Understanding Affiliate Earnings | Harmonia

You earn the commission the brand sets, in full. The 20% platform fee is billed to the brand, so it is never taken out of your payout. Your earnings are rolled up per brand, not per post, so you always see three things: which brand, how much you earned, and when you get paid.

This guide explains how to read those earnings: why they are grouped by brand, what "full commission" means, and how each commission moves from pending to paid. Every number here is the real one.

$50brand sets the commission $50you receive, in full

Earnings are rolled up per brand

A brand is what you decide to back, and a brand is what pays. So your earnings are organized by brand, not by individual posts or videos.

Each brand you are approved for has its own earnings total. For every brand, you see:

• Which brand. The brand whose program you are promoting.
• How much. The total commission you have earned from that brand's attributed sales.
• When paid. Where each commission sits in the path from sale to payout.

We do not break your earnings down per post or per video. Your payout does not depend on any single post; it depends on real attributed sales for a brand and on that brand's invoice clearing. Per-brand clarity tells you what you will be paid and when, which is the thing you care about. This is one of the ways Harmonia differs from older networks: the dashboard answers "which brand paid me, how much, and when," not "how did this one clip perform."

If you want the basics of how commission is earned in the first place, start with affiliate marketing 101 or what affiliate marketing means for athletes.

You keep the full commission

The number the brand sets is the number you receive. There is no deduction from your side.

The commission is brand-set per program: a flat dollar amount or a flat percent. Say a brand sets $50 per sale. You receive the full $50. The 20% platform fee, $10 in this case, is added on top and billed to the brand, so the brand's total cost is $60. The fee never comes out of your $50.

This full amount is what we call your net commission: the whole commission the brand set, with nothing taken out.

How a commission moves from sale to paid

Every commission moves through a few states on its own. You never have to claim or trigger anything.

The first state is the accrual: the moment your tracking link drives an attributed sale, the commission is recorded as pending. From there it moves forward as the refund window passes and the brand's invoice clears.

A reversal does not put you in the red. If a customer returns the whole order, the full commission reverses; if they return part of it, only that portion reverses, pro-rated. You never owe anything out of pocket; the amount is just deducted from your balance. For the full picture, see why a commission can reverse.

Where you see when you'll be paid

Your wallet shows everything in one place:

• Available balance. Cleared earnings that are funded and waiting on the next daily payout.
• On the way. Earnings that are pending or eligible but not yet funded by a cleared invoice.
• Paid out. Your history of completed payouts, with dates and amounts.

Payouts run automatically through Stripe Connect. Once your brand's monthly invoice clears, we pay out daily, with a $25 minimum; balances under that roll forward. On December 15 we pay out any remaining balance regardless of the minimum. We issue your 1099-NEC automatically at year-end.

For the same breakdown inside the product, see understanding your earnings. For payout setup and timing, see payouts.

FAQ

How do affiliate earnings work on Harmonia?

You share a tracking link for a brand you back. When someone clicks it and buys from that brand's Shopify store, the sale is credited to you and you earn the commission the brand set for that program, in full. Your earnings are rolled up per brand, so you see three things: which brand, how much you earned, and when you get paid. The 20% platform fee is billed to the brand, so it is never taken out of your payout.

Does the platform fee come out of my commission?

No. You earn the commission the brand sets, in full. The 20% platform fee is billed to the brand on top of your commission, so it is never deducted from your payout. If a brand sets a $50 commission, you receive $50.

Why are my earnings grouped by brand?

Because a brand is what you decide to back, and a brand is what pays. Each brand sets its own commission and gets its own monthly invoice, and your payout follows that invoice. Grouping by brand shows the three things that matter: which brand, how much, and when paid. We do not break earnings down per post, because your payout does not depend on any single post.

What do the status labels mean?

Each commission moves through a few states. Pending means the sale is counted but still inside the refund window. Eligible means the refund window has passed and the amount is locked in, waiting on the brand's invoice. Funded means the brand's invoice cleared, so the money is ready to pay. Paid means it went out to your bank through Stripe Connect. Reversed means a refund happened during the refund window and that portion was removed, pro-rated to the amount refunded.

Where do I see when I'll be paid?

Your wallet shows your balance, what is on the way, and what has already been paid, with dates. Payouts run daily through Stripe Connect once the brand's monthly invoice clears, with a $25 minimum; balances under that roll forward, and on December 15 we pay out any remaining balance regardless of the minimum.