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# Automated Payouts - Pay your vendors directly via your PayPal or Stripe account

This article demonstrates how you as a merchant can activate automated payouts for your vendors. You will be able to pay your vendors either to their PayPal email or directly to their bank account.

|| This feature is currently in Beta. Please reach out via the support chat bubble or email support@puppetvendors.com

###### Article Content

1. [Minimum Requirements](#6-minimum-requirements)
2. [Steps to activate automated payouts](#6-steps-to-activate-automated-payouts)
3. [Important consideration for Automated Payouts](#6-important-consideration-for-automated-payouts)
4. [How to disable Automated Payouts for a particular vendor](#6-how-to-disable-automated-payouts-for-a-particular-vendor)
5. [How to enable and disable Automated Payouts (video recording)](#6-how-to-enable-and-disable-automated-payouts-video-recording)

###### Minimum Requirements

PayPal or Stripe payouts must be activated with at least one vendor account linked.

###### Steps to activate automated payouts

1. Visit **Settings **
2. Then go to **Payouts**
3. Under the *Automated Payouts* field, choose the payout date
4. Simply select a **Payout Date** which activates the monthly payout.*** ***
***            7th of each month***
***            14th of each month***
***            21st of each month***
***            28th of each month***

The recommended payout date is the 14th of each month. This helps with the following:

* A low fee mechanism to make payouts via PayPal or Stripe as there are associated fees to the number of payouts created.
* Provides enough buffer time to account for returns and refunds so you do not overpay your vendors

          
5. Click the **Save **button to save your preferences

![How to configure automated payouts](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/ap1_mbvwiz.jpg)

###### Important consideration for Automated Payouts

* Payouts are only made to vendors whose PayPal or Stripe connected account is available
* When payouts is activated, vendors are automatically prompted to complete this information on their end
 

###### How to disable Automated Payouts for a particular vendor

By default, once automated payouts is activated, it is enabled for all vendors. However, you have the ability to **enable** and **disable** them on an individual vendor level.

1. Visit the **Vendor Settings page** (**Vendors **> **Manage Vendors (Commissions and Profile)** > click **Settings **for your chosen vendor
![Access Vendor Specific Settings](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/ap2_v5wrhj.jpg)

2. Their profile will appear.  Scroll to the **Automated payouts** section and select the desired option and then click on the **Save **button
![Disable option](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/ap3_5zig8z.jpg)

###### How to enable and disable Automated Payouts (video recording)

You can also refer to this video recording for reference
${frame}[How to enable and disable Automated Payouts](https://www.loom.com/embed/5d2d8d6930944f358514c45a081453df)