How long to reach a payout?
Enter the site's minimum payout and your own pace. The planner shows how many tasks you need and roughly how many days or weeks that takes at slow, steady and focused speeds.
How this is calculated
tasks needed = round up (minimum payout ÷ average earnings per task) active days = round up (tasks needed ÷ tasks per day) calendar days = round up (tasks needed × 7 ÷ (tasks per day × days per week)) weeks = calendar days ÷ 7 you receive = minimum payout × (1 − fee % / 100)The fee is treated as coming out of the payout, so the balance you need to reach is still the minimum. The planner also shows how many tasks you would need if you want to receive at least the minimum after the fee, which is round up (minimum ÷ (average per task × (1 − fee %))).
Scenarios: steady uses your inputs as entered, slow uses half your tasks per day, and focused uses 1.5 times your tasks per day. Days per week and average earnings stay the same. These are simply multiples of your own numbers, not statistics about other people.
Assumptions: your average earnings per task stay constant, tasks are always available, every task is credited, and money is available as soon as it is earned. Real sites often hold earnings as pending for a period, reverse some completions, or run out of offers you qualify for.
Why plan a payout at all
A minimum payout is a threshold, and thresholds shape whether a site is worth your time. A $5 minimum that takes two days is a different proposition from a $50 minimum that takes two months, especially when a balance can expire or an account can be closed before you reach it. Converting the minimum into tasks and days makes the commitment concrete before you start, so you can decide whether the site's rules fit the way you actually spend time.
It also exposes a quiet trap: small per-task earnings combined with a large minimum. If the answer is measured in months, the honest conclusion may be that the site is not designed to pay someone at your pace. Compare that against the pay per hour you would earn, using the effective hourly rate calculator, and against the warning signs in the rewards site checker.
What this planner leaves out
The output is time to reach the minimum, not time to receive money. Rewards platforms commonly credit earnings as pending until the partner behind the task has paid the platform and any reversal window has ended, and payouts may then go through a hold and manual review. At ScrollEarn, for instance, only the available balance can be paid out, and requests go on a short hold before review; our article how ScrollEarn payouts work explains the stages. Add that waiting time to whatever this planner shows.
It also ignores taxes, changes in how many tasks you can qualify for, and the fact that earnings per task vary. Use your real average, and re-run the numbers when it changes. Nothing here is a promise of earnings or financial or tax advice; see our earnings disclaimer.
Frequently asked questions
How is the number of days worked out?
Tasks needed is the minimum payout divided by your average earnings per task, rounded up. Calendar days then follow from how many tasks you finish per week (tasks per day times days per week active), spread across seven-day weeks and rounded up.
Does reaching the minimum mean I can withdraw right away?
Not necessarily. Many sites hold new earnings as pending until the partner pays, and payouts can go through a hold and review. This planner shows time to reach the minimum, not time to receive money. See how ScrollEarn payouts work for one example.
Where do the slow, steady and focused scenarios come from?
Only from your own inputs. Steady uses exactly what you entered, slow uses half as many tasks per day, and focused uses one and a half times as many. They are not benchmarks of what other people do.
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