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# How to validate payouts?

Validating a payout involves accepting the rewards that are owed to the partner but also asking partners for their validation and invoices.

Here is a step by step guide on validating a payout:

* Once the payout is created it will take you to the **Payouts** tab, the status of the payout is "Draft"
* You can **accept/decline** a reward by checking the checkbox. The statuses of the rewards will change from "Pending" to "Accepted" or "Declined"
* Once accepted you can **validate**, which is where you can:
  * ask a partner to approve rewards in this payout
  * ask a partner to attach an invoice to this payout
* The status of the payout will change to "Pending" as you are waiting for the partner to do the necessary actions

{% hint style="info" %}
**Important note**

When the status changes to "Pending" the payout becomes visible to the partner and the partner is notified.
{% endhint %}

* Your partners will then be able to add an invoice on attachments and accept the rewards on the payout
* Once the partner has accepted the payout, the status of the payout will turn to "Ready"
* You can **export t**he payout

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