Frequently Asked Questions
The questions we get most often — including the honest answers to the harder ones about international support, API access, and what happens if we shut down.
The Basics
What is ChikiPay?
ChikiPay is a checkout platform for creators who sell photo sets and video bundles. Upload your content, set a price, and share a checkout link anywhere — your bio, DMs, social media, or your own website. Buyers pay through a mobile-first checkout and download instantly. You keep 85% of every sale.
How much does ChikiPay cost?
ChikiPay charges a flat 15% fee per sale that covers everything — the platform, payment processing, file hosting, and forensic watermarking. There are no monthly fees, no setup costs, and no hidden charges. On a $25 sale, you keep $21.25.
What is forensic watermarking?
Forensic watermarking embeds invisible, unique identifiers into every file a buyer downloads. If your content gets leaked or pirated, you can trace it back to the specific buyer who shared it. Unlike visible watermarks, forensic marks don't affect image quality — buyers see clean, unmarked files. No other creator platform offers this.
Selling on ChikiPay
Can I sell suggestive or boudoir content on ChikiPay?
Yes. ChikiPay's payment infrastructure is built specifically for cosplay, boudoir, glamour, and suggestive creator content. Your account won't be frozen or banned for posting legal content. The content policy clearly defines what is and isn't allowed — no vague rules that change without warning.
Do buyers need to create an account to purchase?
No. ChikiPay uses a streamlined checkout — buyers enter their payment details, pay, and receive their download immediately. No account creation, no app install, no friction. The checkout is fully optimized for mobile since most creator content purchases happen on phones.
How is ChikiPay different from Patreon or Gumroad?
ChikiPay is built for one-time purchases of photo sets and video bundles, not subscriptions. Unlike Patreon, there are no tiers or recurring billing. Unlike Gumroad, the payment processing is specifically built for suggestive and boudoir content — you won't get banned for a lingerie cosplay set. And ChikiPay is the only platform that includes forensic watermarking to trace content leaks.
Product & Roadmap
Do you support creators outside the US?
ChikiPay processes payouts for US-based creators at launch. Our waitlist is open worldwide, and we track where international demand concentrates so we can prioritize phase-2 expansion accordingly. Latin America and Southeast Asia are the strongest signals we've seen so far.
Is there an API for creators?
Not at launch. Our first release focuses on making core checkout, delivery, and forensic watermarking rock-solid before opening programmatic access. An API for creators who want bulk uploads, external CRM sync, or custom automations is on the roadmap once we've validated the core loop.
Do you have a mobile app?
Our dashboard is web-first and works on any device. Creators list products, check sales, and adjust pricing from a phone browser today. A native mobile app is on the roadmap once we've validated that it materially improves the seller experience beyond the mobile web.
Trust & Reliability
How reliable is payment processing at scale?
ChikiPay's checkout runs on established payment processing infrastructure specifically built for higher-risk creator categories — not a general-purpose rail that will flag your content and freeze your account. Creators aren't exposed to reliability risk that experienced processors have already solved.
What happens to my sales and audience if ChikiPay shuts down?
Two things protect you. First, every sale hands the buyer's email directly to you at purchase — your audience list is yours to keep and export, so if we shut down you don't lose your customers. Second, our 15% flat fee is designed to be sustainable at low scale — we're not subsidizing an unsustainable price with venture capital that we'll need to recoup later by raising fees.
How many creators are on the platform right now?
ChikiPay is pre-launch. We're onboarding creators in cohorts from our waitlist rather than doing a single big-bang launch. This gives each creator real onboarding support and lets us catch issues before they scale. If you want to be in an early cohort, join the waitlist.
Still curious?
Join the waitlist below. If you have a specific question we haven't answered, reply to the welcome email — a real person on our team reads and responds.
