Confirm the exit before the grind
On day one open the live dashboard: payout methods, minimums, KYC triggers and supported countries. Marketing pages lag reality.
Students and shared households: use your own legal identity on official sites only — never a roommate’s documents.
What is normal vs scammy
Official KYC is paperwork — fake KYC is theft.
Cross-check gift-cards-vs-paypal-earn-apps-2026 and paypal-crypto-payouts-earn-apps. Use the payout-threshold planner tool.
- Normal: passport/ID upload on the official domain after a threshold
- Normal: selfie liveness on the same site
- Scam: anyone asking for seed phrases, remote desktop or “verification fees” in DMs
- Scam: lookalike domains and Telegram “support”
Practical EU tips
Keep screenshots of thresholds. Cash out at minima. Wise is a transfer rail, not an earner. Stop if an app suddenly demands documents via email attachment outside its portal.