Payment features are enabled per organization and per plan. If you don’t see the pages described here, payouts aren’t turned on for your organization yet — ask your account owner or contact support.
The big picture
Two setups happen once, then payouts are routine:- The organization connects a bank account and verifies it. That verified account is the funding source for ACH (direct-deposit) payouts.
- Each member who gets paid onboards their own payout destination — a Stripe Connect account, a bank account for direct deposit, or both.
Connect and verify an organization bank account
An owner or admin adds the organization’s bank account under the org Bank Accounts card (in organization settings). You enter the account and routing number; Soundcheck stores them encrypted and only ever shows a masked number (for example••••1234) afterward.
Micro-deposit verification
A newly added account starts as Pending and must be verified before it can move money:1
Add the account
Enter the account and routing numbers and save. The account shows a Pending status.
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Wait for the micro-deposits
Two small deposits (each a few cents) arrive in the bank account within a couple of business days.
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Validate the amounts
Come back to the Bank Accounts card, click Validate Micro Deposit, and enter the two amounts. While this is in progress the badge reads Verifying micro-deposits.
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Verified
When the amounts match, the status flips to Verified and the account can fund payouts.
Onboard members for payouts
Before a member can be paid, they set up where the money goes. This happens from their own profile — admins never edit a member’s payout destination.- Stripe Connect — the member opens the Stripe Connect card on their profile, clicks Connect, and completes Stripe’s hosted onboarding (identity, tax details, bank account). Their status shows as Setup Incomplete until Stripe marks the account active. Payouts to that member are held until the account is active.
- Bank account (direct deposit) — a member can also add and verify their own bank account (same micro-deposit flow as above) to receive ACH direct deposits.
Send gig payouts
Payouts are sent from the gig that generated them. In short: build the team with performance fees, wait for members to accept, then review and send eligible payouts and pick the funding method. ACH-funded payouts from a verified bank account cost the organization nothing; card-funded payouts carry the platform fee.Gig payments — full walkthrough
Reviewing payable members, choosing who to pay, selecting a funding method, and tracking settlement.
Follow the money: payment history
Every payout is recorded on both sides:- Organization view — the org Payments page aggregates every payment request members have submitted and every payout the organization has sent, with date, recipient, amount, funding method, and the originating gig. Each row links back to the gig for context. This page requires an owner/admin role and the payments feature enabled for your organization.
- Member view — a member sees their own earnings on their profile: completed payouts, anything still pending, and total earnings.
Subscriptions are separate
The card that pays for your Soundcheck subscription is handled through Stripe billing and is entirely separate from the bank accounts and Stripe Connect setup used to pay your crew. Changing one never affects the other. See Plans & billing.Related
Per-gig payments
Configure fees and send payouts from a single gig.
Your profile
Member payout onboarding and earnings history.
QuickBooks
Sync payouts and income to your accounting.
Plans & billing
Subscription billing — separate from member payouts.