Ask these before you sign up anywhere

What is the minimum cash-out, in real money? A low minimum is the clearest sign that a site expects to pay you.

How long does a reward stay pending, and why? A stated hold period is normal and healthy. An unexplained one is not.

What happens to your balance if your account is closed? The answer should be written down before you need it.

Is there a published appeals process with a response time?

Does the site say who operates it, and where?

Are the reward options listed before you sign up, or only after you have earned?

Does the site state what happens when a partner reverses a completion?

Can you export your own data?

Does anything on the site promise an hourly rate? Nobody can honestly promise one.

Applying that to Pineapple

Our lowest reward starts at $1.00 and our reward catalogue is browsable before you create an account.

Confirmed rewards stay pending for 48 hours, because that is when partner reversals typically arrive.

Our reward terms state what happens to a balance in every account state, including suspension, and our appeals process has a stated response window.

We publish no hourly rate, no average earnings and no payout-speed guarantee, because we cannot honestly stand behind one before we have the record to prove it.