Cashing out earnings in Sponsored Tweets is a fairly simple process. We still field many questions about it though, through the Sponsored Tweets Twitter account, so I thought I’d make a quick rundown of how the process works. Hopefully it’ll help those who may be confused, unaware, or have questions.
First of all, we pay our Twitter Publishers through PayPal. If you don’t already have a PayPal account set-up then visit http://paypal.com right now and get that done. You may not need it today but you will eventually. Go ahead…we’ll wait for you!
OK, now that you’ve got your PayPal all taken care of, let’s move on to your Sponsored Tweets account. Sign-in to your account using you Twitter handle (we do not store this information; we connect with the Twitter API*.) Once you’ve successfully signed-in, in the top righthand of your account you should see a “Withdraw” button that looks like this (using my account as an example):
As you can see, I have $11.04 sitting in my account. “But I thought I had to have earned at least $50 before I could cash out?” you might be asking yourself. Well, that’s no longer true! About two weeks ago we started offering “early” cash-out, with a $2 fee attached. So now you can take money any time you want!
If you’re ready, go ahead and click on that “Withdraw” button, and you should then see a screen like this:
At this point, just fill-out all the requested information on this screen and the next…and you’re on your way!
The last screen you’ll see is the one confirming payment. Congrats! Now you’ve got some extra cash in your pocket: buy some ice cream, catch a Lady Gaga show, or put it away for that European trip you’ve been saving for!
Be sure to let us know if you have any questions about cashing-out. For other tips you can check-out our Support Forums.
* If you’re not familiar with what an API is, click here.
Tags: cashing-out, earnings, money, PayPal, Sponsored Tweets
Tony said on 8.4.10 at 2:46 pm
Whoa! Early cashout?! That's news to me!
Ashley K. Edwards said on 8.4.10 at 2:52 pm
@Tony Heck ya! You need to stay tuned to the blog here more often! ☺ Just remember...early cash-out has a $2 fee associated with it (before $50).
sarah said on 8.4.10 at 3:47 pm
Wow that helpe me get a better understanding of whats up!
ashley said on 8.4.10 at 3:50 pm
@Sarah What, what...word up! Glad we can help you understand things a little better.
@joncadz said on 8.4.10 at 8:18 pm
This is just great!
Great News as Sponsored Tweets Removes It's $50 Payout Limit said on 8.5.10 at 4:14 pm
[...] that limit and you can now withdraw your earnings of any limit from your account, more info at Cashing Out Your Sponsored Tweets Earnings, suffice to say that lifting the $50 limit is great for those that may take ages or indeed not [...]
aatif said on 8.7.10 at 1:08 am
really great
dominic milner said on 8.7.10 at 5:46 am
I cashed out early yesterday but my funds aren't being shown in my paypal account how long does it take to show up??????????????????
Ashley K. Edwards said on 8.9.10 at 10:29 am
@Dominic How about now? Did the funds show up?
The Fountain Guy said on 8.10.10 at 9:58 am
That as bad as a banks early withdrawal fee, $2 to get your money. Bleech!
Ashley K. Edwards said on 8.10.10 at 10:00 am
@The Fountain Guy We are charged by PayPal every time a withdrawal is processed, so we have to recoup costs somehow.
You can always still wait to reach the $50 amount, and not incur any [withdrawal] costs on your end.
Marrion said on 8.10.10 at 4:05 pm
Could someone walk me through PayPal. If I don't want to use a bank account or Credit Card, can I get a PayPal card just to receive payments?
Ashley K. Edwards said on 8.10.10 at 4:47 pm
@Marrion PayPal is quite simple, but it is actually tied to your bank account. So when you cash-out from the system, PayPal deposits the funds into your account.
Carolyn Bethea said on 8.11.10 at 1:14 am
This is great! @Marrion, you'll need to use either your bank account or credit card for PayPal. They are a secure site.
KansasLImuLady said on 8.11.10 at 8:55 pm
This is so nice to know. Thank you for the information. I am checking my inbox, hoping to see an offer for more tweets. I was off twitter for awhile due to somebody hacking my password.
I just started a website a little while ago. I have lots to learn.
Thanks again,
E'Anne
Jenn said on 8.12.10 at 9:23 pm
Thank you so much for making this possible. :)
chris said on 8.13.10 at 4:44 pm
Thanks!
Rebecca said on 8.15.10 at 6:14 pm
Great, except that my account got to $2.22 and stopped.
Maria Amparo said on 8.18.10 at 8:41 pm
Gracias por la informacion justo acabo de empezar y es bueno saber que podre cobrar sin esperar atener 50$
Kathleen Dougherty said on 8.20.10 at 6:00 pm
And what do I do if that does not work? I keep getting an error that I can not cash out
xela2oo9 said on 8.21.10 at 8:14 am
Thank you. Superrrr
Ashley K. Edwards said on 8.23.10 at 9:38 am
@Kathleen What exactly is the error reading? Might help us better determine what the issue is.
sandra said on 8.23.10 at 10:21 am
how does all this work
ashley said on 8.23.10 at 10:24 am
@sandra Can you be a little more specific about what "this" is? Cashing out? Sponsored Tweets?
