What are earnings?

• Earnings refer to all income generated through POSTYPE, including “post earnings” accumulated from post sales and support, “membership earnings” paid through membership recurring support, “request earnings” from 1:1 commissioned work, and “Character Talk earnings” paid from other users’ paid conversations if you are selected as a Character Talk partner. All of these earnings count as the creator’s income.

• After completing creator verification, you can enable automatic withdrawal and withdraw your earnings in cash.
• Withdrawn earnings are subject to tax filing. Creators who earn income on a continual basis are encouraged to register a business.
• From February 1, 2020, earnings can only be withdrawn and can no longer be reused for post purchases or support.
  • Can’t I use my earnings for post purchases or support, or convert them to points?
• Earnings expire 5 years from the date they are paid. However, if you voluntarily delete your account or your account is deleted due to inactivity for 5 years or more, your earnings are immediately forfeited and cannot be restored.

How to withdraw earnings

• To withdraw earnings, you must complete creator verification once.
• After completing creator verification, you can enable automatic withdrawal under [Earnings] > [Withdrawal settings].
  • However, for safe transfers, you cannot change your automatic withdrawal settings between 12:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. (noon) on the 1st of every month, when automatic withdrawal requests are processed.
• If your total earnings balance is at least 10,000 won and automatic withdrawal is enabled at 12:00 a.m. on the 1st of every month, a withdrawal will automatically be requested for all earnings accumulated up to the previous month.
• Withdrawal records are generated between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. (noon) on the 1st of every month, after financial institutions’ maintenance hours end. Once the automatic withdrawal request is completed, the record will appear under [Earnings] > [Withdrawal history], and your entire earnings balance will be deducted.
• If you change any earnings-related settings on your account before your withdrawal record has finished generating on the morning of the 1st, your withdrawal request may not be processed correctly, so please be careful.
• The amount requested for withdrawal will be deposited into the bank account registered during individual creator verification within business hours (10:00–19:00) on the 10th of the same month (or the previous business day if it falls on a holiday).
  • All earnings accumulated up to May 31: categorized as May earnings, automatically tallied at 8:00 a.m. on June 1, and deposited on June 10
  • All earnings accumulated up to June 30: categorized as June earnings, automatically tallied at 8:00 a.m. on July 1, and deposited on July 10

• You cannot withdraw only part of your earnings.
• You cannot change the withdrawal date of automatically requested earnings.
• When you withdraw earnings, a withdrawal fee is charged as a platform usage fee.
  • For details, please refer to the withdrawal fee policy document.
• In addition, under tax law, 10% of the total fee is collected as value-added tax (VAT) on your behalf.
• If a transfer cannot be made at the time the withdrawal record is generated—due to reasons such as account closure, incorrect business registration number, change of creator type, or business closure—the issued tax invoice will be canceled and the requested earnings will be credited back to your balance.
  • If your withdrawal fails, please change your withdrawal account.
• After deleting your account, you can no longer request an earnings withdrawal.
• If you requested an earnings withdrawal before deleting your account, but the deposit cannot be made due to reasons such as account closure, the withdrawal may fail. We therefore recommend deleting your account only after your earnings have been successfully deposited.