Selling paid patterns

Who can list paid patterns, file patterns, the payout calendar, refunds and tax notes.

Who can list

Designers on a Basic or higher plan can list paid patterns right away.
With 3 or more reviewed free crochet or knitting patterns, we review a paid-selling permission that works without a plan. You get a notification when it is approved.
A paid pattern needs mobile identity verification before its review request. Colorwork and grid patterns are free only.
When your plan ends or the permission is withdrawn, paid patterns come off the store for a while and return once you qualify again. Buyers keep what they bought.

Paper patterns and file patterns

A pattern made as a Paper opens right inside Atelier, where buyers follow the chart row by row. When you edit the Paper and request a new version, their copy updates too.

You can also list a PDF, PNG or JPG file (up to 20MB) of a pattern you made. Pick Upload a file in List a pattern. File patterns are delivered as a download only, and the file carries the buyer's email and order number.

Files that copy or translate someone else's pattern cannot be listed. Review checks this, and a report takes the listing down.

Price and commission

Prices start at KRW 1,000 in steps of KRW 100 and cannot change once published.
10% of the sale price is the commission; VAT on it is included.
Payments are KRW cards and easy pay. Overseas payment is not open yet.

Payout calendar

1
7 days after purchase
Until the buyer opens or downloads the pattern, a refund goes through at once. Once that passes, the order counts toward your payout.
2
End of month
Orders from the 1st to the last day of the month that count are gathered. Sale price less commission is your payout.
3
10th of next month
Paid into your registered account through PortOne's payout service. Patterners pays the transfer fee. Under KRW 10,000 carries into the next month.

Payouts shows the next payout and past settlements. Pick a bank PortOne supports; the account holder must match your verified name (the business name for a business).

How refunds work

Within 7 days and not yet opened: the buyer's request is refunded at once. Nothing for you to do.
After opening, a request reaches you as a refund inquiry. In Inquiries, approve it or decline it with a reason within 3 business days; if you do not answer, our team decides.
A pattern that differs from its listing can be refunded within 3 months even after opening.
To refund on your own, use the order in Sales.
A refund on an order already paid out is deducted from next month's payout. No commission is charged on refunded orders.

Tax notes

Individual designers: payouts may arrive after 3.3% withholding, settled in the May income tax return. Regular selling may require business and mail-order registration in Korea.
Business designers: switch to business on your profile and fill in the business name, representative, address, registration number and mail-order registration number; they appear in the seller details. Tax invoices for the commission are issued in reverse.
Ask a tax adviser about your own situation.