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.
22 PLATFORMS ANSWERED · 1 DO NOT PUBLISH IT · SORTED BY NAME, NOT BY BETTER
Amazon Associates180 days from applying to refer a sale: Amazon evaluates the application once three qualifying sales have been referred, and the application can be withdrawn if there were not enough qualifying sales in that window.180 days to refer a sale · source · checked 2026-09-07
Amazon KDPNo minimum on direct deposit. Wire and cheque both need 100 USD on Amazon.com and 100 EUR in the EU; Japan is wire only, at 10,000 JPY, with cheque not available there at all.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
ElevenLabsA paid plan: the free plan does not include a commercial license and cannot be used for any commercial purpose, and free-plan output must credit elevenlabs.io in the title; every paid plan includes a commercial license outside Beta ServicesCan I publish the content I generate on the platform? · source · checked 2026-09-11
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
Ezoic250,000+ monthly active users, verified by connecting Google Analytics during the application; sites already monetizing with Ezoic before February 19, 2026 are grandfathered for as long as they keep Ezoic installed, and removing it for more than 7 days voids that status.Getting Started: Ezoic's Requirements · source · checked 2026-09-13
Gemini APIPrepaid then pay-as-you-go billing to reach the Paid tier, which brings higher rate limits, context caching, the Batch API and Google's most advanced models, and stops your content being used to improve Google's productsPaid · source · checked 2026-09-12
Gumroad$100 USD balance, with higher local minimums in a long list of countriesPays out at a $100 balance · source · checked 2026-09-08 · read the page
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
PodiaA paid plan after the trial and a Stripe or PayPal account of your own: on the Mover plan Podia charges a 5% transaction fee, on Shaker or Earthquaker none, and the processor charges a standard 2.9% + 30¢ on every saleAre there any transaction fees or payment processing fees? · source · checked 2026-09-11
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
ReplicateBilling must be set up: accounts billed in arrears are charged at the beginning of the month for the previous month's usage, and can be charged early the first time usage crosses certain limits, as a fraud checkBilling · source · checked 2026-09-11
SellfyA PayPal or Stripe account that can receive payments in your country: money arrives instantly after a purchase, directly into that account, and where neither PayPal nor Stripe allows receiving payments you can only offer free productsHow do I get paid? · source · checked 2026-09-12
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
TeachableA paid plan and a connected bank account: earnings go into a Stripe Express account attached to your school after Stripe's processing fee and any Teachable fees, with no reserve held; new accounts pay out slower until Stripe's verification is doneGet paid with Teachable Payments · source · checked 2026-09-11
Together AIPay as you go, with fees that are non-refundable; credits funded by ACH or wire are not usable until the payment clears, and access can be suspended on notice if any amount is 5 days past dueFees and payment · source · checked 2026-09-12
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 up35 platforms
Where you can be paid50 platforms
Minimum age40 platforms
What you are paid in59 platforms
Ways to get paid56 platforms
Minimum payout53 platforms
Fee taken out of the payout47 platforms
Time from earning to money in hand53 platforms
How a balance can be lost50 platforms
Who is legally on the hook35 platforms
What it really costs to start35 platforms
What it costs to keep alive33 platforms
How long before the first payment19 platforms
Who owns what you build30 platforms
Can you take it with you30 platforms
Can it be sold24 platforms
What takes it all away33 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.