Earnings are based on fixed payments and variable payments. See below for all the details. For information about pageviews, click here.

Fixed Payments Based on Article Scarcity

We offer fixed payments for in-depth articles on stocks and ETFs that are on the undercovered list, and that focus overwhelmingly on a security. We consider any ticker to be undercovered if there are fewer than two articles published in the past 30 days. In addition, undercovered tickers display on the eligibility list when the market cap of a security is greater than $100M and has more than 800 page views in the past 90 days. Once these thresholds are met, a fixed payment of $45 is given and can increase up to a maximum of $65 if no article has been published in the past 75 days.

If you plan on writing about more than one undercovered stock in the same article, please know that only the highest fixed payment bonus is applied — not both. For example, if you wrote about two tickers (one that had a $65 fixed payment and one with a $45 fixed payment), you would receive the $65 fixed payment since it's the higher of the two.

All fixed payments come with a grace period. If the submission time of your article falls within 48 hours of the publication time of another article covering the same ticker, it will still be eligible for 80% of the fixed payment.

In-depth coverage of a U.S.-listed, actively traded common stock that does not have any primary ticker analysis on the site (excluding spinoffs) is eligible for a fixed payment of $85. Tickers that lack both Wall Street Analyst ratings and SA Analyst ratings are also eligible for a fixed payment of $85 (this includes undercovered bonuses), provided they are trading above $1 and have a market cap of over $100 million. When submitting these articles, please use the “note to the editor” section to flag your eligibility for the fixed payment.

Important Eligibility Notes (Updated July 14, 2025)

• ADRs, foreign stocks, OTC listings, and Canadian securities are not eligible.

• First-time coverage of ETFs may be eligible, but eligibility is determined on a case-by-case basis. If you're considering writing about an ETF under this policy, please email us first to confirm eligibility before drafting your article.

• First-time coverage of a U.S.-listed IPO is eligible for a $65 fixed payment. This includes companies that have recently gone public on a U.S. exchange, provided they meet the market cap threshold based on post-IPO trading, AND companies that have filed for a U.S. IPO but are not yet trading. IPO coverage is not part of the $85 program, and the standard page view requirement does not apply.

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Variable Payments Based on Consumption by Paid Subscribers

A variable payment is calculated based on how many Seeking Alpha Premium and PRO subscribers read your article. We set an overall budget each month and divide it into an allocated budget for each subscriber. Each subscriber’s “budget” is then distributed to authors proportionally based on how many articles that subscriber read during the month. The more unique subscribers read your article, the more money you will earn. 

Article payments are paid out at the end of each month. The minimum payment amount is $100, which will be paid within 30 business days of month end. Payments of less than $100 will be delayed until earnings of $100 or more have accrued in your account. Unclaimed earnings lapse and are reclaimed after 12 months. Your payment and tax information (see here) must be completed prior to the end of the month to ensure payment for that month. For more payment questions, see here and here.

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