Marketplace Payments and Split Payouts
If your platform connects buyers with multiple sellers, you face a harder payments problem: taking one payment and paying out to several parties, while keeping your commission and staying compliant.
This article explains how marketplace payments are structured.
The Core Challenge
A single customer payment must be split between the sellers and your platform fee, with each party paid out to their own bank account. Doing this manually is both slow and a compliance risk.
How Providers Solve It
- Each seller is onboarded as a connected sub-account.
- The customer pays once into the platform.
- The payment is split automatically by defined rules.
- Your commission is retained and sellers are paid out.
Compliance Matters
Handling money on behalf of others carries regulatory weight. We use provider tools built for marketplaces so the regulatory burden stays largely with them, not you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to verify each seller?
Yes. Marketplace providers require identity checks on sellers before paying them out. We build this into onboarding.
If you need a hand with any of this, your Progressive Robot delivery team is ready to help. Raise a ticket from the Support area of your client portal or speak to your account manager and we will guide you through the next steps.