Last updated: 26 October 2026 · Published under §4 of the Read & Earn Terms
This page states where the money comes from, how the published hourly ranges are computed, what a member has to do to reach them, and what varies between members.
Read & Earn is funded exclusively by business customers — advertisers, publishers and market-research partners — who pay us to collect reader responses and survey data. We pass 70% of the net fee for each completed and approved task to the member who completed it.
Member deposits do not fund member payouts. There is no deposit function in this product. You cannot add money to your balance, no one at Read & Earn will ever ask you to, and there is no paid tier, "activation fee", "VIP task level" or "prepay order" that unlocks higher rates.
| Window | Per hour of accepted task time | Per task |
|---|---|---|
| Monday – Friday | $20 – $25 | $1.80 – $2.40 |
| Saturday – Sunday | $25 – $30 | $2.20 – $2.90 |
These are window rates: they describe what an hour of accepted task time pays inside the stated window, and they are reached by completing tasks back to back. The low end is the density a member gets when tasks are scarce; the high end is a full hour of uninterrupted task availability. Task density, not technique, decides where in the range an individual hour lands.
Weekend windows pay more because advertiser demand for reader attention is bid up on Saturday and Sunday. The same task completed on a Tuesday pays the weekday rate.
A member who sees one eligible task per day earns the per-task figure, not the per-hour figure. The ranges describe the rate inside a working window, not an entitlement across the day.
Eligibility, country of residence, age band, partner screening and device integrity decide which tasks a member can see. Two members in the same country on the same day can see different task volumes, and a member may see zero eligible tasks on a given day. This is the main source of variation and it is not something support can adjust on request.
| Item | Terms |
|---|---|
| Minimum payout | $10.00 |
| Processing time | 3 business days after request, 5 on first withdrawal while verification completes |
| Fee | $0.00 |
| Methods | PayPal, gift cards — availability differs by country |
| Verification | One account per person. Identity check required above $500 lifetime payouts, under the Privacy Policy. |
| Rejections | Only for duplicate accounts, bot or inattentive submissions, and unsupported regions. Every rejection is explained in writing, with appeal at appeals@readandearn.app. |
Affiliates, promoters, resellers and agency partners must quote the published windows exactly — $20 – $25 per hour Monday – Friday, $25 – $30 per hour Saturday – Sunday — and must reproduce the availability caveat in §4 alongside them. Quotes may not be rounded upward, presented as a flat rate across all days, or described as a rate every member receives. Screenshots shown in promotion must be the promoter's own, dated, and unedited.
Promotion must not use the words salary, wage, guaranteed or passive income, and must not target people in financial hardship or present the service as an alternative to employment.
Read & Earn is a paid-task marketplace, not employment. Earnings depend on task availability and vary between members. 18+ only.