Withdrawal of funds for self employed tax residents of Russia

To withdraw funds, self employed individuals who are tax residents of the Russian Federation must register in the payments account. Withdrawals will be made to a bank card or via the Faster Payments System to a bank card or e-wallet.

After registering in the payments account, you'll be able to submit your app for moderation. Once the app passes review, you can receive earnings from the sale of goods for votes and OKs and from ad impressions on VK and Odnoklassniki.

Registration in the payments account

The payments account is a unified account for withdrawing funds from the sale of goods for votes and from ad impressions. You need to register in the account only once, after which you can add all your apps with monetization enabled.

  1. 1.

    Go to the payments account by following the link below:

    → cashout.vk.com

    You can also access the payments account from the control panel in the Monetization section.

  2. 2.

    Select the type of account and organization: self-employed.

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  3. 3.

    Fill in the organization’s details, bank account information and contact information.

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  4. 4.

    Review the offer and confirm your consent to the processing of your data.

  5. 5.

    Submit the application. The review process takes 2 to 5 business days.

The payments account will become available immediately after submitting your application. You can check the application status in the app control panel in the Monetization section.

Enabling monetization in the Payments account

Only the creator can enable monetization for a mini app in the Payments account. This ensures that the app’s rights are linked to the individual entrepreneur, legal entity or self-employed account.

To display mini apps from different platforms (VK and Odnoklassniki) in the Payments account, connect the creator’s VK ID in the Security and VK ID section on Odnoklassniki.

To enable monetization for a mini app, you need to assign a performer and pass moderation on the VK Mini Apps platform:

  1. 1.

    Register in the payments account as a self-employed individual, legal entity, or individual entrepreneur.

  2. 2.

    In the left-side menu, press Go to management and select the Mini apps and games section. You can also access management via the direct link.

  3. 3.

    Select the mini app from the list and press Assign performer.

  4. 4.

    Find the desired account in the list and press Assign. The performer can be the mini app creator or an administrator with full access. This user must have a verified profile in the payments account.

  5. 5.

    In the mini app control panel, submit the app for moderation. Once the mini app passes moderation, you'll be able to withdraw revenue through the payments account and view statistics for ads and sales of goods for virtual currency (votes and OKs).

    For more details on the moderation process, see the Moderation (mini app settings) section.

Test ads and test payments

Only test payments and test ads will be available in the mini app until all of the following conditions are met:

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    The mini app is registered in the payments account.

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    A performer is assigned for app monetization in the payments account.

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    The mini app has passed moderation on Odnoklassniki or is published in the VK mini app catalog. For more details on the moderation process, see the Moderation (mini app settings) section.

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    The mini app status for users is set to Enabled. For more information about mini app statuses, see the Placement (mini app settings) section.

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Statistics

Statistics in the Payments section

To view payment statistics in the mini app or game settings:

  1. 1.

    Open the app list in your browser.

  2. 2.

    Find the app you specified when registering the agreement and press Settings.

  3. 3.

    In the left-side menu, select Statistics → Payments.

The page shows charts displaying statistics for virtual currency (votes, OKs) spent by users. The charts are updated several times a day.

You can select any time period you need for analysis.

Chart data can be exported to an Excel file (.xlsx) for further analysis and processing using other tools.

Ad impression statistics

After the agreement is signed, the Ad monetization section will appear in the settings of your mini app or game. To open it, do the following:

  1. 1.

    Open the Apps page in your browser.

  2. 2.

    Press Settings next to the app.

  3. 3.

    In the left-side menu, go to Statistics → Ad monetization.

The page shows two charts that provide information about ad impressions and the revenue earned from them. The charts combine data for all ad types. They're updated several times a day.

You can select any time period you need for analysis.

Chart data can be exported to an Excel file (.xlsx) for further analysis and processing using other tools.

Amount of funds

You can view information about accumulated funds in the payments account.

  1. 1.

    Go to the payments account by following the link below:

    → cashout.vk.com

  2. 2.

    In the Mini apps and games section, select:

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      Votes or OKs to see funds accumulated from the sale of virtual goods.
    • •
      Ad monetization or Odnoklassniki ads to see funds earned from ad impressions.

    For each app, the number of records and the total amount across all apps are displayed.

Withdrawing funds

You can withdraw funds to your account at any time. Withdrawals are processed in two steps.

Step 1. Transfer funds from the app account to the agreement account

Initially, payments from virtual currency (votes, OKs) and ad impressions are collected in the mini app or game account. You need to transfer these funds to the payments account.

  1. 1.

    Open the payments account by following the link below:

    → cashout.vk.com

  2. 2.

    Go to the Mini apps and games section. Select the monetization type: Votes or OKs, Ad monetization or Odnoklassniki ads.

  3. 3.

    To transfer funds from a single mini app or game, press Transfer next to it. All funds in the app account will be moved to the payments account.

    You can also transfer all funds from all apps at once by pressing Transfer all.

Step 2. Withdraw funds to a bank account

You can withdraw funds from the payments account to a bank card, e-wallets or a bank account at any time.

Self employed individuals don't need closing documents. There is also no need to create receipts or register income yourself. We will take care of this ourselves and automatically generate a receipt from V Kontakte LLC for each payment. You'll only need to pay the tax in the My Tax service.

Support

Questions regarding the agreement, documents, fund transfers or data shown in the payments account can be asked in the Help section of the payments account. You can also send an email to pay@corp.vk.com.

For technical questions about data exchange with the platform or using VK libraries, contact Support.

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