# 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](https://konnektsi.com/guides/price-ai-freelance-work.md), [How approving work with a passkey works](https://konnektsi.com/guides/approve-work-with-passkey.md), [Passive income with AI: what's real and what isn't](https://konnektsi.com/guides/passive-income-with-ai.md)

Last updated 2026-11-09.