Learn: getting paid online, explained with sources

Guides to how online payouts work, written from the providers’ own help pages. Every figure is linked to its source.

Creator payouts

How Google pays AdSense and YouTube earningsGoogle pays AdSense and YouTube earnings once a month, from separate payments accounts, once each one reaches its threshold. Here is the cycle and what each payment method involves.
US tax information for YouTube creators outside the USYouTube asks every monetising creator, wherever they live, for US tax information. What you submit decides how much US tax Google withholds.

Transfers and fees

Exchange-rate margins: the cost hidden in a conversionA transfer with a small fee can still be expensive if the exchange rate is poor. Here is how to see the margin and what the main services say about their rates.

Accounts and verification

AdSense identity and address (PIN) verification explainedBefore Google pays you, it verifies who you are and where you live. Both checks have deadlines; missing them pauses your account or stops ads.