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Pick the ones you are actually choosing between. The same questions get asked of each, the answers come off the company's own pages, and every figure carries the day we read it.

Places that pay youThings you build on

Eight questions about what it costs and who owns the result, asked of each one.

2 PLATFORMS · 8 QUESTIONS · 4 ANSWERED BY ALL

Amazon Associates
Google AdSense

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.
Amazon AssociatesFree to join$0 to join: the sign-up button on Associates Central reads Join Now for Free.source · checked 2026-09-07
Google AdSenseFree to joinFree to join. Participation in AdSense is free of charge, and Google pays for clicks, impressions and other interactions with the ads you display.source · checked 2026-09-07
What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.
Amazon AssociatesWe have not checked this one yet
Google AdSenseRevenue share, not a feeNo recurring fee. The ongoing cost is the revenue share: publishers receive 80% of AdSense for Content revenue after the advertiser platform takes its fee, about 68% when advertisers buy through Google Ads.source · checked 2026-09-07

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.
Amazon Associates180 days to refer a sale180 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a sale: Amazon evaluates the application once three qualifying sales have been referred, and the application can be withdrawn if there were not enough qualifying sales in that window.source · checked 2026-09-07
Google AdSenseWe have not checked this one yet
How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.
Amazon Associates~60 days after month endPaid about 60 days after the end of the month the commission was earned, by direct deposit, Amazon gift certificate or check.source · checked 2026-09-07
Google AdSenseWe have not checked this one yet

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?
Amazon AssociatesWe have not checked this one yet
Google AdSensePublisher owns the siteYou own the site. AdSense only runs on a site whose HTML source you can edit, and Google will not set up an account for a site it cannot verify you own.source · checked 2026-09-07
Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.
Amazon AssociatesAmazon content must be deletedNothing Amazon-supplied travels with you: Amazon content on your site must be deleted or destroyed once Amazon says it is no longer available for your use.source · checked 2026-09-07
Google AdSenseReports export to CSVReports export to Google Sheets, XLSX or CSV. The site, content and audience stay on your own hosting; only the AdSense account itself is tied to Google.source · checked 2026-09-07
Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?
Amazon AssociatesNo transfer without approvalNot sellable on its own: the Associates account cannot be assigned or transferred, by operation of law or otherwise, without Amazon's prior written approval.source · checked 2026-09-07
Google AdSenseNo account transferThe account cannot be sold. AdSense terms do not permit transfers of account ownership; only name and address corrections are allowed.source · checked 2026-09-07
What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.
Amazon AssociatesTerminable at will, 7 daysAmazon can end the agreement at any time, with or without cause, on 7 calendar days' written notice, and every licence granted under it ends with it.source · checked 2026-09-07
Google AdSenseAccount disabled at any timeGoogle can cut ad serving or disable the account at any time for policy breaches, and a disabled account is barred from the programme for good.source · checked 2026-09-07

There is no winner at the bottom of this table

Nothing here gets added up. A score would have to decide that these questions weigh the same for everyone, and they do not. A lower cash-out bar is better if you need the money this month and worse if it arrives as a gift card you cannot spend on rent. One payout method is fine right up until it is the one that does not work where you live.

The rows worth your attention are usually the ones where the columns disagree about whether to answer at all. A platform that publishes its fee and a platform that does not are not two platforms with different fees. One of them has told you, and you can hold them to it.

Rows marked as not checked are about us, not about them. They mean nobody here has gone looking yet, and they stay visible for that reason. Found a figure that has moved? Tell us, and it gets a new source and a new date rather than a quiet edit.

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