> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.summerengine.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Earnings and payouts in Grow

> What your games earn on Summer Games: paid copies in US dollars and items sold for Sparks, by game. How to connect Stripe to sell paid games, and where payouts stand.

**Earnings & payouts** in Grow shows what your games earned. Open it at [summerengine.com/studio/grow/earnings](https://summerengine.com/studio/grow/earnings) and pick 7, 28 or 90 days.

How you earn and what Summer takes is on [What does it cost to publish?](/publishing/cost).

## What you see

Your own numbers show once a game of yours has a sale.

| Section | What it shows |
| - | - |
| **Paid copies, all your games** | Copies sold, gross sales, net after Summer's fee, and refunds, in US dollars on the day they were paid. Net is before refunds. |
| **Items sold for Sparks, all your games** | Item purchases, Sparks spent, and your Sparks. |
| **Earnings by game** | Copies sold, net after the fee, item purchases and your Sparks, per game. |

<Note>
  **Early access.** Your Sparks balance and payout history are not on this page yet. They show here once Summer Games reports them to Studio. Until your games have sales, this page shows example data, marked **Example data**.
</Note>

## Get paid for a paid game

Paid games pay out through your own Stripe account. Set it up once, as the game's owner:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Your games">
    In Grow, open **Your games**, or the **Get paid** step of a game.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect Stripe">
    Choose the country of your bank account and click **Get paid**. Stripe asks for your details and bank account in a new tab; it takes a few minutes.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Wait for Stripe's check">
    Studio shows **Stripe is checking your details**, then **Payouts are on**. If you left early, click **Continue setup**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Until payouts are on, a game cannot have a price, and an approval with a price is refused. Free games work without payouts.

Only the owner of a game sees and sets up payouts. Admins and viewers see earnings; developers do not. See [roles](/grow/overview#organization).

## Earn with Sparks

Free games built in Summer can sell items for Sparks. The **Get paid** step of a free game shows the Creator Program terms: how Sparks you earn turn into payouts, and when. Enrolment opens soon, and you do not need it to publish a free game. The full terms are in the [Creator Program Terms](https://summerengine.com/legal/creator-program). How to sell items: [Sell items for Sparks](/build/store).

## With your agent

Ask "what did my games earn last month?". The Studio assistant reads the same numbers; from another agent, `summer_grow_overview` with `include: ["earnings"]` does the same. Agents never connect payouts for you: that is your click in Stripe.

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