Get paid for what you sell
When earnings appear, what they're calculated from, and how to read your history
When money appears
A sale doesn't pay out instantly, because the buyer has a 48-hour refund window. During that window the sale isn't final.
Once the window closes, your share of the sale settles into your PAC balance. From there it's yours to spend on Panoply or withdraw — see Cash out.
What your share is calculated from
Two rules cover almost every question:
- Your share is a percentage of your price, set by your subscription plan. The rate lives on one page: Set a price and understand your cut.
- It's calculated on the VAT-exclusive amount. Tax the buyer paid on top is never part of your earnings and never part of the platform's cut.
So if you priced an app at $10, your share is a percentage of $10 — regardless of what a particular buyer's total came to after tax in their country.
The rate is fixed at the time of sale
Each sale records its own split when it happens. That has a useful consequence: changing plans never rewrites your history. Sales made on your old plan keep the old rate; sales after the change use the new one. A refund reverses exactly what the original sale recorded, so a refund can't pay out at a rate the sale was never made at.
Reading your earnings
Your dashboard shows each sale with the amount recorded against it, and your PAC balance as the running total of what's settled. Sales still inside the refund window are visible but not yet counted as available balance.
If a sale is refunded, it reverses — the sale and its reversal both stay in your history rather than the sale disappearing.
Free apps
A free app generates no earnings. There's no commission on zero, and no payout. Publishing free is a legitimate strategy — it just isn't an income one.
Getting the money out
Your balance sits in PAC until you withdraw it. See Cash out your balance.