Getting Paid & Payout Methods
Set up payouts, withdraw your earnings, and know exactly when money lands.
Profile → Wallet → Choose Your Payout Method. Two options: PayPal (most common, fastest) and Stripe (US/EU bank deposits). Link your account, verify it once, and future withdrawals route automatically.
Yes, switch any time from the Wallet tab. The change applies to future withdrawals; in-flight ones complete on the original method.
PayPal is the primary rail (available in most countries). Stripe (US/EU bank deposits). Alternative electronic transfers in regions where neither works. The Wallet tab shows what’s available in your country.
If PayPal is restricted in your country, the app shows alternative methods (region-specific transfer providers, Stripe in eligible regions). If nothing’s available, contact support, and the team will set up a manual transfer route for active creators.
“Waiting Approval” is the standard security/fraud check that happens between when you request a withdrawal and when funds disburse. Usually completes in 24-48 hours. Larger withdrawals may take longer if additional ID verification is needed.
Most common causes: payout method not fully verified, large amount triggering additional review, missing tax info for US creators (W-9 form), or the bank’s processing window. Check your Wallet for status notes; if blocked for more than 5 business days, contact support.
Profile → Wallet → Payouts tab shows every withdrawal with date, amount, method, and a digital receipt. PayPal/Stripe also send their own confirmation emails.
The security review is mandatory and can’t be expedited. Once the review clears, processing speed depends on your method: PayPal is fastest (often same-day), Stripe is 1-3 business days, alternative transfers can take 3-5 days.
You need one before the withdraw button will do anything. Open the Wallet tab in the app, find Choose Your Payout Method, then:
For PayPal
- Tap Add PayPal Account.
- Enter the email address on your PayPal account. This must be the email PayPal knows, not your Ainfluencer login.
- Tap Link PayPal Account.
- The option now shows PayPal with a Connected badge and a pencil for editing.
For crypto
- Tap Add Crypto Wallet.
- Choose a currency, then a network. Both lists come from our server, so what you see is what is currently payable.
- Paste your wallet address for that network.
- Tap Save Crypto Wallet. The option then reads Crypto with your coin beside it.
The address is checked against the network’s format before it saves, so The wallet address is not a valid address means the address and the network do not match. The usual cause is pasting an Ethereum address after choosing Tron, or the reverse. Check the network in your own wallet app and pick the same one here.
Two methods. Bank transfer, Stripe and Payoneer are not available to creators, whatever you may have read elsewhere.
| Method | What you need | Networks |
|---|---|---|
| PayPal | The email on your PayPal account | Not applicable |
| Crypto, USDT | A wallet address on one of the supported networks | BNB Smart Chain (BEP20), Ethereum (ERC20), Solana, Tron (TRC20) |
| Crypto, USDC | The same | BNB Smart Chain (BEP20), Ethereum (ERC20), Solana, Tron (TRC20) |
You can save one PayPal and one crypto wallet at a time, and pick between them on each request. Saving again replaces the old one rather than adding a second.
If neither method works where you live, that is worth a support message rather than giving up. The finance team can arrange a manual route for creators with active earnings, but it has to be asked for.
The app says the 1st and the 15th, then up to five business days. Here is what has actually happened across the 554 payouts we have paid:
| Time from your request to the money being sent | Share of payouts |
|---|---|
| Within 5 days | 47% |
| Within 15 days | 91% |
| Longer than 30 days | under 3% |
The average is about nine days. Nine out of ten requests are paid inside two weeks, so the right expectation is one to two weeks rather than five days.
Why it varies: every payout is sent by hand by our finance team, against a schedule of the 1st and the 15th. Nothing is automated, so a request sent on the 2nd waits for the 15th, while one sent on the 14th can go the next day. Requesting just before those dates is the only thing that genuinely speeds it up.
Possibly, and it is worth chasing rather than waiting. Requests from before our payment system changed in August 2025 can sit in Processing indefinitely, because they were never picked up by the current payout queue. There are still dozens of them on the platform, some more than a year old.
- Open the Payouts tab and note the date of the request and the amount.
- Message support with both, and say it has been Processing since that date.
- The team either pays it or rejects it so the money returns to your wallet and you can request again through the current flow.
Over a month in Processing is not normal and will not resolve on its own. Under two weeks almost always is. You cannot cancel a request yourself, so a stuck one needs a person either way.
Not from the app. There is no cancel button, by design, because a request may already be with the finance team.
Ask support and they will have it rejected, which is not a penalty: the money goes straight back to your wallet and the deal returns to your withdrawable list, so you can request it again.
This is urgent if you entered the wrong address. A request keeps the address it was sent with, so editing your payout method afterwards does not fix a request already in the queue. Message support the same day, before the next payout run.
Two separate jobs, and doing only the first is the common mistake.
- Fix the saved method. Wallet tab, pencil icon on PayPal or the crypto option, enter the correct details, save. This protects future requests.
- Message support about any request already sent, because it still carries the old address. Ask for it to be rejected.
- Once rejected, the money returns to your wallet and you request again, this time with the correct address attached.
For crypto, check the network as well as the address. An address that is correct on Ethereum but saved under Tron will be rejected at saving time, but an address that is valid on two networks will save and the funds can go to the wrong chain. Confirm both in your wallet app.
