๐ This article has been translated from Korean for your convenience. If there is any discrepancy, the Korean version prevails.
What is a withdrawal fee?
When you withdraw earnings generated on POSTYPE as cash, a withdrawal fee is charged as a platform usage fee. The withdrawal fee consists of two types of fees.
- Base fee: A fee that is charged by default depending on the type of earnings.
- Discovery fee: An additional fee charged when post sales occur through discovery features (main feed, recommended posts, search results, open channels, etc.).
- Separately from these fees, 10% of the withdrawal fee is charged as value-added tax on the fee.
- Character Talk earnings are subject to 3.3% income tax.
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What is the base fee for each type of earnings?
The base fee for each type of earnings is as follows.
- Creator channel post sales/support: 13%
- Open channel post sales/support: 30%ย
- Membership recurring support: 13%
- Request support: 13%
- Request sales: 10%
- Request sales where the [My earnings] per item is 50,000 KRW or more: 5%
- Character Talk earnings payout: As separately announced
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What is a discovery fee?
- When a post is sold through a discovery feature such as the main feed, search results, recommended posts, or open channels, 17% of the post sales earnings is charged as a discovery fee.ย
When a discovery fee is charged
- When a reader purchases a post, and there is a record that the reader accessed that channel through a discovery feature such as the main feed, recommended posts, search results, or open channels within the last 72 hours from the time of purchase.
When a discovery fee is not charged
- When a post is sold through a route other than discovery, such as the subscription feed, user collections, or direct URL sharing
- When earnings other than post sales (membership recurring support, request sales, etc.) are generated, even if the user was brought in through a discovery feature
- When a post is published directly to an open channel
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What is value-added tax (VAT)?
- Value-added tax is a tax imposed at a fixed rate (10%) on the value newly added at every stage of production and distribution of goods or services, in accordance with tax law.
- For withdrawal fees arising from transactions between POSTYPE and creators, 10% of the fee is additionally charged as value-added tax.
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What is income tax?
Income tax is a tax that, under tax law, the payer withholds in advance when income is generated and then remits to the government.
When paying out Character Talk earnings, 3.3% of the final earnings (3% income tax + 0.3% local income tax) is withheld at source.
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Others
For transactions made before May 2025, no discovery fee is charged, and the following base fees apply.
- Post sales/support: 10%
- Membership recurring support: 10%
- Request support: 10%
- Request sales: 10%