A new UE4 user, need help getting clarity about royalty fee

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@Deckro;469399

I have tried to look this information up on the website and the FAQ section. It says nothing about specific incomes like crowd funding or donations. I think that Galeon is right, maybe someone from Epic could clear this up. They could also make it all a bit more clear to everyone what the “rules” are on the actual page that discusses this.

Just the simple “Once you’ve begun collecting money for your product, you’ll need to track gross revenue and pay a 5% royalty on that amount after the first $3000 per game per calendar quarter.
Royalty payments are due 45 days after the close of each calendar year quarter. After the end of each quarter, you will need to provide the following information.” is not enough (for me atleast) to understand all the rules about this system. That is why I made this thread in the first place, so that people would have 1 place where ALL possible questions about this are asked.

If any of you have additional information or have original sources about this, then please let us know!

You probably missed last sentence in the EULA FAQ which leads to full EULA which mention donation, KS and everything else. You have to pay from:

Gross revenue from any Kickstarter or other crowdfunding campaign which is directly associated with Product access or in-Product benefit (e.g., in a multi-tiered campaign, if an amount is established in an early tier solely for Product access, your royalty obligation will apply to that amount for each backer with the same access, but not on additional amounts in higher tiers based on ancillary benefits);

You don’t have to pay from:

Revenue from donations for a Product which are not tied to Product access or in-Product benefits

What exactly is not clear? Here is the super simple example, again, from EULA

The royalty is based on gross revenue from end users, regardless of whether you sell your Product to end users directly, self-publish via the App Store or any similar store, or work with a publisher. The following simplified example illustrates the application of the royalty to gross sales: if your Product earns $10 on the App Store, Apple may pay you $7 (having deducted 30% as a distribution fee), but your royalty to Epic would still be 5% of $10 (or $0.50).