Three ways to pay — fully automated end-to-end, PayPal & Venmo batches you trigger from Roster, or external where Roster only calculates the commissions. W-9 / W-8BEN collection and 1099 filing handled, if you want them. Ambassadors see exactly what's coming and when.
Book a DemoPaying ambassadors at scale is the part of the program nobody warns you about. You start by Venmo-ing a few people. Then someone wants PayPal. Then someone wants a check. Then your CFO asks for the 1099 list and you realize you never collected the W-9s. Now it's a full Sunday once a month — and a full week every January.
The cost isn't just your time. Late or wrong payments are the fastest way to lose an ambassador's trust. The DM that starts "hey, just checking on last month's commission" is the start of churn — and it's the predictable consequence of a payout process that doesn't scale.
"We were writing checks to pay commissions for some people. We were Venmoing others. It was all over the place."— DEVOS Outdoor
Every commission Roster calculates rolls into a single Unsent Payments view, grouped by ambassador, with the per-order detail one click away. Filter by program, date range, minimum payout threshold, or contact tag. You see exactly what you owe before you cut a check, send a batch, or run a payroll.
Automated Payments (Growth, Pro, Enterprise): fully managed end-to-end. Roster pulls ACH from your bank, funds the payment wallet, sends to every ambassador on the first Tuesday of the month. PayPal & Venmo (all plans): you trigger each batch from Roster, Roster sends via PayPal's APIs, real-time status flows back. External (all plans): Roster gives you a CSV with the math done; you pay through your own platform — Stripe, Wise, Payoneer, store credit, checks, anything.
On Automated, every ambassador sets up a payment wallet in the portal: bank account, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Pre-paid Visa, or Amazon Gift Card. They pick once. They get paid every cycle without re-entering anything. Roster sends proactive reminders 25 days before payment day if an ambassador hasn't set up their wallet yet — so you don't get the panicked DM at 11pm the night before.
Roster collects W-9s from US ambassadors and W-8BENs from international ambassadors at wallet setup. We file the 1099s for you at year-end — no January spreadsheet, no panicked accountant call, no wondering whether you crossed the threshold. Real-time payment status flows back to the brand portal and the ambassador portal. Every event lands on the ambassador's timeline. The "where's my money?" DM goes away.
Automated, PayPal & Venmo, or External. Mix and match across programs. Switch any time without losing history.
Bank, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Pre-paid Visa, Amazon Gift Card. Ambassadors pick what works for them.
Automated payments run the first Tuesday of each month. ACH funding, batch notifications, and ambassador reminders all happen on a published schedule.
Roster collects tax forms at wallet setup and files 1099s at year-end. No January scramble, no manual chasing, no missed thresholds.
Scheduled, processing, sent, received, returned — every state visible in both portals, with full per-batch audit trail.
Ambassadors update their payout method, view payment history, and see which referrals generated each payment — all in the portal.
Most affiliate tools hand you a CSV and wish you luck. Roster gives you three layers — fully automated end-to-end where you fund once and Roster handles the rest, PayPal & Venmo batches you trigger when you want, or pure external where you keep your own payment platform. All on top of the same commission ledger and contacts database that powers the rest of the program — with W-9 collection and 1099 filing handled if you want them, and a real ambassador wallet experience either way.
"We love the ease of our partners signing up and setting up their payment information through Venmo or PayPal. It makes it very easy to pay those referral commissions."— Integro Health
Book a 20-minute demo. We'll walk through Unsent Payments, the three payment models, the ambassador wallet experience, and the W-9 / 1099 flow on a real account — and answer anything about how Roster would handle your specific payment workflow.
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