# Earnings examples (/en/docs/partners/rising-tide/earnings)



This page does one thing: it turns the three sentences of [At a glance](/en/docs/partners/rising-tide/overview) into numbers. All amounts are illustrative US dollars. Models are lettered and do not correspond to any real upstream discount. Parameters are the current values: 5% floor, 50% split, 3% loss provision.

Each case first computes the pool, then applies one formula:

```text
pool       = usage revenue − upstream cost − usage revenue × 3%
floor      = usage revenue × 5%
your share = min(pool, max(floor, 50% × pool))     when pool > 0
           = 0                                     when pool ≤ 0
```

## Case 1: thin pool, all yours [#case-1-thin-pool-all-yours]

Model A's upstream discount is still shallow, so the margin is thin. The customer consumes 1,000 dollars this month.

| Item                | Amount |
| ------------------- | ------ |
| Usage revenue       | 1,000  |
| Upstream cost       | 940    |
| Loss provision (3%) | 30     |
| Pool                | 30     |
| Floor (5%)          | 50     |
| Your share          | **30** |
| Praxis              | 0      |

The pool of 30 is thinner than the floor of 50, so the whole pool goes to you and Praxis earns nothing. A thin-pool model is sold at zero margin: volume first, upstream discount once volume arrives.

## Case 2: thick pool, split evenly [#case-2-thick-pool-split-evenly]

Model B's discount has been negotiated, so the margin is thick. The same customer consumes the same 1,000 dollars.

| Item                | Amount |
| ------------------- | ------ |
| Usage revenue       | 1,000  |
| Upstream cost       | 800    |
| Loss provision (3%) | 30     |
| Pool                | 170    |
| Floor (5%)          | 50     |
| 50% × pool          | 85     |
| Your share          | **85** |
| Praxis              | 85     |

The pool of 170 exceeds 10% of usage revenue, so it is split 50/50 and you receive 85. On the same 1,000 dollars of usage, the thick-pool model pays you almost three times as much. The platform negotiated the discount; the even split is what you earned.

## Case 3: one customer, four models, a full month [#case-3-one-customer-four-models-a-full-month]

A real month mixes models. The customer consumes 9,000 dollars across four models.

| Model | Usage revenue | Upstream cost | Loss provision | Pool | Floor | Band     | Your share | Praxis |
| ----- | ------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ---- | ----- | -------- | ---------- | ------ |
| A     | 2,000         | 1,880         | 60             | 60   | 100   | Thin     | 60         | 0      |
| B     | 5,000         | 4,000         | 150            | 850  | 250   | Thick    | 425        | 425    |
| C     | 1,500         | 1,335         | 45             | 120  | 75    | Middle   | 75         | 45     |
| D     | 500           | 520           | 15             | −35  | 25    | Negative | 0          | −35    |
| Total | 9,000         |               |                |      |       |          | **560**    | 435    |

Three things to read. First, each model has its own pool. Model D's negative pool pays no share, and no other model's positive pool fills it. A model like D is repriced or withdrawn. Second, model C sits in the middle band, with a pool of 120 between 5% (75) and 10% (150) of its usage revenue, so you take the floor of 75 and Praxis keeps 45. Third, the total of 560 is your share for the month, 6.2% of the customer's consumption.

Settlement holds back 10%:

| Item                | Amount           |
| ------------------- | ---------------- |
| Share for the month | 560              |
| Holdback (10%)      | 56               |
| Payable this period | **504**          |
| Holdback release    | 56 after 90 days |

## Case 4: you discount for the customer [#case-4-you-discount-for-the-customer]

To win model B, you promise the customer another 5% off. The discount comes out of your share; the pool is unchanged.

| Item                              | Amount  |
| --------------------------------- | ------- |
| Usage revenue at the Praxis price | 5,000   |
| Discount you promised (5%)        | 250     |
| Pool (unchanged)                  | 850     |
| Your share (split)                | 425     |
| Your share after the discount     | **175** |
| Praxis                            | 425     |

This rule protects the price chain: the customer pays the same Praxis price through any channel. A discount is your business decision, and its cost is yours.

Four cases later, every rule has a number. The rules themselves are on the next page: [Rules](/en/docs/partners/rising-tide/rules).