQ on the same page says payouts run up to three times a week. [The feature page for that line](https://www.digistore24.com/features/up-to-3x-weekly-payouts/) is about affiliate commissions: 80% after 14 days, the rest after 30 days, and no minimum. Vendor transfers stay on the four help-centre dates. The [Digistore24 vs JVZoo comparison](/compare/digistore24-vs-jvzoo) sets the deposit against JVZoo's refund hold. #### JVZoo: thirty days on your own processor The [JVZoo FAQ](https://www.jvzoo.com/faq) says that with your own processor your revenue arrives after the 30-day refund period, and that a new account waits for the minimum in the rules above. The same page says every payout accounts for that refund period, including sales JVZoo processes itself. It still does not list the days those processed sales are sent, so the calculator treats day 30 as the earliest date and leaves the transfer calendar to your dashboard. How that trade looks against ClickBank's Friday cycle is in [ClickBank vs JVZoo for vendors](/compare/clickbank-vs-jvzoo). #### CopeCart: 80% at two weeks, the rest at day 40 CopeCart's [EU guide to payouts and taxes](https://help-eu.copecart.com/en/articles/9061101-payouts-and-taxes-as-a-copecart-reseller-everything-you-need-to-know) says CopeCart pays 80% of your earnings 14 days after a successful sale and the remaining 20% 40 days after it, by bank transfer on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th. With [Fast Payout](https://help-eu.copecart.com/en/articles/9064796-fast-payout) switched on, the 80% arrives within 7 days and CopeCart adds a surcharge of 0.5% of the gross amount. CopeCart Americas runs under separate terms, so these dates apply to sellers on the European platform. [Digistore24 vs CopeCart for EU vendors](/compare/digistore24-vs-copecart) compares the two calendars directly. #### Hotmart: turn the faster schedule on [Hotmart's two-day payment article](https://help.hotmart.com/en/article/36866116752525/how-does-the-2-day-payment-schedule-work-globally-except-brazil-) is the source for both clocks. Once you activate the schedule, Hotmart releases the larger share of net revenue on the second business day, and the rest fifteen days later. Turning it on adds a processing fee of 0.97% of net revenue, excluding VAT. Installment purchases in Mexican pesos or Brazilian reais, and sales paid with Klarna or Sequra, stay on the standard window. The [Hotmart review](/reviews/hotmart) also lists the Brazilian card and PIX clocks, which this calculator does not run. #### WarriorPlus: the buyer's payment hits your processor WarriorPlus sends the full purchase price into your PayPal or Stripe as soon as checkout succeeds. The [vendor fee article](https://help.warriorplus.com/en/articles/2772140-warriorplus-vendor-fees) sets the order: the platform fee comes off that deposit, and the affiliate commission is deducted from what you received and credited to the affiliate's Wallet. The [payment-methods article](https://help.warriorplus.com/en/articles/1658552-what-payment-methods-can-i-accept-as-a-vendor-or-affiliate) names one exception. A purchase funded from a WarriorPlus Wallet stays in your Wallet. [JVZoo and WarriorPlus for a launch](/compare/jvzoo-vs-warrior-plus) compares the two checkouts, including when each one pays. #### BuyGoods: no public vendor schedule BuyGoods publishes no vendor payout timing, so it appears in both tables as not published. The [BuyGoods review](/reviews/buygoods) covers what the network does say in public. ### What sellers report about holds Seller complaints about payouts are mostly about exceptions to these calendars. Digistore24's vendor terms let it withhold unpaid money when complaints point to a breach of the agreement or the law, which our [Digistore24 review](/reviews/digistore24) goes through. CopeCart sellers on review sites mention weekly processing without delays, and most public complaints about JVZoo come from buyers chasing refunds. Treat each published rule as the earliest date your money can move, since an account under review can wait longer. For what each network takes before any of this, start with the [affiliate network fee calculator](/compare/affiliate-network-fee-calculator-what-a-vendor-keeps-per-sale). ### Frequently asked questions What is the difference between a security deposit and a return allowance? Both keep a tenth of your money back to cover refunds. Digistore24 calls it a security deposit and counts two months from each sale. ClickBank calls it a return allowance and counts twelve weeks from the close of the pay period, so its slice comes back a little later. Do the JVZooPay levels decide when a JVZoo vendor is paid? They decide how fast JVZoo pays affiliates their commissions, from every few days at the top level to every three weeks for new accounts. Your own revenue on your own processor follows the refund window instead. When does ClickBank pay a brand-new vendor for the first time? On the first Friday after the account has five sales from different customers and a balance above its payment threshold, which starts at one hundred dollars. Is CopeCart's 80/20 split the same thing as the Digistore24 deposit? They do the same job with different sizes. CopeCart keeps a fifth of each sale back for about six weeks, while Digistore24 keeps a tenth for about two months. Digistore24 sent my payout on the 21st. Why is it not in my bank yet? Digistore24 sends the money on that date, but your bank may need up to two working weeks after it to credit the account. Does every Hotmart account get the faster payout? You activate it, and Hotmart is rolling it out to eligible accounts. Some checkouts stay on the longer window, including installment plans in two currencies and two payment methods named in that help article. ### Changelog * 23 October 2026\. Hotmart's activated schedule is on the sale-date tool and in the rules. Digistore24's three-times-a-week line is recorded as the affiliate schedule, and vendor transfers stay on the help-centre dates. JVZoo processing is noted as still bound to the refund period. WarriorPlus is on the tool as a sale-day deposit. ### Related * [Which affiliate network fits your offer](/compare/which-affiliate-network-fits-your-offer-a-picker-for-vendors) * [Fee calculator: what a vendor keeps per sale](/compare/affiliate-network-fee-calculator-what-a-vendor-keeps-per-sale) * [Refund windows and chargeback fees by network](/compare/affiliate-network-chargeback-fees-and-refund-rules-for-vendors) * [How to keep your chargeback rate under the network's limit](/guides/affiliate-network-chargeback-rate) * [Refund and chargeback cost calculator](/compare/what-a-refund-and-a-chargeback-cost-a-vendor-on-each-network-calculator) * [Hotmart fees and withdrawal schedules](/reviews/hotmart) * [WarriorPlus from the seller's side](/reviews/warrior-plus-review) * [JVZoo and WarriorPlus for a launch vendor](/compare/jvzoo-vs-warrior-plus) * [Selling on JVZoo: the full review](/reviews/jvzoo) * [CopeCart from the seller's side](/reviews/copecart) * [Digistore24 fees and payouts](/reviews/digistore24/pricing) * [Digistore24 vs JVZoo payout and fees](/compare/digistore24-vs-jvzoo) * [How we read network payout rules](/methodology) * [All network head-to-heads](/compare) Written by Vendor Runbook Editorial Desk Editorial desk The editorial desk at Vendor Runbook. 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