Pay royalties to contributors in 180+ countries, with tax forms on file first
Wingspan collects W-8BEN and W-9 forms before the first payout, sends the royalties your platform calculates in supported local currencies, and keeps each contributor’s payouts and tax records together for stock photo, video, audio, and 3D marketplaces.
Pay contributors in supported local currencies where available.
Countries and territories
Finance sees the exchange rate and fee before each payout is released.
Flat FX fee
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Collect W-8BEN and W-9 forms before the first royalty goes out
For many marketplaces, most contributors live outside the U.S., and a missing or expired tax form becomes your problem in an audit. Wingspan collects applicable W-8 forms, W-9s, tax details, bank information, and e-signatures during onboarding.
Wayfinder, Wingspan’s built-in suite of AI-enhanced intelligent features, flags missing, expired, or mismatched documents, and a contributor’s payout stays on hold until required forms are complete. Each contributor’s tax status, signed agreements, and payout history stay on their record.
Send the royalties your platform already calculates
Royalties come from the downloads and licenses your platform tracks, not from contributor invoices. Send each royalty run to Wingspan by file import or API, and use webhooks to track each payout.
Wingspan prepares a payable for each contributor, and contributors see what each payout covers line by line. Your team controls approvals and who can release funds.
For creator and writer payouts, see Wingspan for the creator economy and publishers and editorial networks.
Pay contributors in their own currency, with the rate shown before release
Fund royalty payouts from one USD source, and Wingspan pays contributors in 180+ countries and territories, in supported local currencies where available. Before release, finance sees the source amount, exchange rate, 1% FX fee, payout amount, and estimated arrival.
Contributors choose how they get paid and can update payout methods in their portal. Contributors in the U.S. can also choose standard ACH, Wingspan Wallet, or an instant payout.
Keep payouts and tax records on the same contributor record
Year-end reporting often means exporting from a content system and cleaning a spreadsheet by hand. With Wingspan, each payout keeps its source amount, exchange rate, fee, and payment status next to the contributor’s tax status.
For U.S. contributors, Wingspan checks TINs with the IRS at onboarding and flags mismatches before the first payout. When it’s time for year-end reporting, your team starts from one record instead of several systems.
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