Creator Payout Terms

Any host eligible to broadcast on Align may earn from gifts sent during their live streams. Eligibility is met by any one of the following:

• 1,000 followers, or
• 300 referred signups as an approved affiliate, or
• 20 paid conversions as an approved affiliate.

You must be at least 18 years old to receive a payout, and you must comply with our Terms of Service and content rules at all times.

• You earn $0.0035 for every coin received as a gift during your live broadcast.
• The rate is the same wherever the viewer bought their coins, so the same gift is always worth the same to you.
• Your balance is a record of an amount Align owes you. It is not a bank account and holds no funds on your behalf.
• Gifts funded by you, or by an account you control, do not earn. Neither do gifts sent to an account that is suspended or has lost eligibility.

Earnings become withdrawable 30 days after the broadcast in which they were received. This covers the period during which the viewer’s original purchase can still be refunded or disputed.

Earnings inside the holding period appear in your dashboard but are not yet payable.

• Payouts run monthly, on or about the 15th, covering earnings that became withdrawable by the end of the previous month.
• The minimum payout is $50. Balances below that roll forward to the next month.
• Valid tax documentation (W-9 for US creators, W-8BEN otherwise) and payout details must be on file before your first payment.
• Payments are made by bank transfer or PayPal. Any fee charged by your bank or payment provider is yours.
• We report payments to tax authorities where required, including a Form 1099 for US creators paid $600 or more in a calendar year. You are responsible for any tax owed on your earnings.

If a viewer’s coin purchase is refunded or charged back, earnings credited from gifts funded by that purchase are reversed.

• Where those earnings have not yet been paid, they are removed from your balance.
• Where they have already been paid, the amount is deducted from your next payout, and a negative balance carries forward until cleared.
• We may withhold a payout while a dispute or a suspected-fraud investigation is open.

Sexually explicit content, harassment, illegal activity, and any attempt to inflate earnings artificially — including gifts funded from accounts you control — are grounds for immediate termination.

An account terminated for fraud or a breach of these terms forfeits any unpaid balance. If you close your account voluntarily, we will pay any withdrawable balance above the minimum in the next payout run.

You are an independent creator, not an employee, agent or partner of Align. These terms do not create an employment relationship, and nothing here obliges Align to feature, promote or distribute your broadcasts.

Viewers buy coins from Align, not from you. A gift credits you with an earning under these terms; it is not a payment made to you by the viewer.

We may update these terms, including the earning rate. Changes to the rate apply only to gifts received after the change takes effect, and we will give at least 30 days’ notice of any reduction.

Questions about earnings or a payout? Email support@aligncosmic.com. See also our Coins, Gifts & Refunds terms.