Payments & Billing

How payments, platform fees, coupons, and billing cycles work on CryptoGated.

How Payments Work

Click Subscribe on a plan. A unique payment reference is generated.

Pay

Scan the QR code with your Solana wallet and confirm.

Access

Payment detected on-chain. Subscription activated in seconds.

Solana Pay

All payments use the Solana Pay protocol:

QR codes encode the recipient address, exact amount, and a tracking reference
Supported by Phantom, Solflare, Backpack, and other Solana wallets
No manual memo entry required — the reference is embedded in the transaction
Payment links expire after 1 hour. Click Subscribe again to generate a new one.

Mobile users can tap "Open in Wallet App" instead of scanning.

This opens the payment directly in Phantom, Solflare, or Backpack with everything pre-filled.

Platform Fees

Platform fee per subscriber payment

10%

capped at 0.05 SOL

0.5 SOL subscription

→ 0.05 SOL fee (10%)

0.01 SOL subscription

→ 0.001 SOL fee (10%)

Managed Wallets

Fees are handled automatically:

Subscriber payments go to the managed wallet
When you request a payout, the platform fee is deducted before SOL is sent to you
No invoices, no manual payments

Self-Custody Wallets

You maintain a prepaid platform balance:

Deposit SOL to the platform wallet using the "Top Up Balance" button on your host dashboard
Each subscriber payment automatically deducts the fee from your balance
Dashboard shows current balance, weekly fees, and estimated burn rate
If balance reaches zero: 7-day grace period before channels are paused
Depositing SOL automatically unpauses channels

Keep your balance topped up!

When your balance turns yellow, it means you have less than one week of estimated fees remaining.

Coupon Codes

Hosts can create discount codes:

Percentage Off

e.g., 25% off the plan price

Fixed Amount Off

e.g., 0.1 SOL off

Free Period

100% discount — subscriber gets in free

Bonus Trial Days

Extends the free trial period

Codes can have expiry dates, usage limits, and plan restrictions. Validation is server-side.

Renewals

Subscriptions auto-expire at the end of each billing period
Subscribers can renew from their dashboard at any time
Hosts can set a grace period — extra days after expiry before the subscriber is removed from the channel

For Subscribers

Referral Program

Solana Pay

All payments use the Solana Pay protocol:

QR codes encode the recipient address, exact amount, and a tracking reference

Supported by Phantom, Solflare, Backpack, and other Solana wallets

No manual memo entry required — the reference is embedded in the transaction

Payment links expire after 1 hour. Click Subscribe again to generate a new one.

Mobile users can tap "Open in Wallet App" instead of scanning.

This opens the payment directly in Phantom, Solflare, or Backpack with everything pre-filled.

Platform Fees

Platform fee per subscriber payment

10%

capped at 0.05 SOL

0.5 SOL subscription

→ 0.05 SOL fee (10%)

0.01 SOL subscription

→ 0.001 SOL fee (10%)

Managed Wallets

Fees are handled automatically:

Subscriber payments go to the managed wallet

When you request a payout, the platform fee is deducted before SOL is sent to you

No invoices, no manual payments

Self-Custody Wallets

You maintain a prepaid platform balance:

Deposit SOL to the platform wallet using the "Top Up Balance" button on your host dashboard

Each subscriber payment automatically deducts the fee from your balance

Dashboard shows current balance, weekly fees, and estimated burn rate

If balance reaches zero: 7-day grace period before channels are paused

Depositing SOL automatically unpauses channels

Keep your balance topped up!

When your balance turns yellow, it means you have less than one week of estimated fees remaining.