1. Who can take part
Anyone with a HorizonX account can apply. The HorizonX team reviews each application and may approve or decline it. Approved creators publish original components, templates, landing pages and UI kits.
2. Points
Each approved piece earns points by type: 1 pt for a component, 5 pts for a template or landing page and 10 pts for a UI kit. A piece that answers a published request earns +50%, and an exclusive piece earns +25%. Both bonuses can apply to the same piece. Only work approved on review earns points.
3. Batches
Every 15 approved points unlocks one batch. A batch uses exactly 15 points; points above that carry over to the next batch. A batch is paid on approval, on the next payout date.
4. Levels and monthly limits
Creator pays $200 per batch, up to 2 batches a month ($400); Verified pays $250 per batch, up to 4 batches a month ($1,000); Pro pays $300 per batch, up to 6 batches a month ($1,800); Partner pays $350 per batch, up to 10 batches a month ($3,500). Partner is by invitation only. Batches above a level's monthly limit wait for the next month and are paid first, in the order they were unlocked.
5. Keeping a level
Levels are checked on your last 10 reviewed submissions, once you have at least 5. If fewer than 80% are approved on first review, you move down one level. Nobody moves below Creator.
6. Monthly program budget
The program has a monthly budget. When it is used up, newly unlocked batches are paid the following month, in the order they were unlocked.
7. Payouts
Payouts go out on the 1st and 16th of each month when you have at least $50 available. Smaller balances carry over. You can be paid by PayPal, wire transfer, Stripe and crypto. A completed tax form (W-9 or W-8BEN) is required before your first payout.
8. Original work
Everything you submit must be your own work, and you must have the right to include every font, image and icon in it. If a piece is found to be copied, its points are reversed, any unpaid batch that used them is cancelled and the account is closed. If that batch was already paid, the amount is deducted from future payouts.
9. Authorship credit
You keep authorship credit for your work: your name is shown on every product you publish through the program.
10. Royalties
Royalties from downloads are coming soon, starting at the Verified level. Until they launch, the program pays in batches only.
Questions about these rules? support@horizonx.so