Getting Paid

The real wall is not whether you are allowed to run a business. It is that almost everything that moves money to a person stops at 18. Here is the way through it.

6 pages here.

• Every App, and How Old You Have to Be

  Most apps let you join at 13. That is not the same as being paid. Here is every app I could check, with the company's own words, and the ones where nobody publishes a real answer.

• Why Almost Everything Stops at 18

  Every app that actually moves money to a person lands on the same age. Here is the reason, and it is not that anybody thinks you are too young to work.

• What It Means When the Account Is Your Parent's

  On most apps an adult has to own the account. That is how they are built. Here is what the adult is really taking on, and the things to agree with them before you list anything.

• Taking Cash, and Taking It Safely

  Cash is the one way to be paid that has no age on it. It also has no record and no undo. Here is how to handle it, and what a police safe exchange zone does and does not do for you.

• Asking For Money Without Feeling Weird

  Saying a number out loud is the hardest part of the whole thing. Here is how to say it, what to do when somebody hands you less than agreed, and the exact words to use.

• When Somebody Does Not Pay You

  How you were paid decides almost everything about whether you can get it back. Here is what a marketplace can do, what a plain transfer cannot, and the honest answer for small amounts.