How money flows
Aclamos uses Stripe Connect Express. When a nominator pays an entry fee, Stripe charges them on Aclamos's platform account but the funds are immediately destined for your Stripe Connect account. Aclamos takes 0% per entry; Stripe charges its standard processing fee.
If a sponsor deal includes a revenue split, the producer gets the headline rate and the sponsor's share is auto-routed to their Connect account at payout sweep.
Connecting your account
/[org]/settings/payouts → Connect Stripe. You'll be redirected to Stripe's onboarding (it takes ~3 minutes). When you return, the page polls Stripe and updates:
- ☑ Account details submitted
- ☑ Charges enabled
- ☑ Payouts enabled
Until Charges enabled is true, your show can't accept paid entries. Free shows work without Stripe.
Pricing tiers + discount codes
/[org]/[show]/pricing — set early-bird, standard, late tiers with start/end dates. Each tier has a base fee and an "additional category" fee for nominators submitting to multiple categories.
Discount codes (/pricing) support % off, fixed-amount off, free-entry, max redemptions, and date windows.
Refunds
Producers can issue refunds from /[org]/[show]/finance → click the payment → Refund. The refund goes through Stripe directly. Aclamos doesn't charge a fee on refunds.
Sponsor revenue-share auto-payouts
If you set a non-zero revenueSplitPercent on a sponsorship deal (e.g. "Aurora Studios gets 15%"), every paid nomination on that deal accrues a SponsorPayout in PENDING status. Sweep them to the sponsor's Connect account from /[org]/settings/payouts → "Sweep payouts now" (or "Dry-run" first).
If a sponsor doesn't have Stripe connected yet, their payouts are skipped (not lost) until they connect.
VAT / sales tax
Stripe Tax is integrated at the platform level. Producers in the EU/UK should provide their VAT number under /[org]/settings; we'll route Stripe Tax to charge correctly.
Aclamos plan billing
Separate from per-entry payments. Plan fees (Growth, Studio, Enterprise) are charged to the producer monthly via Stripe Billing. See your invoice history at /[org]/settings/billing. The 14-day money-back is documented at /refunds.