Once your earnings settle into your balance, this page covers cashing out: connecting a Stripe payout account, withdrawing your money, and tracking each movement through the Activity feed and its statuses. For how earnings accrue and settle in the first place, see How earnings work.

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Setting up payouts with Stripe

NewWave pays you through Stripe Connect. You complete a short Stripe onboarding once — Stripe’s identity verification (KYC) plus your bank details — and from then on Stripe holds your balance and sends your withdrawals. Until Stripe’s verification is finished, you won’t see a balance at all and the Withdraw action stays unavailable — withdrawals only unlock once KYC clears. Any money you’ve already earned is held safely and released to you the moment Stripe is connected. When that happens, your earnings card swaps the “Set up payouts” prompt for your live balance, along with Manage payouts and Withdraw buttons.
Connect Stripe early — even before your first video settles. That way your earnings flow straight into your balance instead of waiting in the “held” state.
Changing the country on your payout account requires withdrawing your balance to zero first. If you need to switch countries, cash out everything available, then update your country in Manage payouts.

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Withdrawing your money

When you tap Withdraw, you choose how fast you want the money and where it goes.
A free withdrawal to your linked bank account. Arrives in about 2–3 business days. This is the default destination shown for your currency.
The withdraw screen has an amount input in your currency, Standard and Instant speed options, a Max shortcut, and your default destination. The review step then summarizes the amount, speed and arrival estimate, destination, any instant fee, and the net “You’ll receive” before you confirm.
Once you confirm a withdrawal, it can’t be cancelled. Double-check the amount and destination on the review step first.
Instant is only available if you have an eligible debit card attached. Without one, the Instant option is disabled — Standard to your bank still works fine. You also can’t withdraw more than your available balance.

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Following the money: the Activity feed

The Payments page pairs your earnings card with an Activity feed — a day-grouped list (Today, Yesterday, then by date) of every money movement. It loads more as you scroll.
  • Received entries are inbound transfers from settled videos (green when released, “Processing” while still clearing).
  • Withdrawal entries are outbound payouts, each with a status pill, an instant badge and fee where relevant, an arrival estimate, and your Balance now afterward.
Rows tied to a specific video are clickable — tap one to open that submission.

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The statuses you’ll see

Your videos and your withdrawals each move through their own set of states.

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Per-video earnings

StatusWhat it means
Earning (accumulating)Views are still being counted. The payout is a live estimate shown with ~, and the row shows time remaining in the window.
Pending (available soon)Views are frozen and pay is locked in, but the transfer hasn’t completed yet — for example, while your Stripe onboarding finishes.
Credited (settled)The amount has been transferred to your Stripe balance. Withdrawable once it clears.
SkippedThe video earned nothing for that period, so it’s set aside (dimmed) rather than paid $0. It doesn’t add to your earnings.

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Withdrawals

StatusWhat it means
In transitYour payout has been submitted and is on its way, with an estimated arrival date.
PaidThe money landed in your bank or card, with the actual arrival time.
Failed / CanceledThe payout didn’t go through — the amount returns to your balance.

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Seeing earnings per campaign

Inside a campaign workspace, the banner shows an Earned figure (your locked-in settled and pending pay for that campaign) plus a separate ~ accruing line for views still being counted. Tap the stat — or View earnings in the menu — to open the per-video breakdown. That breakdown splits your earnings into three buckets:
  • Settled — credited and on its way to (or in) your balance.
  • Pending — locked in and available soon.
  • Accruing — still counting views, shown with a ~.
Below the summary, your videos are listed by payout period. Each row shows its status badge, view count, payout amount, and — for accruing videos — the time remaining in its window.

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Common questions

You won’t see a balance until your Stripe onboarding is complete. Any money you’ve earned is held safely until then and released the moment you finish connecting Stripe.
You likely chose an Instant payout, which deducts a roughly 2% fee. The review step shows the exact net you’ll receive before you confirm. Standard payouts to your bank are free.
No. If a withdrawal fails or is canceled, the amount returns to your available balance. You can try again.

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Next steps

How earnings work

How earnings accrue, freeze, and settle — and what each balance figure means.

Set up payouts

Complete Stripe onboarding so withdrawals unlock and earnings flow to your balance.

How tracking & payouts work

Payout groups, the best-group rule, accruing vs. settled, and the view window.

Connect & publish

Get a video posted and linked so it starts earning.