What these platforms actually pay, with the receipts

Fees, payout minimums and waiting times, pulled from the company's own pages and dated. If a number here isn't sourced, it doesn't go up.

FIG 1 · EUR/USD / USD

What you must reach before each of these will pay you

The lowest published threshold on each platform we cover, with the method it belongs to. Every figure is that company's own, read off its own page on the date shown there. Nothing is converted between currencies: where a company publishes one number for both, it prints as EUR/USD.

AdsterraMinimum payout, Paxum or WebMoney$5.00 FreecashMinimum cashout on the homepage$5 to $25, a wider range than the help centre gives$5 PopAdsMinimum payout, PayPal$5.00 ProlificMinimum cash-out£6.00 / $6.00, combined across your GBP and USD balances$6.00 RichAdsMinimum payout, e-wallets$10 TrafficStarsMinimum payout, USDT TRC-20$10 InboxDollarsMinimum cashout, help centre$15.00 for a first payment request, $10.00 after that$15.00 KadamMinimum payout, USDT TRC20 or WebMoney WMZ$15 ExoClickMinimum payout, Paxum20 EUR/USD HilltopAdsMinimum payout, every method$20 IbottaMinimum withdrawal$20.00 AdComboMinimum payout$50 ClickaduMinimum payout, PayPal, Paxum or WebMoney$50 Lemon SqueezyPayout threshold$50 minimum payout threshold. Below it the balance stays Pending and rolls into the next payout cycle.$50 GumroadMinimum payout$100 USD balance, with higher local minimums in a long list of countries$100 MGIDMinimum payout, PayPal or Tipalti$100 EZmobPublisher payout threshold (newest official page)$250 per user$250

LOWEST THRESHOLD PER PLATFORM · SCALE 0 TO 250 · OPEN A ROW FOR THE SOURCE

Three questions no single article answers

PayoutsEvery payout minimum, by methodThe gap between two methods at one platform is usually wider than the gap between two platforms.30 FIGURES · 17 PLATFORMS Not publishedWhat they will not put a number onAbsence is a finding. A site that only copies published figures has an empty table here.23 QUESTIONS WITH NO ANSWER ContradictionsWhere a company disagrees with itselfTwo live pages from the same company, each stating a different figure.6 DECLARED · BOTH SOURCES EACH

Money this month

What this branch costs you

Trade time you already have for money you can spend soon. Small ceiling, and the payout rules decide everything.

Cashback and rewardsApps that pay you back on shopping you were doing anyway. Small money, low effort, and the payout rules are where people get stuck.5 PAGES · 89 NUMBERS Paid surveys and studiesGetting paid for your opinion or your time in a research study. The gap between the advertised rate and the real one is the whole story.3 PAGES · 60 NUMBERS FreelancingSelling a skill by the hour or the project. Zero capital, but the platform fee decides what you keep.2 PAGES · 48 NUMBERS UGC and creator workMaking content brands pay for, without needing an audience of your own. Rates vary wildly and almost nobody publishes them.1 PAGE · 17 NUMBERS

Something you own

What this branch costs you

Build a thing that keeps paying after you stop touching it. Slow, and the question nobody answers is whether it is yours or theirs.

Print on demand and digital productsMake it once, sell it many times. Base costs and shipping are what separate a margin from a hobby.3 PAGES · 77 NUMBERS A website you ownYour own domain, your own pages, and ad or affiliate money on top. The slowest route here, and the only one nobody can switch off.4 PAGES · 98 NUMBERS Working with AIUsing models as production capacity instead of hiring it. What the tokens actually cost, and which part of the work they do not replace.2 PAGES · 25 NUMBERS An audience of your ownA list, a channel, a community. The one asset that moves with you, but only if you can export it.2 PAGES · 43 NUMBERS

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