Kathleen Dougherty said on 8.23.10 at 10:29 am
@ashley - Account balance of at least $50.00 (you will be able to withdraw earlier with a $2.00 fee).
Wait at least 14 days from the first time you were paid.
Your Twitter account must be at least 60 days old, have at least 50 followers and 100 status updates.
I have never been paid, I have had my twitter account well over a year, have hundreds of followers, thousands of tweets. My balance is <50 but I am OK with the $2 fee
ashley said on 8.23.10 at 10:33 am
@Kathleen Can you grab a screenshot and send it to me? Or you can post it in our Support Forums at http://getsatisfaction.com/izea. Whatever works easiest for you....
Kevin Sanders said on 8.26.10 at 2:41 pm
If I have mulitiple Twitter accounts, and they all have say, 20 dollars in them, do I have to pay 2 dollars for each account or can you just charge once per PayPal account??
Ashley K. Edwards said on 8.27.10 at 12:38 pm
@Kevin In that scenario, it would be $2 per withdrawal.
iamwritermom said on 8.29.10 at 11:14 pm
Why does Sponsored Tweets need our Soc Security number to move our cashout to Paypal?
Ashley K. Edwards said on 8.30.10 at 9:17 am
@iamwritermom The SS # is for tax purposes at the end of the year, not for cashing out.
iamwritermom said on 8.31.10 at 11:20 pm
I understand that a SS # is needed for end of year taxes but only if you make more than $600 in the year (I believe that is the total.) I want to cashout my account which has $31 in and deactivate my account. I should not need to give you my SS # for that. Could someone from Sponsored Tweets please contact me?
Ashley K. Edwards said on 9.1.10 at 8:57 am
@iamwritemom Unfortunately we are required to obtain this information. This is policy and the practice for everyone.
More info can be found here if you want to take a look:
http://help.izea.com/izea/topics/why_did_you_need_my_social_security_number
dominic milner said on 9.1.10 at 5:44 pm
@anthony k edwards sorry i havn't being in touch for a while but the funds still aren't showing up theres know payment being made.
Terry Brindley said on 9.1.10 at 9:30 pm
Sorry to say but I think sponsored tweets only favors the celebrities. Ok, now we only have to pay 2 bucks and we can cash out. But still you are making a hell of a lot of money by investing the cash that people keep in their account. Let us take an example of 1 million people who have 10 dollars in their account. That means sponsored tweets is able to invest 10 million dollars which is not your cash, and get plenty of interest on that while waiting for people to cash out. You are actually ripping people off, and have been for quite a while, and still are. It is all in your favor. I have earned about 4 dollars in the last 6 months. F you (sorry for the term). I have 13 tweets pending since about 2 or 3 weeks cos u have not got the money from your clients. The only people who are making any serious cash here are the celebrities, and they do not need the money, but of course they reach 100's of thousands if not millions of users. Do you really think that I am going to be 2 bucks to cash out a measly 4 dollars.
You are a big Rip-Off. If you start calculating everything and most people will not bother, you are still making a lot of interest with other peoples cash, even when they pay 2 bucks to get their payout, which after reading the above comments never seems to arrive in their Paypal accounts. You cannot fool me!
Terry Brindley said on 9.1.10 at 9:39 pm
Furthermore, The interest that you make on investing tweeters money, while waiting for them to cash out, should go to US, THE TWEETERS, and not to YOU. That would be fair.
ashley said on 9.2.10 at 9:37 am
@Terry Brindley Please know, first, that Advertisers, not Sponsored Tweets/IZEA, make the offers to Tweeters. So they choose who they want to work with, be it celebrities or other Tweeters. And many of the celebrities using our system donate a portion of their earnings to charities, so that's a good thing!
Also, we make our money from Advertisers who use the platform. That is only a percentage of the money they spend - the rest goes to the people who are doing the work: the Tweeters. So according to your scenario we would not have 10 million in cash. We don't earn "interest" or invest Tweeter's money.
We, additionally, are charged from PayPal every time someone cashes out, so that's an expense we have to cover, too; remember at the end of the day we are still a business. That would explain the $2 fee if a Tweeter chooses to cash out prior to the $50 mark.
We do sincerely appreciate your feedback, and are here if you have any questions or need help with anything!
L Johnverrell said on 9.7.10 at 3:02 pm
This is great for you Twitters and also us Advertisers because now you can offers as low as 20cents per tweet and still cash out quickly.
Ric said on 9.8.10 at 4:22 am
Ooh great, only just saw this! Will try it out when I have a few more $$$ ;)
Thanks! :D
Moyen said on 9.16.10 at 5:13 am
hello,
Yesterday i have withdrawn my funds from spt and it was $11.90 but it still not appearing in my paypal account. Can anyone tell me, how long I have to wait? Please any one help me, I am pretty confused..........
