Seller payouts

How money gets from a buyer's card or PayPal account to yours.

How do I get paid?

The first time you try to publish a listing (or set it up ahead of time under Settings → Payments → Selling), you'll see one screen — "Set up how buyers pay you" — with three options. Set up any of them:

Bank account — a short identity + bank-account form, right on Rumblebid. Once approved, card-paying buyers' payments land in your bank on the regular payout schedule (typically every 2 business days).
PayPal — drop your PayPal email. That's it; no business account needed. PayPal-paying buyers' funds land directly in your PayPal balance the moment they pay. Setting up PayPal also turns on Venmo (the money still arrives in the same PayPal balance).
Venmo — rides your PayPal setup above; nothing separate to configure.

Set up one or all three — most sellers set up more than one so every listing is reachable. Once you've set up at least one method, you can turn any of them on or off any time from Settings → Payments → Selling — selling just requires that at least one stays on.

When does the money arrive?

Stripe: charge clears in 1–2 business days on Stripe's side, payout is on Stripe's schedule (default daily after a rolling 2-day wait — see your Stripe Express dashboard for the exact cadence on your account).

PayPal: instant. The buyer's payment goes straight to your PayPal balance; Rumblebid doesn't sit in the middle. Withdrawal to your bank is on PayPal's normal terms.

Do I need payouts set up before I list?

Yes. You connect at least one payout method (Bank account, PayPal, or Venmo) before you can publish a listing — buyer funds route straight to your payout account the moment a sale closes, so there has to be somewhere for them to land. Rumblebid never holds your money.

Why is there no "Rumblebid holds the funds" step?

Stripe: the buyer's charge is split at capture — Rumblebid's fee comes to us and your share lands directly on your Stripe Connect balance in the same moment. There's no separate transfer and no float on Rumblebid's side.

PayPal: the buyer's payment lists you as the payee, so funds skip Rumblebid entirely. (Once PayPal Marketplaces partner approval lands, we'll take a fee at capture time the same way Stripe does. Until then, PayPal sales settle gross to you and Rumblebid's per-sale FVF on PayPal isn't auto-collected.)

When is each step "done" from Rumblebid's view?

Your Transactions page shows every sale with its current status. Stripe rows show Paid out as soon as the buyer's charge captures (your share lands on your Connect balance then); PayPal rows show Paid out as soon as the capture clears. Disputes and refunds get their own statuses with the action that triggered them.