Unlocking partner payouts

In order to receive partner commissions through the beehiiv Partner Program, you must have a valid PayPal account. You’ll also need to complete all necessary tax forms within your PayPal account, as requirements vary by country.

For best practices on handling partner commissions, whether as an individual or business, we recommend consulting a tax professional.

How to update your PayPal email address in beehiiv

By default, your PayPal email is set to match your beehiiv account email. If you use a different email for PayPal (as many do), you can update it anytime from your Partner Program dashboard.

1. Log in to your beehiiv account and click on Share & earn in the top navbar to open your Partner Program dashboard.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Navigate to the Receive your commissions block and click Update PayPal Email.
   
   
3. The email field will become editable, and the block will update to Submit Your PayPal Email. Enter your PayPal email and click Submit.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. A success message will appear at the top of your screen, and the block will revert to Receive your commissions.
   
   
   

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Reminder: There's a trial period and provisioning window 

• All customers you refer to the Partner Program enter a 30-day trial period.
• Should they upgrade to a paid plan, there's a mandatory 30-day provisioning window to prevent cancellations, fraud and or chargebacks. During this time, referrals will appear as "Pending" in your partner dashboard.
• After this provisioning window, their status will change from “Pending” to “Due”. 
• Once paid to you via PayPal, their status will change from “Due” to “Paid”.

Here is an example, suppose you referred a user to the Scale plan on June 1st. After their 30-day trial, they ended up upgrading to the Max plan on July 1st. Your commission would now be due on August 1st. 

This amount will be paid out to you via PayPal on August 15th, which marks the next payout period.

This initial delay applies only to the first payout. Subsequently, you'll receive monthly payments for the following 12-month period or as long as your referral remains a beehiiv customer.