Case Study: Screenwave Media achieves a 60-day reduction in partner payments lifecycle and scalable global payouts with Tipalti

Screenwave Media Unlocks Client Growth and Scales with Automation

Screenwave Media, a Chalfont, PA–based media company that helps creators monetize content across platforms, was struggling to scale payments as its creator roster and revenue grew. Operations Director Kristin Epstein was manually reconciling royalty splits and processing payouts for hundreds of creators, relying on capped PayPal transfers and facing five-day partner payment cycles, delayed sponsorship payments, and uncertainty around tax and GDPR compliance.

Implementing Tipalti automated partner onboarding, tax collection, and self-service payee setup, enabling same-day disbursements in a single batch and multiple payout methods (ACH, PayPal, wires). The platform cut the partner payments lifecycle by 60 days, reduced errors and fraud risk, made 1099 exports simple, trimmed payout processing to about ten minutes, and allowed Screenwave to scale and retain top creators.

Screenwave Media

Kristin Epstein

Operations Director