We launched the TDS Writer Fee Program again in February, and have since introduced a serious replace—with a much more inclusive incomes tier—simply final month. At the moment we’re completely happy 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 present and new authors can join their Stripe account to their writer profile on our Contributor Portal. This can guarantee funds are extra well timed, much less clunky, and visual in the identical place the place authors additionally draft articles, test their stats, and talk with our staff. 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 possibly can at all times evaluate the small print we’ve shared in our announcement publish).
We’ve already contacted all present contributors within the Writer Fee Program with directions on subsequent steps, and everybody becoming a member of TDS as a contributor (hey, that may very well be you!) going ahead can even be invited to attach their Stripe account. For those who’ve revealed with us earlier than and joined the Writer Fee Program, you possibly can go forward and full the method in a couple of minutes — you’ll discover detailed directions in our FAQs.
Lastly, a observe on the fee 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, in the event you revealed an article on April 18, 2025, your earnings window would final till Might 18, 2025. At that time you’ll already see the estimated payout in your analytics dashboard, and the fee shall be processed within the subsequent payout cycle beginning June 15, 2025. You’ll be able to be taught extra about our payout cycle right here.
We sit up for an increasing number of authors becoming a member of and having fun with the advantages of the Writer Fee Program; in the event you ever have any questions on it, be happy to succeed in out at [email protected].