THE GATE BEFORE THE FIRST CENT
The gate before it pays anything, every platform side by side
The traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.
14 PLATFORMS ANSWERED · 2 DO NOT PUBLISH IT · SORTED BY NAME, NOT BY BETTER
Amazon AssociatesThree qualifying sales must be referred within 180 days of applying, or the application is withdrawn and the account never opens.3 sales in 180 days · source · checked 2026-09-07
Amazon KDPNo minimum on direct deposit; wire and cheque payments must reach 100 USD on Amazon.com, 100 EUR in the EU, 10,000 JPY in Japan.100 USD on wire, none on EFT · source · checked 2026-09-07
beehiivAd Network access requires the Scale plan or above and a publication that is actively sending on beehiiv.Scale plan and actively sending · source · checked 2026-09-07
Empire FlippersMust earn at least $2,000 a month in net profit, averaged over the last 12 months, to qualify for a listing.Minimum to qualify · source · checked 2026-09-07
GumroadDoes not publish thisNot published on the pricing page, the terms of service or the privacy policy; the payout help articles that would carry a minimum sit behind a sign-in wall.Minimum payout not published · source · checked 2026-09-07
Lemon Squeezy$50 minimum payout threshold. Below it the balance stays Pending and rolls into the next payout cycle.Payout threshold · source · checked 2026-09-07
MediavineA site must generate a minimum of $5,000 in annual ad revenue to qualify for Mediavine Ad Management.$5,000 a year in ad revenue · source · checked 2026-09-07
Monumetric10k pageviews a month is the entry floor; the Propel tier runs from 10k to 80k monthly pageviews.10k pageviews/month · source · checked 2026-09-07
Motion InvestDoes not publish thisNot published: no minimum income, traffic or age threshold appears on the sell-site, list-asset or terms pages - listing is by approval after a 10-step due diligence review.Listing gate · source · checked 2026-09-07
NamecheapMoney earned from selling a domain needs a $100 balance before it can leave for PayPal; moving it to Namecheap credit has no stated minimum.PayPal withdrawal floor · source · checked 2026-09-07
PorkbunTo sell the domain through Porkbun Marketplace the listing must be priced at $20 minimum and $100,000 maximum.Marketplace listing floor · source · checked 2026-09-07
RaptiveA site must consistently receive at least 25,000 pageviews a month to be eligible to join.Eligibility threshold · source · checked 2026-09-07
SubstackNo traffic or balance gate. The only published floor is the subscription price itself: $5 a month or $30 a year minimum.$5/month price floor · source · checked 2026-09-07
WordPress.comRunning ads at all requires a Premium plan or higher, so the site pays before it earns.Plan requirement before ads · source · checked 2026-09-07
The other questions
Ten questions get asked of every platform here. This page answers one of them.
Where you can sign up25 platforms
Where you can be paid29 platforms
Minimum age28 platforms
What you are paid in29 platforms
Ways to get paid26 platforms
Minimum payout29 platforms
Fee taken out of the payout29 platforms
Time from earning to money in hand28 platforms
How a balance can be lost28 platforms
Who is legally on the hook30 platforms
What it really costs to start23 platforms
What it costs to keep alive20 platforms
How long before the first payment17 platforms
Who owns what you build22 platforms
Can you take it with you23 platforms
Can it be sold24 platforms
What takes it all away25 platforms
Why this page is sorted by name
Putting these in an order would mean deciding that one answer beats another, and on most of these questions that depends entirely on who is reading. A lower cash-out bar is better if you want the money soon and worse if it arrives as a gift card. A single payout method is fine until it is the one that does not work in your country.
So the rows sit in alphabetical order and the differences are left where you can see them. Every figure carries the page it came from and the day it was read. Found one that has moved? Tell us.