What It Is

Starting with the May 29, 2026 Terms update, ShopBroker pools 10% of platform service fees billed for completed sales each month and splits that pool across the active sellers behind that month's qualifying volume. Your share is proportional to your share of qualifying sales (GMV) for the month.

> In one sentence: The more you sold, the bigger your slice. If you cleared the qualifier and sold 5% of all qualifying GMV in the month, you get 5% of the dividend pool.

Starting May 29, 2026, this is the scheduled ongoing way to earn new BrokerBucks. See the BrokerBucks article for context on what BrokerBucks are and how the broader awards program changes under that Terms update.

How Your Share Is Calculated

Here's the math:

`` Your share = (Your GMV that month / Total qualifying GMV that month) × Monthly pool `

Where:

Your GMV that month is the total value of items you sold and successfully delivered (or that completed in-person pickup) during the calendar month.
Total qualifying GMV is the combined GMV of every seller who hit the qualifier that month.
Monthly pool is 10% of platform service fees billed for completed sales in the month, with the floor described below.

Who Qualifies

To be in the pool for a given month, you need both:

At least 1 completed sale in that month, and
At least $200 in monthly GMV in that month.

Sellers below those thresholds don't reduce other sellers' shares. The pool is split only across qualifiers.

The Pool: Floor

The pool is 10% of the month's platform service fees billed for completed sales, with an early-stage floor that keeps the program meaningful in the early days. The 10% rate itself is the structural cap on the program. As the marketplace scales, the pool scales with it.

Number of qualifying sellers	Pool floor
25 or fewer	$500
26 to 100	$300
101 or more	$0

The floor is an early-stage subsidy. While the platform is small, we top the pool up so the dividend stays meaningful for the first sellers in. As the qualifier count grows, the floor steps down. Once you're past 100 qualifying sellers, the natural 10% of revenue is doing the work and no top-up is needed.

How and When You Get Paid

Schedule: Once the program starts, each month's dividend is finalized on the 1st of the following month, based on completed-sale data through the last day of the month.
Payout form: BrokerBucks credit, deposited directly to your account balance.
Where to see it: The credit shows up in your BrokerBucks balance with a Monthly Seller Dividend label and the source month, so you can track each one.
Where it applies: Your dividend BrokerBucks reduce your future service fees the same way any BrokerBucks balance does. See BrokerBucks for how the spend mechanic works.

Why BrokerBucks (and Not Cash)

We issue the dividend as BrokerBucks, a non-cash credit redeemable only against future ShopBroker service fees. BrokerBucks have no cash value, cannot be transferred, and cannot be cashed out.

ShopBroker treats BrokerBucks as a coupon-style fee credit: issuing the credit does not itself create a GST/HST charge, and when the credit is used, it reduces the ShopBroker service fee before GST/HST is calculated. ShopBroker does not issue a T4A solely because BrokerBucks are credited to your account.

> BrokerBucks are fee credits, not cash: They reduce future ShopBroker service fees and are not transferable or cashable.

This is general platform information, not tax advice. If you sell through a registered business or are HST-registered, ask your accountant how to record the credit.

Worked Example

Suppose June settles like this:

ShopBroker billed $8,000 in platform service fees for completed sales in June.
10% of that is $800.
18 sellers cleared the qualifier (1+ sale, ≥ $200 GMV) in June.
Because qualifiers ≤ 25, the $500 floor kicks in. Since 10% of revenue ($800) is already above the floor, the pool is $800.
Total qualifying GMV across those 18 sellers was $32,000.
Your June GMV was $1,600.

Your share:

` $1,600 / $32,000 = 5% 5% × $800 = $40 `

You'd see a $40 BrokerBucks credit on July 1 labeled Monthly Seller Dividend (June)`.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the dividend run?

Once the program starts, it runs on the 1st of each month for the previous month's completed sales. June's dividend lands July 1, July's lands August 1, and so on.

What counts as a completed sale?

A sale where the buyer's payment was captured and the item was either delivered by our courier or confirmed picked up in person. Cancelled, refunded, and disputed orders don't count toward GMV.

What if I just barely miss the $200 GMV qualifier?

You won't be in the pool that month. The qualifier is a hard threshold so the pool doesn't fragment into very small per-seller slices. Hitting it next month puts you back in.

Does my tier discount affect the dividend?

No. The tier discount and the dividend are separate. The dividend uses your raw monthly GMV. Your tier discount continues to apply automatically to your service fees on each sale.

Does the dividend stack with my existing BrokerBucks?

Yes. The dividend is paid as BrokerBucks, so it just adds to your balance. Each sale spends from the combined balance. See BrokerBucks for how the spend works.

Can I see my projected share before the month ends?

Not yet. We finalize the math on the 1st using closed-sale data for the full month. A live projection in the dashboard is on the roadmap.

What if I'm a registered business?

ShopBroker treats BrokerBucks as coupon-style credits against future ShopBroker service fees, not cash payouts. When a credit is applied, it reduces the ShopBroker service fee before GST/HST is calculated. Your accountant may want to record it as a contra-expense when it's applied against a future fee. See HST and Taxes for the broader picture, and check with your accountant for specifics.

Can the dividend program change?

We can adjust the pool percentage, the qualifier thresholds, or the floor values in the future. Material changes go through ShopBroker's standard Terms of Service notice process. The 10% pool size, the $200 / 1-sale qualifier, and the BrokerBucks payout form are the settings scheduled under the May 29, 2026 Terms update.

BrokerBucks: how the credit works once it's in your balance
Service Fee Breakdown: what the service fee covers and how it's calculated
Renewable Tier Discount: the other automatic way active sellers reduce service fees
HST and Taxes: the broader tax picture on selling