Pricing & fees
No monthly fee. Fans pay in rands, you cash out in rands to your South African bank account. Here is every cost, in plain numbers.
Your page, links, themes, followers and analytics cost nothing. No card needed.
On tips, memberships, shop sales and custom packs. Nothing if you earn nothing.
Our payment processor's card fee, about 3.3% + R1.15 per payment, comes off each payment.
Cash out any time from R100 to any South African bank account.
Worked out per payment. Your earnings page shows the exact fees on every payment you get.
| Fan pays | Sociaal (10%) | Card fee | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| R25 | R2.50 | R1.98 | R20.52 |
| R50 | R5 | R2.82 | R42.18 |
| R100 | R10 | R4.49 | R85.51 |
| R250 | R25 | R9.49 | R215.51 |
Card fee is an estimate; your earnings show the exact amount on each payment. Cashing out costs a flat R5 however much you take out.
The facts
Sociaal is a South African platform where creators get paid by their fans in rands. You get a free link-in-bio page (sca.al/@yourname) with tips, monthly memberships, a shop for downloads and custom packs, and free followers. Fans pay in rands and you cash out to your South African bank account.
South African creators aged 18 and over with a South African bank account: podcasters, streamers, musicians, artists, photographers, writers, educators, and fitness, food and beauty creators. It suits creators whose fans are mostly in South Africa and would rather pay in rands than in dollars.
Creating your page is free and there is no monthly fee. When you earn, Sociaal keeps 10% of each tip, membership payment and shop sale, and the card processing fee from our payment processor (about 3.3% + R1.15 per payment) is taken off too. Example: on a R100 tip you keep R85.51 (R10 Sociaal fee, R4.49 card fee). Each cash-out to your bank costs a flat R5.
Your earnings collect in your Sociaal balance. Cash out whenever you have R100 or more; it is paid in rands to your South African bank account, with a flat R5 fee per cash-out. There is no currency conversion, PayPal or Payoneer.
Your page and links work as soon as you sign up. To switch on payments, add a South African bank account in your own name and upload four documents: your SA ID or passport, a selfie holding your ID, a bank confirmation letter and a proof of address. We check them by hand and turn payments on once they are approved.
No account is needed to tip (from R5) or to buy from a creator's shop; fans just enter an email address. Monthly memberships need a free fan account so the fan can see the members-only posts. Fans must be 16 or older; 16 and 17 year olds need a parent's permission.
Fans pay in rands with any South African Visa or Mastercard, debit or credit, or by scanning a QR code. It is a normal local payment, so fans don't need to switch on international or online-overseas payments with their bank, and nothing is charged in dollars. Payments go through a secure, PCI-DSS certified payment processor; card details never touch Sociaal.
Yes. Migration is free: send us your current Patreon or Linktree link at sociaal.co.za/migrate and we set up your Sociaal page with your links. You can run both side by side while your fans move over.
For South African creators with South African fans, yes: fans pay in rands with any South African debit or credit card as a local payment (no international payments to switch on), you are paid in rands to a local bank, and your link-in-bio page, tips, memberships and shop are on one page. If most of your fans are overseas and happy to pay in dollars, Patreon or Ko-fi may suit you better.
Sociaal is family friendly. Not allowed: nude or sexual content of real people, sexual services or links to adult platforms, gambling or betting of any kind, MLM, investment, forex or crypto signals, and get-rich-quick schemes. The full rules are in the Acceptable Use Policy at sociaal.co.za/acceptable-use.
Not yet. Brand and agency accounts are coming later; brands can join the waitlist at sociaal.co.za/for-brands. Today Sociaal is for creators and their fans.
Sociaal is run by RESOURCERPRO (PTY) LTD (registration number 2024/424902/07), a South African company.
More detail: How it works · Terms · Acceptable Use Policy · Blog
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