# Commission.paid

URL: /business/events/Commission.paid · Id: `event:Commission.paid`

> Emitted each time a Commission is paid.

[Commission.pay](/business/nouns/commission/pay) emits `Commission.paid` when it completes on a [Commission](/business/nouns/commission).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Commission.pay](/business/nouns/commission/pay) |
| Noun | [Commission](/business/nouns/commission) |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Commission.pay](/business/nouns/commission/pay) returns.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Commission.paid`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.commission` | [Commission](/business/nouns/commission) | Yes | The Commission, its `paid` raised by the transfer. |
| `data.commission.rate` | `number` | Yes | The share of collected revenue earned, as a percent, such as 20. |
| `data.commission.term` | `integer` | Yes | Months after the first payment over which revenue earns the rate, such as 12. |
| `data.commission.clawbackDays` | `integer` | Yes | Days a payment waits before it earns, so a refund inside the window earns nothing. |
| `data.commission.earned` | `money` | No | Collected revenue net of refunds, times the rate, for payments past the clawback window. |
| `data.commission.paid` | `money` | No | What has reached the Partner so far. |
| `data.transaction` | [Transaction](/business/nouns/transaction) | Yes | The transfer as the rail reports it. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Commission.paid",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "commission": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/commissions/commission_1",
      "$type": "Commission",
      "rate": 1,
      "term": 1,
      "clawbackDays": 1,
      "earned": {
        "amount": 499,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "paid": {
        "amount": 499,
        "currency": "USD"
      }
    },
    "transaction": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/transactions/transaction_1",
      "$type": "Transaction",
      "kind": "charge",
      "amount": {
        "amount": 499,
        "currency": "USD"
      }
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```