Get paid on Talewrite

Run paid games as a Dungeon Master, or take art commissions in the Artists' Gallery. Customers pay through Talewrite, and the money goes straight to your own Stripe account. Here's exactly how it works before you set it up.

The short version

• You're the seller. Payments go directly to your Stripe account. Talewrite isn't a party to your deal with your players or clients.
• We keep 10% of each seat payment and each commission. Stripe's own card fee also comes out of your share (Stripe's standard US card rate is 2.9% + 30¢ per payment; see stripe.com/pricing).
• Tips are all yours. Clients can tip an artist after the art is delivered, and we take nothing from tips.
• All payment goes through Talewrite. No Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, Patreon, cash or "tips" on the side.
• You handle your own refunds and disputes in your Stripe dashboard, within the rules below. When you refund someone, we give back our share of the fee automatically.

An example

A player buys a $10.00 seat. Talewrite keeps $1.00 (10%). Stripe's card fee is about $0.59. You get about $8.41, paid out to your bank on Stripe's schedule (often a couple of business days; your first payout can take longer while Stripe sets up your account).

For Dungeon Masters: paid seats

• Paid seats are for tables you DM yourself (not AI-run tables). You set the price: $1 to $200, charged once, weekly or monthly.
• Players you accept from your listing, or who use your invite link, pay before they're seated.
• Weekly and monthly seats renew automatically until cancelled. A player cancels by leaving your table, which stops future charges. If you make seats free or one-time, existing weekly and monthly payments are cancelled and those players keep their seats.
• Describe your game honestly (what's included, how often you post, how long it runs) and deliver it.
• Refunds for paid games are up to you and are made from your Stripe dashboard. Players can report a DM who doesn't deliver; repeated or serious problems can cost you your paid-game privileges or your account.
• Games that never start: if you haven't posted in the game 14 days after a player pays, they can ask for a refund. You then have 7 days to start the game or refund them. If you do neither, a moderator may refund them in full, including our fee. By setting a seat price, you authorize Talewrite to issue that refund from your Stripe account, and to stop any weekly or monthly charge for that seat.
• Players can rate you and leave a testimonial. Don't offer anything in exchange for ratings, write your own, or pressure anyone to change one.

For artists: commissions

• Clients send a request. You quote a price and a delivery time (in days), or decline with a short reason. The client pays when they accept your quote.
• The due date is set when they pay. Deliver the finished art privately through the site; only the client (and moderators, when needed) can open it.
• Late art and refunds: if the art isn't delivered 7 days after the due date, the client can ask for a refund. You then have 7 days to deliver or refund, and new requests to you are paused until it's settled. If you do neither, a moderator may refund the client in full, including our fee. By sending a quote, you authorize Talewrite to issue that refund from your Stripe account.
• That process covers art that wasn't delivered. Disagreements about delivered art (quality, revisions) are between you and the client, but either of you can report a problem to us.
• Hand-made art only. Art generated or edited with AI image tools isn't allowed in the gallery or in commissions, even with a label.
• Mark every picture SFW or NSFW honestly. No sexually explicit images, and Mature art only with a Mature rating.
• Unless you agree otherwise with the client, you keep the copyright, and the client may use the piece for their own games and profile on and off Talewrite.
• Your artist page shows your record from commissions here: delivered, on time, refunds and overdue.

Rules for everyone who sells

• Charge only through Talewrite. If you charge for a game you list, run or find here, use paid seats; artists use the commission checkout. Don't ask for or accept payment any other way, and don't move people off the site to pay. Breaking this can cost you your listings, your selling privileges or your account.
• Chargebacks and disputes are handled in your Stripe account, and Stripe's dispute fees are yours. Describing what you sell honestly and delivering it is the best protection.
• Taxes: you're responsible for any taxes on your earnings. Stripe may send you a tax form (such as a 1099-K in the US) based on your sales.
• Your Stripe account is between you and Stripe, under Stripe's terms. Stripe verifies your identity and may ask for more details.
• When you refund a customer (all or part of a payment), we automatically return the same share of our fee to you.
• We can change the platform fee for future payments. We'll show the new rate before it applies, and payments already made aren't affected.

Set it up

This page summarizes the selling sections of the Terms of Service. If anything here and the Terms ever disagree, the Terms apply. Seller terms version 2026-11-09b.