About Payouts

Create and process payouts on the RazorpayX Dashboard. Understand the payout modes, actions and features.


Payouts are transactions made to contacts. For every payout, you need to specify the amount, the contact, and the payout's purpose. You become eligible to make payouts after you sign up, finish account activation and KYC verification.

A payout transaction is made to a

associated with a . Bluntly, a Contact is a person or the beneficiary and the Fund account is the account they use to accept or disburse payments.

Features and Functions

Payouts in RazorpayX come with variety of features and functions. You can:

If a payout fails at any stage,

, which ends with the debited balance being credited back to your RazorpayX account.

The payout amount, fees and tax are deducted from your RazorpayX account balance. These appear as a debit against your RazorpayX account. Know more about

.

Watch Out!

Making payouts from

account to RazorpayX Lite Customer Identifiers or Razorpay is not supported.

You can make payouts in 3 simple steps:

  1. Add funds to your business account.
  2. Create a Contact and a Fund account. This is similar to adding a beneficiary on your netbanking portal. Know more about adding .
  3. Make a payout.
Create Payout by adding funds → create Contact and Fund Account → create Payout

Payouts Demo

to understand how to create and make payouts in 4 simple steps. Experience making payouts in a jiffy, without having to sign up!

Demo of RazorpayX, showing how to make a payout in Live mode.

Watch the video to know how to create payouts.

To make a Payout:

  1. Log in to the .
  2. You can navigate to Payouts in two ways:
    • Click + Payouts on the top-right side of the dashboard or
    • Hover over Payouts on the left navigation and click +.
    • You can also click Payouts on the left navigation and then click + Payouts on the left side.
  3. Select an existing contact or .
  4. Hover over the fund account to which you want to make the payout and click NEXT or as per requirement.
  5. Enter the total amount to be paid and click Next.
  6. Select the Payout Details:
    • Payout Purpose (mandatory)
    • Debit from (mandatory)
    • Transfer Type (mandatory)
    • Attachment (optional)
    • Additional details (optional)
  7. Click Next. An OTP is sent to your registered mobile number and email id. Enter the OTP to confirm the Payout.
  8. Click Pay.

Is your payout in processing state?

You can check status details of a payout to know why it is in the processing state.

  1. You can subscribe to daily reports to receive a detailed document on the status, reason for status and SLA for the payouts in processing state. from your Razorpay Dashboard, with a list of recipient email IDs. We will enable the function for you in 3 working days.

You can select the purpose as a narration to the payout as it leads to easier reconciliation. You can choose an existing purpose or create a new one while making the payout itself.

To create payout purpose via the dashboard:

  1. Log in to the .
  2. Navigate to Payouts on the left navigation and click the more options () menu.
  3. Click Create Payout Purpose.
    Create New Payout Purpose
  4. Enter the purpose.
  5. Click CREATE PAYOUT PURPOSE.
    Create Payout Purpose

The payout purpose is created. You can also create a new payout purpose while creating a payout. Click + ADD PAYOUT PURPOSE.

Select Payout Purpose

You can add attachments to payouts either during or after the Payout creation. Attachments provide increased visibility for you, your payout recipients and

.

To add attachments during the payout creation process:

  1. On your Dashboard,

    .

  2. In the Payout Details page of creating a payout, add files against Attachment, as shown.

    • You can upload files with .pdf, .jpg, .jpg, .doc and .xls extensions.
    • The supported file size is upto 5 MB.
    • Drag and drop the file or click browse to upload it from the system.

    The image below shows how to add an attachment during the payout creation process. You can also add

    .

    Payout Details asking (compulsory) Payout Purpose, Debit Account, Transfer Type and (non-compulsory) Attachment.
  3. Add other details in + ADDITIONAL DETAILS if required and click NEXT. Confirm the Payout with OTP and Pay ₹.

To add attachments after the Payout is created:

  1. In you Payouts Dashboard, click on the Payout you want to add an attachment to.
  2. Navigate to Attachment in pop-up page that appears to the right.
  3. Click Upload and upload the attachment file. The supported file type remain .
Payout summary pop-up showing Payout details and highlighting Attachment and Upload

You can cancel the payouts in a

, or state only.

To cancel the payout:

  1. Log in to the .

Either:

  1. Navigate to Payouts.
  2. Hover over the payout you want to cancel and click CANCEL. Your payout is cancelled.
    Cancel Payouts

Or you can also:

  1. Select the payout you want to cancel.
  2. Click CANCEL PAYOUT on the right pane. Your payout is cancelled.
    Cancel Payouts from RazorpayX Dashboard

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You can make payouts using any one of the following payout modes. The transaction limits and operating hours for each payout mode is listed in the below table.

Watch Out!

The payout modes are case-sensitive. When creating payouts using APIs, ensure payout modes are entered in upper case.

RazorpayX Lite

The following table indicates the payout modes, transaction limits and operating hours for each payout mode for

:


When the payout mode is IMPS for the following conditions:

  • Fund account type: bank_account
  • Amount limit: Upto ₹5 lakh (per transaction)

The transaction is processed to the fund account immediately on all days, 24x7.

Current Account

The following table indicates the payout modes, transaction limits and operating hours for each payout mode for

:


When the payout mode is IMPS for the following conditions:

  • Fund account type: bank_account
  • Amount limit: Upto ₹5 lakh (per transaction)

The transaction is processed to the fund account immediately on all days, 24x7.

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