[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"questions:item:en:what-are-mass-payouts":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":7,"category":108,"description":109,"extension":110,"meta":111,"modifiedAt":112,"navigation":113,"pairId":114,"path":115,"publishedAt":116,"question":117,"relatedPath":93,"seo":118,"seoTitle":119,"sitemap":120,"slug":121,"stem":122,"translationSlug":123,"__hash__":124},"questions_en\u002Fen\u002Fquestions\u002Fwhat-are-mass-payouts.md","What Are Mass Payouts","Mass payouts send money to many recipients at once from a single register rather than one transfer at a time. Marketplaces, partner programmes and companies working with contractors use them: the money flows out of the company, not into it.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":101},"minimark",[10,13,18,47,51,54,57,61,87],[11,12,6],"p",{},[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"who-needs-them","Who needs them",[19,20,21,29,35,41],"ul",{},[22,23,24,28],"li",{},[25,26,27],"strong",{},"Marketplaces and platforms"," — settling with sellers after deals.",[22,30,31,34],{},[25,32,33],{},"Companies with contractors"," — paying freelancers and suppliers.",[22,36,37,40],{},[25,38,39],{},"Partner programmes"," — paying rewards to members.",[22,42,43,46],{},[25,44,45],{},"Services issuing compensation"," — bulk refunds and customer bonuses.",[14,48,50],{"id":49},"how-they-differ-from-refunds","How they differ from refunds",[11,52,53],{},"A refund is tied to a specific customer payment: money goes back to whoever paid, up to the amount they paid. A payout is a standalone operation in favour of a recipient, unrelated to anything they paid you.",[11,55,56],{},"Hence the difference at onboarding: accepting payments and sending payouts are separate scenarios, with separately agreed terms.",[14,58,60],{"id":59},"what-to-watch-when-automating","What to watch when automating",[19,62,63,69,75,81],{},[22,64,65,68],{},[25,66,67],{},"Recipient identifiers."," You need a reliable way to tie a register row to a person or seller in your system.",[22,70,71,74],{},[25,72,73],{},"Statuses."," A payout is not instant: your handler must accept the status later.",[22,76,77,80],{},[25,78,79],{},"Retries."," Protection against sending the same payout twice is mandatory.",[22,82,83,86],{},[25,84,85],{},"Reconciliation."," The register you sent and the register that executed must match.",[11,88,89,90,95,96,100],{},"See ",[91,92,94],"a",{"href":93},"\u002Ftransfers","mass payouts","; the programmatic flow is covered by the ",[91,97,99],{"href":98},"\u002Fpayment-api","payment API",".",{"title":102,"searchDepth":103,"depth":103,"links":104},"",2,[105,106,107],{"id":16,"depth":103,"text":17},{"id":49,"depth":103,"text":50},{"id":59,"depth":103,"text":60},"operations","Mass payouts send money to many recipients from a single register. How they differ from refunds, who needs them and what to watch when automating.","md",{},null,true,"question-20","\u002Fen\u002Fquestions\u002Fwhat-are-mass-payouts","2026-08-12","What are mass payouts and who needs them?",{"description":109},"Mass payouts: what they are and who needs them",{"loc":115},"what-are-mass-payouts","en\u002Fquestions\u002Fwhat-are-mass-payouts","chto-takoe-massovye-vyplaty","A3ZQKStPbReiTp0GNCZMcHeR_GnmZlFAPRBKAJbRhR0"]