D Digital said on 9.16.10 at 4:50 pm
NIIIICE!!!
D Digital said on 9.16.10 at 4:58 pm
After reviewing some of the comments, I have to say... I hope this site isn't a scam, and so what if the website owners are making money, they have to eat too! I've been making a little money with these guys, but I'm also using other websites to gather funds. Its almost free money, so stop complaining!
Ashley K. Edwards said on 9.21.10 at 8:33 am
@Moyen Did your funds get transfered?
giovanny solis pudy said on 9.23.10 at 11:17 pm
394440791 09/02/10 $-32.00 Cashing out funds from ip address: 190.212.63.200
Estos son los datos de mis fondo que deberia de tener en mi cuenta PayPal.
Observen la fecha de transaccion 09/02/10, hoy es 09/23/10 son mas de 15 dias y nada de recibir mis ganancias de $32 en mi cuenta PayPal.
por que tanta demora?
steve fortosis said on 10.24.10 at 4:51 pm
I've gotten lots of sponsored tweet opportunities on one twitter site, but another newer site is geared specifically for shoppers. Yet sponsoredtweets.com has not "found" it yet. Its username is stevefort and I have almost a thousand avid followers.
Jammie said on 11.9.10 at 3:16 am
Cashed out about 4 hours ago and still have not received payment. Is their a delay if it is your first cash out?
ashley said on 11.9.10 at 9:48 am
@Jammie Sometimes it can take a couple of days for the transaction to appear in your PayPal account. Please be patient!
Jammie said on 11.9.10 at 7:35 pm
@Ashley how some this is instant for some, but not others, it has been almost 24 hours, and a friend cashed out and got hers almost instantly. This doesn't make since?
bob said on 11.13.10 at 11:08 am
You are using the $2 early payout fee as a profit center. It cost the same to get a payout from paypal if you are requesting $5000 or $5! Just another way to rip-off the non-celebrity tweeters!! Time to go and find a way to make some real money!!
prakash said on 11.14.10 at 3:55 am
do we shoud have any online account like paypal for transferring our fund....? please anwer me.... and one more... what will be the charge?
Ashley K. Edwards said on 11.14.10 at 10:56 am
@bob I can assure you we are not using the $2 fee to make profit. At the end of the day we are still a business, and have costs associated with the service(s) we provide. Consider this: if every person who had $5 dollars in their account cashed out, versus every person who had $50 cashed out...that's quite a difference in the fees we have to pay PayPal for using their service.
@prakash Yes, we use PayPal as a means to transfer funds. You actually enter all of that information into your account profile. There is no fee for using PayPal; it is a free service.
Katrina said on 11.25.10 at 3:32 pm
I am having the same problen as some others, I cashed out my account two days ago and have no payment in my paypal account. My twitter is @tinymansmom I would love any help you can give me.
Thanks
Katrina
Isi said on 12.29.10 at 12:11 pm
I don't do early cash outs. I want the whole $50
slee said on 12.29.10 at 2:07 pm
shaweet!
princejhaizee said on 1.30.11 at 7:24 am
Hello to all!
January 30,2011
Today, I withdraw my $50.00 earnings from sponsoredtweets. Now I am waiting to arrived it on my paypal account.
For non-us residents, after selecting your country, you need to input your province. Then press 'WITHDRAW'...and finally the message like above.
Thanks Sponsoredtweets.
God Bless Us All!
Margery Sloan said on 3.15.11 at 8:32 pm
I'm not ready to cash out but I have a question I would like answered but I don't find a contact area to contact sponsored tweets. I only found this.My area says that I have a balance: $2.42 ($3.34 pending in the right corner but in the area in the front it says that I have a balance of $3.42 so I looked at the cash out area and it says I have $2.42. What happened to the dollar?
Elander Forbes said on 3.18.11 at 10:44 am
I made the mistake of diactivating my twitter account before I cashed out of sponsored tweets how do I fix this or am I just out of luck.
Maopa@LusciousDeals said on 3.29.11 at 6:39 pm
wow! Now that's news:) I'm so happy to hear that..
Nguyen Pham said on 6.12.11 at 9:01 am
Hello everyone, I don't know this requirement:
"Wait at least 14 days from the first time you were paid."
What's mean?
mariodacat said on 7.20.11 at 5:37 pm
Could someone help me with the cashout process please. I did everything like it said, but I don't get the last response. I'm beignning to think this is a rip off.
Valerie said on 7.30.11 at 1:13 pm
How do I get a refund of the credit balance on my advertiser account? I spoke with customer service over 2 weeks ago and was told it would take 48 hours. I still not have received my refund.
I am getting quite frustrated with this. Can someone please tell me how to get my credit balance refunded?
Thank you