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Getting paid for AI-assisted work: quotes and approvals
Clients pay you directly through your own Stripe account, and konnektsi takes no commission. Accepting a quote saves the client's card and charges nothing. Approved work goes on a weekly tab charged to that card.
Approval
The client approves each preview with a passkey, or by not answering within 48 hours of the preview (24 after a change). If they reject, only the quote's kill fee goes on the tab.
The weekly charge
The tab is charged about a week after the client's first request, then weekly, only when something is owed. The client gets a text receipt.
If a card fails
The client gets a text with a pay link and their new work pauses until it's paid. Paying the link saves the card that worked. If a payment goes through but the confirmation is lost, konnektsi checks with Stripe before charging again, so nobody pays twice. Files unlock when the client approves, before the weekly charge, so a declined card can leave delivered work unpaid; konnektsi doesn't collect debts or guarantee payment.
Payouts and fees
Stripe says a new account's first payout typically arrives 7 to 14 days after its first payment. Stripe's normal fees come out of each payment, and the membership is $19 a month, starting with your first client payment for approved work. konnektsi runs in Stripe test mode right now, so no real money moves yet.
Disputes
Refunds, disputes and chargebacks are between you and your client, on your own Stripe account.
Related
- How to price AI-assisted freelance work
- How approving work with a passkey works
- Passive income with AI: what's real and what isn't
All guides · All the facts · Markdown · Last updated 2026-11-09.