No. A rejection moves nothing out of your wallet. The amount stays with you and the deal returns to your withdrawable list.
Rejections are uncommon: nine of the 643 requests ever sent, around one in seventy. The reason is always written on the request, under Details in the Payouts tab.
- Open the Payouts tab and read the reason under Details.
- Fix whatever it names, most often a payout address.
- Send a new request for the same deals.
If there is no reason shown, or the reason does not match your situation, send support the request date and amount. A rejection with no explanation is a fault on our side, not something you should have to work out.
Three causes, in the order to check them:
| Check | What to look for | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Is a method selected? | The circle beside PayPal or Crypto must be filled, not just saved | Tap the method so the radio button fills |
| Do you have anything to withdraw? | Only deals showing Payment Released can be withdrawn | Escrowed deals need the brand to approve first |
| Are your deals already in a request? | Each deal can only be in one open request | Check the Payouts tab for a Processing request covering them |
If a method is selected, deals show Payment Released, and nothing is Processing, then it is a fault worth reporting. Send support a screenshot of your Wallet tab and the names of the deals you expect to be able to withdraw.
Ignore them. This is a known bug on our side, not a problem with your account. The reminder is sent whenever a brand pays for one of your deals and you have no PayPal method saved, and it does not check whether you have saved a crypto wallet instead.
Your crypto wallet is saved, it works, and you can withdraw to it normally.
Confirm it in ten seconds: open the Wallet tab and look at the crypto option. If it reads Crypto with your coin name, you are set up. If you would rather the emails stopped, saving a PayPal email as well does stop them, and you can still choose crypto on every request.
Completed means our finance team has sent it. Check where it went before assuming it is lost:
- Open the Payouts tab and tap the payout.
- Read the destination shown on it. That is the address the money was sent to, which is the address saved when you made the request, not the one saved now.
- For crypto, tap the transaction hash to copy it, then look it up on that network’s block explorer. The explorer tells you whether it arrived, and where.
- For PayPal, check the email address shown, including any old address you may have replaced since.
If the destination is correct and the explorer shows no transaction, send support the payout date, the amount and the hash. If the destination is not the address you expected, say that explicitly, because it means the request carried an older address and the team needs to trace it.
Tapping Submit Withdrawal Request opens Select Completed Deals, which lists exactly what is available: deals whose money has been released and that are not already in a request. If you have earnings from before August 2025, a Legacy balance row appears alongside them.
Each deal is withdrawn at its current price. If a brand revised the offer upward and you accepted, the extra is already included, so you do not request it separately.
| What your wallet shows | Can you withdraw it? |
|---|---|
| Wallet Balance | This includes money already inside a Processing request |
| Available to withdraw | This is the figure that matters |
| Pending withdrawal requests | Already requested, waiting on finance |
A balance that shows money while available shows zero almost always means it is all inside a request being processed. Check the Payouts tab to confirm, and there is nothing to fix.
There is no minimum. You can request a few dollars, and people do: plenty of the payouts we have paid are under $20.
The fee is a flat 20% whichever way you do it, so there is no saving in batching. The real considerations are different:
| Approach | Argument for | Argument against |
|---|---|---|
| Withdraw as soon as each deal is released | Money leaves the platform sooner. No balance sitting in a wallet you do not control | Each request waits for the next 1st or 15th anyway, so many small requests do not arrive faster |
| Batch several deals into one request | One request to track. Lower network fees on a single crypto transfer | Everything in it is blocked until the whole request is paid |
If you are on crypto, batching has a genuine advantage that has nothing to do with us: one transfer costs one network fee, and on Ethereum that difference is real money on small amounts. On PayPal it makes almost no difference.
No. If you have been told there is a $50 minimum, that is not correct and we are sorry for the confusion.
Of the payouts we have actually paid, more than half were under $50. The smallest was $4, and small payouts are still being paid now.
| Payout size | Share of all payouts paid |
|---|---|
| Under $10 | a small number, but they are paid |
| $10 to $25 | about a third |
| $25 to $50 | about a fifth |
| $50 or more | about two fifths |
If a small withdrawal is sitting unpaid, the cause is the manual payout schedule rather than the amount. Chase it the same way as any other: the Payouts tab, the request date, and a message to support if it has been Processing over a month.
No. PayPal and crypto are the only two routes, and bank transfer is not something support can arrange as an exception. For creators in countries where Stripe does not operate, a direct bank deposit is not possible at all.
If PayPal’s own fees are eating a lot of a small payout, compare a crypto payout on a cheap network. Ainfluencer’s 20% is identical either way, but what PayPal and what a blockchain network each take afterwards is not, and on small amounts that difference is real.
Probably not wrong, but there are three separate waits and people usually only know about one of them:
| Stage | How long | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| You submitted, nobody has approved | Up to about 9 days for a normal post link | Only the brand or an admin approving. Nothing happens automatically |
| Approved, money in your wallet | About a minute | Automatic |
| You requested a withdrawal | Usually one to two weeks | Our finance team paying it by hand, around the 1st and 15th |
A week after posting with no money almost always means stage one: the brand has not approved yet. Open the deal chat and check whether it says Published and Waiting Approval. If it does, message the brand, because that wait ends in a refund to them rather than a payment to you.
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