Your Active Transaction Balance is the sum of all payouts that have been issued prior to the event. This affects how a payout will process. This includes any payouts you have received or are due where the event(s) associated with the transaction:
Have not yet begun (e.g., an event that is still in the future)
Are currently in progress (e.g., a multi-day festival)
Ended less than three days ago (e.g., an event that occurred yesterday)
While your Active Transaction Balance is below your Active Transaction Credit Limit, funds will be released to your PayPal account within 24 hours of the buyer marking the tickets as received. Once your Active Transaction Balance exceeds your Active Transaction Credit Limit, further payouts (including the payout which caused your balance to exceed your ATCL) will occur three days after the event. Payout dates are recalculated daily, and payouts will be issued as soon as possible within the constraints outlined above. Over time with trusted history and successful sales, an account can request a higher Active Transaction Credit Limit (ATCL).
To illustrate this, consider the following example:
Josh has a valid card on file with CashorTrade, with an Active Transaction Credit Limit is $500. On June 1, he sells two tickets for $100 each, for an event on July 1.
Immediately after accepting an offer for this sale, Josh's total pending payouts sum to $200 (2 tickets at $100 each). Josh will be paid out once the tickets have been marked as received by the buyer.
Once the sale has been paid out, his Active Transaction Balance is $200, so he has a remaining credit of $300.
On June 10, Josh sells another ticket for $400 for an event on July 15. The buyer marks the tickets as received right away, which will put the Active Transaction Balance above the Active Transaction Credit Limit, of $600. This sale will not be paid out until the Balance falls below the Limit.
On July 4, Josh's first sale will be officially "Completed", since it is 3 days after the event. This will make the Active Transaction Balance of $400, and Josh's payout will initiate.
On July 18, 3 days after the last event, Josh's Balance will fall back to $0 and he would have $500 in Available Credit to be paid out prior to an event.