How payouts work
Every bounty pays out the same way. No invoicing, no chasing, no fine-print surprises — this page is the whole deal.
Claim
You get the bounty's exact qualification checklist up front — the same list your delivery will be verified against. If a claim needs approval, the company confirms it within 24 hours.
Deliver
Book the meeting or make the intro, then log it on the claim from your dashboard so there's a record to verify.
Verify
The company confirms it happened and met the checklist within 48 hours. No response escalates to Bounty review — silence never eats your payout.
Get paid
The reward releases the same day verification lands. You keep 100% of the posted reward — Bounty's platform fee is charged to the company, on top. No payout, no fee.
Payouts run on Stripe. A W-9 is collected at your first payout, and you'll receive a 1099-NEC if you earn $600 or more in a calendar year — bounty hunters are independent contractors and responsible for their own taxes (see Terms). Optional bonuses (opportunity or closed-deal milestones) release the same way, when the company verifies the milestone.